Update:
Just talked to Laurie - they did x-rays and it's not in her bones. They put her on another NEW antibiotic and she is going back Thursday for surgery if it's not better by then. I feel so much better about it but it's still very serious and scary. Please keep praying it goes away.
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
If ya'll have read this blog at all - you know this is my best friend Laurie. She and I are more like sisters than friends.
Laurie has had a staph infection in her finger for the last few days and has been on several antibiotics and it just kept getting worse. She saw a doctor this morning who scheduled her for surgery this afternoon.
I just talked to her husband, Steve. He didn't know a lot of details except the surgeon wouldn't do the surgery because it looked so bad and he thought it might possibly be in her bones?
PLEASE, PLEASE - I'm begging you to pray for my sweet friend. I'm scared to death right now and I know she is too. PLEASE PRAY!
The "LOTness" of it All
1 year ago
183 comments:
Done;)
praying now!!!!!!!
My husband had a staph infection in his face several years ago. He battled it for over a year before finally recovering. It is scary stuff. Laurie will be in my prayers.
Praying!
Praying, Kelly ! Keep us posted.
Prayers going up for Laurie!
Praying
You've got my prayers too! Hilary
Lifting her up right now!
Praying right now.
i will definitely pray for her! just fyi, i am a PT with experience in wound care and if it is "in her bones" it is likely only in the bone of her finger right where the wound is. just didn't want you to freak out and think that meant it was in all her bones! still scary for sure and nothing to mess with but maybe not quite as bad as it sounds.
Oh Kelly, I will pray right now for your dear friend.
Praying.......
Praying for healing!
Kelly,
I just prayed for the Father's healing hand on your friend's precious life!
I will say a prayer for Laurie! That is so scary!!
Kelly, I am so sorry to hear this. Of course we will pray for Laurie. We know the power of prayer!
Oh Kelly! That is scary! I will pray for Laurie right now, I know she is truly like your sister just from reading about her on your blog.
Praying for your friend.
My Aunt had the same thing a couple years ago and it was very scary.. She recovered ;) I pray the same for your best friend.
I'm so sorry, Kelly! God, please heal Laurie!
So scary. Praying...
I am and will continue to pray for Laurie and her family. I can hear the hurt in your words. My husband had this on his foot just a few weeks ago. It is very scarey and sometimes hard to diagnose the exact kind of staph. God is bigger than all this though, and He will hear AND answer our prayers.
My family and I will be praying for your friend.
I know you don't know me, but I read your blog daily and this just brought tears to my eyes to see that Laurie is going through this. I just prayed for her, her family and you as you walk along side her. May God guide, heal and bless in this situation!!
Praying for Laurie and everyone else!
Be still and know that I am God!
Storming the gate of Heaven with you!
Praying
I've seen how scary that can be! Praying for her, her doctors, and her family....
praying for Laurie and you!!
Praying for and thinking of you both! PS - I think it is a wonderful sign that my Word Verification is "chall." Very close to "chawed" right??! ;)
Kelly,
I am new to your blog but wanted to let you know that I am praying for healing for Laurie as I type this!
Your blog has been a blessing to me as I too struggled with fertility issues but am now blessed with 2 beautiful daughters. Children are such a fun and wonderful gift to us as mothers! Harper is beautiful and I know she is such a blessing to you!
I am praying now and will keep Laurie and her family in my prayers ♥
bless her heart... saying a prayer now for her!
Praying for Laurie and her family. God hears AND answers our prayers.
praying now for your dear friend!!!
We will definitely be praying!
I'm praying!
Praying for you and your sweet friend and her family!!
She is in my prayers.
Praying for God's healing hands on Laurie ~ praying for God's peace for her family & friends right now!
Y'all will be in our families prayers!
Staph is crazy please make sure she is seeing an infectious diease DR. they can handle things like this and get her well, I know even small child who have had pick lines for the infection, it is about the only way to go if the infection is so bad. I am for sure praying for sweet Laurie and you as well a best friend is a true treasure!!!
Praying for her!!
Hugs and prayers sent her way, she's such a sweetheart!!!
Thank you for letting us know. Any friend of yours is a friend of mine. Praying for my friend.
praying for her!
Praying for Laurie. Hope everything goes well!!
