2 Corinthians 12:9
We give our sincere thanks for God's grace to Dianne during this time of sickness and uncertainty.
God bless,
Bruce
About Me
- Bruce
- Simpsonville, South Carolina 29681, United States
- Dianne and I are happily married and have been blessed with 2 sons who are special gifts from God. I graduated from Campbell College in Buies Creek, NC with BBA degree in Business where I also played on the basketball team; and best of all it is the place where I met and later married by beautiful and lovely wife and partner who is a graduate of Greensboro College located in Greensboro, NC. We have a beautiful grandaughter who was born Dec 17, 2004, 6 years old, and brings such joy to our lives. Since College, I have worked for various textile companies, many in executive positions. Today I am self employed with my company Chambers Group, LLC and my son Chad and I invest in Real Estate. My wife Dianne is self employed as an independent sales representative with Colonial Life.
Monday, October 17, 2011
DIANNE STREP THROAT AND ERYSIPELAS HOSPITALIZATION OCTOBER 9-13 2011
On Friday Oct 7 2011 Dianne went to Dr. Hanna and he diagnosed her with strep throat and prescribed antibiotic Zithromax 500mg for 3 days. On Saturday Oct 7th 8:00pm called Dr. Hanna due to small redness on her right cheek next to ear. Dr. Hanna said it was probably allergic reaction to antibiotic or ibuprofen and to take take tylenol instead of ibuprofen and benadryl. On Sunday Oct 9th at 7:00pm Dianne had fever of 102 degrees and redness on cheek had spread, swollen, and I took her to St. Francis Eastside Emergency Room. Dr. Corbett/ER diagnosed Erysipelas http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001643/ and began intravenous Vancomycin antibiotic, tylenol to reduce fever, fluids. At 6:00am Monday Oct 10th Dr. Daramola/Hospitalist Internal Medicine admitted Dianne to Hospital and also added intravenous Zosyn and Fluocanozole. Dr. Daramola diagnosed Cellulitis and this sounded different to me than Erysipelas diagnosed by Dr. Corbett but the treatment was same for both. Dr. Daramola also requested Infectious Disease Specialists to examine Dianne and confirm his treatment plan. On Monday afternoon Dr. John Shrank/Infectious Disease examined Dianne and confirmed Erysipelas which is a Strepoccal Bacteria Skin Infection. On Monday as the day went on, the facial redness, swelling, and tenderness was spreading and at 3:00pm I was getting scared and anxious when her temperature soared to 102.6 degrees and she had a severe headache and nauseau. I had called Dianne's sister Donna Harrill and she returned call from the mountains in afternoon. Donna and her husband Larry drove to Greenville and she stayed with us from Monday until Sunday and helped so very much. Dr.Shrank had taken Dianne off Zosyn and added antibiotic Cleosin. After stopping Zoysn the infection quickly began to spread and we called Dr. Lovelace/Internal Medicine and she added back Zosyn and also increased the strength. I stayed with Dianne every day and night and even ate meals with her. Morrison's was the food vendor and we were allowed to order whatever we wanted from the menu. The guest meals were only $5.00 and were very good. On Tuesday Oct 11th Dr.Tran/Internal Medicine examined Dianne, and the spreading of the infection had beens been halted but her eyes were almost closed shut due to the swelling. On Wednesday Dr. McPhearson/Internal Medicine examined Dianne and stopped the IV Vancomycin antibiotic and continued the Zosyn and Cleosin. Dr. Kelly/Infectious Disease examined Dianne, and she asked Dr. Kelly how long it would take for her to heal and when would she possibly go home, and he thought probably after the weekend. Around 3:00pm Dianne got a headache and she said on a scale of 1-10, it was a 10. They gave her Norco [contains hydrocodone and acetimenophen] for pain and phenergan for nauseau. Right after Dianne took the pain med, Art Ringger, our Southside Church Executive Pastor, came to visit Dianne. Dianne was getting drowsy from the medicine and Art said, let's pray together. We held hands and Art prayed for Dianne, and he left shortly thereafter. Dianne slept until 4:30pm and we ordered dinner after she woke up. I noticed that the redness and swelling was getting better and it kept improving as the evening went on. It was just amazing how much she was improving now and how quickly. On Thursday morning Dr. McPhearson examined Dianne and she was astonished how much better Dianne was today from yesterday. She asked Dianne if she wanted to go home, and Dianne was elated. Many, many prayers have been going up for Dianne and God's grace has been poured upon her as these prayers have been answered. Very soon after Art Ringger prayed for Dianne, she began to get better. His prayer and the culmination of all the prayers have been answered, and what Amazing Grace that God has given to Dianne for her healing. We arrived at our home on Thursday Oct 13th around 4:00pm. I received a phone call from another Pastor at Southside, Mark Moody. Mark said they had been told Dianne had been released from hospital, and wanted to call me and confirm that she had been released from hospital because when Art saw her yesterday she was not doing very well. I told Mark that it was a miracle that God answered Art's prayer and the many other prayers that have been given for Dianne. On Monday Oct 17th Dianne went to Dr. Hanna for followup visit and she is doing so good and we pray that she will be completely healed by the time she completes her 7-day round of antibiotics scheduled to end Oct 20th.
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
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