Part 1 - "Down..."

Part 1

Down...

By the end of January of this year, I had already not been blogging for over three months...it was just too much to handle at the time. I was about ready to resume regularly blogging when I found myself in a situation that required me to be hospitalized. That's right, I was in the hospital for a potentially life-threatening condition that (thankfully) was "headed off at the pass" before anything severe happened. Basically it was a very aggressive type of infection in my left leg (yes, the same leg/foot that I had cellulitis in back in August 2005) that required IV antibiotics for a week, hence the time spent in the hospital (see the attached picture to see just how ugly it was). I was required to take oral antibiotics for another 10 days after I was released from the hospital.

The day after I got released, my wife Bridget had a major episode with her back and was basically an invalid for three days. My mother had just gone home after helping out while I was hospitalized, and I found myself caring for both my ailing wife and our two year old son Rowen at the same time! Needless to say, since I was clearly not 100 percent myself yet, that this was not a picnic! I could have taken more time off from work per the doctor, but I insisted that I needed to get back after more than two weeks out, and now this happened!

What about my job, you ask? That is a story in itself! Check out Part 2.