I'll be praying for wisdom for the doctors and the best course of treatment for her. About a year ago, the doctors thought I had staph, but all of the tests came back negative. That was such a stressful time because of all of the tests I had to endure, so I know where she's coming frpm.
I'll also be praying for peace for Laurie. Even when things look grim, the report of the Lord is what matters the most. The doctors only know so much. God has the final say in every situation.
I heard about this too. We will be praying! Laurie and family mean so muc for our family as well! Hope everything gets better really soon!
Praying for a complete healing!!
Praying for Laurie.
Praying for Laurie and you...
Praying!!!
I forgot to add to make sure she is being referred to an infectious disease doctor. When the surgeon didn't know what else to try, he referred me to an infectious disease doctor. They have expertise in that area, so they may know another treatment to try when everything else fails.
Will be praying!
We command that staph infection to flee right now in JESUS NAME! You do not have any authority over Laurie and her body! Lord we speak healing to her right now in your precious name! Heal her completely! We thank you for your healing hand father!
I will continue to pray! I'm sorry!
consider it done! hope she gets well soon...i know how much you love her!
I completely understand on a close level (I am an athletic trainer and husband a physical therapist) the overwhelming scare that both of your families have at this moment. If it is in her bones strong medicine will get rid of it. This will probably consist of a hospital isolation stay (scary in itself with staph and a hospital) A cousin of mine had it in her spine and after a hospitalization she is so much better. I hope these words give you hope and I am praying for her.
Will do! Keep us posted on her condition!
Hi Kelly - my husband & I each have had 3 staph infections (including surgeries!), so I can offer some tips (that she probably already knows) -
1.) Her entire home needs to be disinfected (with a cleaner that states it kills staph) - numerous times. Let the cleaner "sit" as the directions state, in order to kill the staph. Spray all light switches, doorknobs, phones, remotes, etc. w/ Lysol spray.
2.) She needs to purchase & use Hibiclens soap - can be purchased @ CVS/Walgreens. Personally, I love this soap now! Feel so clean.
3.) Antibiotic - Bactrim - this is the only antibiotic that kills the staph.
4.) Bactroban Ointment - this is an ointment antibiotic - put on a q-tip & apply in each nostril (as far up as she can get it) 2 x a day for 5 days. It is icky! But, the nose is where staph lives. This ointment can also be rubbed on any suspicious "bumps".
5.) Bleach (add 1 cup of bleach, rather, to all loads) all towels, washcloths, panties, etc. We are past our staph infections, but I still continue to do this.
Her doctor probably has her doing all this, but I thought I would toss it your way, just in case! Staph is one of the most painful things I have ever experienced! Will be praying for her!
Melissa xoxo
Just in case my blogger profile isn't working, my email is:
lifesbeautifulbliss@gmail.com
Oh my gosh, I am s sorry. I am definitely praying for her.
Will definitely pray for her! My BIL had one his leg. He was treated with IV antibiotics for 7 days and made a full recovery. Praying the same for Laurie!
In my prayers!
Praying...
Many thoughts and prayers headed her way!!
{{{HUGS}}}
Robin
Papa-God, You are the Great Physician, and we ask for healing for Laurie. Anoint her doctors with wisdom and insight into the situation. Use their talents and gifts for Your honor and glory. Beyond that, we ask that Your incredible peace that truly passes all understanding blanket Laurie right now, as well as those who love her. Allow them to feel your assurance as they wait for answers and results. Banish fear and replace it with faith and trust. We ask this in Your Son's name. Amen
Continued prayers, and keep us posted, Kelly.
Pamm
You both are in my thoughts and prayers!!
Praying for full healing.
Laurie and her family are in my prayers! Please keep us updated.
I'll be saying lots of prayers for Laurie tonight. How scary for her!
I hope she makes a fast and easy recovery!!
Praying for Laurie as I read this, also praying for you to find calm in this time of stress,
Praying in Columbus Ohio!!!!
I've just prayed and will keep praying!
Kelly ~ Holly and I will be praying for your dear friend and her family!
I'm praying for Laurie right now!
Done and we will continue to pray for her over the coming weeks and months!! Please keep us updated.
And, to answer your question, my husband is from Benton. The blog has been great at getting to keep up and learn about all of the people that I have met there. I told Jennifer that I wanted to go on the next lunch date..haha.
