Quote from Forum Archives on October 12, 2001, 2:55 pm

Posted by: dabanks <dabanks@...>

Deanna, You are in my prayers today. I am anxious to hear what the doc has
to say. Please let us know soon.
God bless, Julie
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Haley" <dhaley@pinenet.com>
To: <homesteadheaven@weloveGod.org>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: [HomeSteadHeaven] Pray please!

> I am trying to look at the water break as a blessing. So far I still have
a
> mini-stream running down the driveway. The plumber cannot find a backhoe
to
> do the work until maybe Monday or Tuesday. We had wanted to fix the line
to
> the barn and put in a new frost free spigot this summer but alas no funds.
> Now it appears our plumbing is going to work with us on payment because he
> "feels" now is the time to do while everything is dug up.
>
> For me things tend to come in spurts. I'm heading to the doctor in about
15
> minutes. Yesterday afternoon I suddenly became very cold and sleepy. I
> thought I'd just worn myself out canning. I had a couple of hours before
I
> had to be at worship team practice so decided to lie down for a quicky
nap.
> I was so cold though it was a warm day. I didn't realize it at the time
> that I was having chills. I got up, took a bath and dressed for the
> meeting. I think felt something hot on my leg. I looked down and I had
> this huge swollen place. Bigger than a golf ball but smaller than a
> baseball. It was very hot and seemed to have a center to it like I'd been
> bitten by something. Now I was late for my meeting so I decided to take a
> Benadryl and ice it. The swelling went down and I headed off to my
meeting.
> I got home late and though still swollen I assumed it would probably be
gone
> by morning. It wasn't...it's very red and swollen and is about 6 inches
in
> diameter. I was awake off and on all night because I was so hot. I
didn't
> associate any of this as being connected with the bite. A friend told me
it
> sounded like a possible brown recluse bite and I'd better call the
hospital.
> The hospital says I need to see my doctor right away. I got an
appointment
> within 1/2 hour of calling (a minor miracle in itself...usually I have to
> wait 2-3 days). So I'm off to forge the waters of the driveway and see
the
> doctor.......Deanna
>
>
> --Shortcuts:
> WANNA READ THE ARCHIVES AND CATCH UP ON WHAT YOU'VE BEEN MISSING??? GO
TO:----> www.welovegod.org/digests/homesteadheaven
> --->(you will prompted for a userID and Password.....for the userID type
in this --->"archives"<--- minus the quotes, and leave the password field
empty.
> --->Shortcut to Our Link Page:
> www.yahoogroups.com/links/AHomesteadersHeaven/
> --->Shortcut to Our Member Directory:
> www.geocities.com/ahomesteadersheaven
>
> To unsubscribe, send ANY message to
<homesteadheaven-unsubscribe@weloveGod.org>