I'm Out - FINALLY!

September 2nd, 2008 -- my 28th birthday, and I'm finally discharged from OHSU hospital... FINALLY!

What's next? A lot of wound care -- I'll be going to a place here in Salem for quite sometime having my wound packed and dressed to see that it heals properly. I will also be downing a lot of oral antibiotics to keep myself from getting infected... because my leg is just a breeding ground for bacteria at this point -- YUCK!

My girlfriend Carrie returned from Disney World today as well. It was nice to have things get a little bit back to normal. We missed each other and wished the circumstances wouldn't have worked out this way. Nonetheless, at least it's water under the bridge now and we are together again.

In addition, I had planned on making a visit back home to Joseph, but because of my hospital stay it's likely to be Thanksgiving at this point. I'm out of sick leave and vacation time at work. I'll be using disability leave from work here on out. I hope to return intermittently sometime in the near future as chemo starts soon.

Thanks everyone for your well wishes, prayers, and good thoughts while I was out of commission. Even so, I'll be healing, resting, and off the radar for quite some time ahead, it's still nice to know how many of you care. A special thanks to my friend Melissa Newhouse for arriving at my beckon-call this morning when I was released. It was a way cool favor to do on one's not so hot b-day.

-LB