oh my gosh, was my last blog really on the 27th of september?! i apologize to the readership... of which, probably only one remains. (thanks, honey!)


things have been consuming with work and class and MSRA.

i'm sorry, have you not heard of MSRA?!?!

jason was admitted to the hospital last weekend b/c there was a bit of swelling in his knee that we attributed to the ever so popular catch-all "spider bite." turned out to be an infection resistant to penicillin and worthy of a five-day stay at your four star hospital where his diet consisted of chicken marsala, london broil, and vanilla milkshakes. considering i haven't cooked dinner in the last month, this was more than a treat. however, anyone who knows jason (jason who plays basketball, softball, and swims laps weekly even amidst the diagnosis of pneumonia) knows that five days confined to a bed were just about to send him over the edge.

when i arrived yesterday to pick him up, he was packed and ready to walk out the door, but as we rounded the corner past the nurses station, he was asked the obvious, "Were you given discharge papers?" this ordeal involved another half hour and a very friendly technician wheeling jason down to patient pick-up in a plastic wheelchair.

just so everyone knows, he is now FINE. we no longer have to don a gown and latex gloves upon coming into contact with him, however i did notice that he brought home a box of those gloves this morning, which is cool b/c they make really fun water balloons that will bring hours of enjoyment chasing the dogs around the house.

last friday, jason and i initially went to the emergency room where they checked it out and sent us back home with three prescriptions; two antibiotics and one for pain. when he was admitted the next day, they informed us those antibiotics were of no use against MSRA, and they started treating him using an IV. yesterday, when jason and i were gleaning the room of any remaining personal effects, we both made sure that while the two "useless" antibiotics were tossed, make sure you get the PERCOCET!


i was back and forth to the hospital all week and while driving home one night through the city of lights, listening to the guitar stylings of the Edge, I wondered, "How did we ever do this while we were dating?" i forgot what a drag it is to have drive home alone.

all that to say, i'm glad you're back home, honey. and remember that your pills are in the orange bottle, the blue bottle is sadie's medication... for heartworms.

posted by Kelly @ 9:43:00 AM