A Scare...

Well, we had a bit of a scare last night....Rachael tested positive for MRSA- it's a staph infection that lives on many folks (50% walk around with it and don't even know it!) and is often passed to patients by health care providers. (Great! Thank goodness she's in a hospital....I say sarcastically!)
It's dangerous because IF a patient becomes INFECTED, MRSA is antibiotic resistant, which can make it fatal. LUCKILY, Rachael is just a "carrier" - meaning she is NOT sick, nor does she show signs of infection. However, she needs to test "negative" 3 times in a row before she comes home...they test her once a week....so, it'll be the end of February (with any good luck) that she comes home. We've been reassured by doctors and nurses that she is fine and they haven't seen an infection at Duke in over 20 years, especially because they caught it early, when she was just a carrier. They haven't ever had a fatality at Duke from this. We are praying for her to test negative for three weeks in a row and then we're bringing her home and locking her up until she's 30. :) My heart can't take much more of this up and down stuff! Sorry for the novel...but...that's the story of us right now!
If you are so inclined, please keep Rachael and her heart-sick parents in your prayers!