I will be praying for her.
praying here now too...
Praying!
Praying for your sweet friend!
I just prayed for Laurie and will again as God brings her to mind.
Lynnette
Praying...
Praying!
Praying for complete healing for your sweet friend!!
Praying for your friend!
Praying!!
Praying for your dear friend!
Prayers from OK for Laurie!
Will say a prayer now. Keep us posted.
Praying for your bestie! We have all grown to love her as much as we love you and your family!
Oh Kelly! I'm praying right now for Laurie and that the surgeons have the guidance to heal her. I'm sending prayers & positive thoughts your way!
Praying for Laurie and her family, and for you.
How scary! I'm praying for Laurie and her family, her surgeon, and you guys!!!
Isn't it truly wonderful how the Lord gives us friends to pray for us when we need it most? God bless Laurie. I will pray.
We are praying for ALL of you!
Lifting Laurie up in prayer! Keep the faith, Kelly!
Hi Kelly~ I got goose bumps when I saw the title and preceding picture of this post. If my best friend were going through this right now I would feel just about as lost as you probably feel right now. I will definitely be praying for Laurie and her friends and family. As the day comes to a close here, this is what I will be praying over your dear friend:
"When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them and they were healed." Luke 4:40
I am praying for your dear friend. She is in God's care, so try not to fret.
I had staph in my sinuses and had to have surgery. But that was years ago and I haven't had it ever again. i pray they will know what to do to get rid of it...or that our God will show them and direct them as to what to do.
And I pray she will never get this again.
Love, Linda @ Truthful Tidbits
Still praying for a healthy recovery...soon! Very soon!
praying!
Praying for her Kelly!
I am praying. God hear my prayers.
Praying for sweet Laurie!!!!!
Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry Laurie. My prayers are with you.
Praying...:)
I'm on it! keep us posted on your sweet friend.
(((PRAYING)))
I will definitely be praying for Laurie and that is great news that it's not in her bones! Hope the new antibiotic works!!
Lord, we know You are the God who answers prayers in Your perfect time. We trust that You are with Laurie and ask You to heal her body of this infection. Father we ask that You would provide the best medical team to care for her, and ask that she would be able to avoid having surgery, but if surgery is required, we ask that You guide the hands of her surgeon(s) with skill & precision for the best outcome possible for Laurie. In Jesus' name, amen.
Ps. 30:2
PRAYING :) What a blessing you and Laurie's friendship is!! The bond between best friends is indescribable.
That IS very scary. My father got one in his hand once and it took several rounds of IV antibiotics to kill it off and avoid surgery. I will be praying for Laurie, too!
Just lifted up your beautiful friend Laurie in prayer...please keep us posted.
Praying for your dear friend.I know if it was my best friend I would so scared.May God give healing to Laurie,and may He grant peace that passes understanding to everyone.
Praying for your sweet friend!
Praying for Laurie!
Laurie will be in my prayers!
You know I am praying! Please let me know if you have anymore questions or I can tell you anything else about staph. :-)
Oh no! That is so scary! I will be sending her healthy vibes and keep her in my thoughts.
Praying!
Sending prayers your friends way. Hope things turn out positive for her. :)
Prayers lifted for your dear friend!
((hugs & blessings))
Praying
Praying please keep us all posted.
Sending a lot of prayers to Laurie and her family - please keep us posted! xoxoxo
I definitely will stop to pray for her right now! I know that God has his hand on this entire situation!
My mother in law had staph infection in her pinkie finger 3 years ago and ended up having surgery... that corrected the problem completely. We were scared to death, but she got better really fast after the surgery. Praying for Laurie's swift healing. :)
Laurie is in our Prayers!!
Praying! Staph is so scary. Speaking from experience!
Lisa @
All That and a Box of Rocks
Praying!!!
(((hugs)))
Yoli
I am glad to hear it's not in her bones. I will pray for healing. My 13 year old son has had a staph infection 4 different times. Thankfully antibotics and cleaning the wound healed each of them. Staph is VERY scary!!
