[sac-forum] Re: I"m BaaacckkkKK!

Dick, glad you are back amongst the living.  Yes, I agree your lessons learned 
are soooo true.

aj
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Richard Harshaw 
  To: Richard Harshaw 
  Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 4:24 PM
  Subject: [sac-forum] I"m BaaacckkkKK!


  The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated. but not by much!  Just 
to report that as of 3:00 pm Sunday I am back home recovering from my leg 
infection nicely, enjoying my first Starbuck's in over a week.

   

  As some of you may have heard, I went into the Emergency Room at the Mayo 
Hospital in Scottsdale, AZ last Sunday night with a swollen, sore, and 
purplish-red right shin/calf.  They admitted me immediately and started a 
massive IV assault with antibiotics and drugs.  At first, we were not sure what 
we were up against, so I was cautioned that depending on what happened in the 
next 72 hours, I could either lose the leg below the knee, lose all the 
infected flesh on the leg, or just go through a cycle of normal healing.

   

  As it turned out, I had a Type-A Staph infection known as 
"cellulitis"-basically, a bad skin infection.  But it is the type of thing that 
could just as easily have started eating the flesh below the surface, in which 
case the first two dire scenarios came to mind.

   

  I am doing quite well now-the leg is still sore and somewhat swollen, but the 
infection seems to be dead and the skin recovering (slowly).

   

  Lesson learned?  No matter how small that scrape may seem on your arm or leg, 
watch it closely and don't let it get ahead of you!  With Type-A Staph, you 
just never know. 

   

  I got off lucky this time.

   

  To all who wrote, called, or sent up prayers and good thoughts, thanks!  

   

  To the ASKC especially, you guys were just awesome.  Although I will probably 
never again live in KC, I will ALWAYS be a member of the ASKC!

   

   

   

  Dick Harshaw

  Cave Creek, AZ

   

  "The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar 
territory."

          -- Paul Fix

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