Praying for your dear friend and her family. I know you may think I'm crazy and that's ok with me ;) but I use cleaning products through melaleuca and just recently got my book all about their products and I just read not 2 hours ago about how all the products people use are breaking our body down and leading to staf infections, etc. The FDA does not have much power over these companies and they're allowed to not even say everything that's in their products, which is literally breaking our bodies down and making us more suspetible to infections such as MRSA and other Staf infections, etc. It's honestly been an eye opening night for me. I've been using the natural products for about 7 years, but didn't even realize all the damage that the harsh chemicals that we can buy in the stores do to our bodies and our children, etc.
I am NOT soliciting, seriously..but if you want to learn more I am happy to share the book (well the website where I ordered it) and can share about melaleuca (plus the best cleaning products I've seriously EVER used and they don't hurt us!!!). Anyways, feel free to email me: my3gifts@aol.com and please know I'm truly on my knee's for Laurie.
Praying!
Consider it done, Dear!
Oh no - poor Laurie. I'm saying a prayer for her right now! Those community-acquired staphs can be ugly. Praying right now for healing....
I remember how I felt when my bestest friend was sick! praying for you all! ♥
absolutely praying for her, and her family right now!!!
blessings,
stephanie
How very scary! Taking her to God right now!!
Consider it done!! Lifting Laurie and her family up in my prayers! And you,too!!
Hi a couple of years ago my son stepped on a nail and the area got infected and he was put on oral antibiotics and it didn't work, so he had to be put into the hospital for IV antibiotics. They had to do a cat scan to check for bone infection so maybe she needs IV medication?
I will pray for her, hope she gets better real soon.
Done...will keep praying for complete healing!!
Lifting up prayers for Laurie!
I will be praying!!!
Praying
Suzanne
A friend of mine's husband went through something similar and we prayed heartily that his staph infection wasn't in his bones -- and it wasn't. He was in the hospital and is now on IV antibiotics, but he is recovering well and is expected to return to work next week. My prayers for Laurie's complete recovery and for peace of mind for Laurie and family and for you.
Tell Laurie to hang in there. My mom battled staph in various places for several months. She ended up going to an infectious disease doctor and he cured her. Prayers are headed her way.
Oh Kelly I will keep Laurie and you guys on my prayer list! I can't imagine how scared she is and you. By the way how do you get a staph infection in your finger? I will pray all goes well with the urgery too, please keep us posted. Hope this week runs smoothly for both Laurie and your families!
~Molly P
Praying! I had a bad, bad staph infection 3 years ago but fortunately I am fine today! Modern medicine is truly amazing!
Oh sweetie, I will pray my heart out for Laurie.
Praying my friend~
My father died after getting a staph infection in his hand. Prayers for Laurie...it is very serious and they need to treat this very, very aggressively.
Praying for Laurie!
how scary!! i'll be praying the antibiotics do their thing!!
Praying for Laurie!!!!
Oh praying!!! PRAYING!!!
Glad to hear it may not be as bad but we will keep praying!
Keeping Laurie in my thoughts in prayers. Please keep us posted!
Will pray. Also, please make sure Laurie is taking probiotics while on the medication and afterwards to help prevent further staph infections. She needs the probiotics that help the immune system such as Jarrow-Dophilus EPS or Danactive (not Activia which has a different function).
Kelly- I am thiking about your friend and will be keeping her in thoughts and prayers!
Love you!
Praying for complete healing!
Praying for your friend. God is great and has a plan!
Nancy
http://shadowofthesteeple.blogspot.com
Will pray for you, Laurie and her family.
praying!
Praying for complete healing for your dear sweet friend.
Blessings,
Kaye
Matthew 21:22
Oh my goodness--scary--praying for Laurie!!! Keep us posted.
I am at that point about nursing and I change my mind every 30 seconds--time to quit, no, I can't quit, yes, time to quit...Knowing this is our last child (unless God has a BIG surprise for us) just makes it SO hard to let go...I'll never ever get to do this again, and it's been such a sweet bond for me with all three kids. I'm about to cry just typing about it. I thought I'd do 6 months. Today C is 7 months. And I still can't make myself buy formula (partly because it costs $25!!!). I'm going on a one-night stay in November, but C is going to be in the same town, just not in the hotel with me, so I'm tempted to try to make it work and not quit yet. I'm thinking out loud here...thanks for posting about your experience, it makes me feel better!
I will be praying. Keep us updated!
Praying! I'm currently in the hospital recovering from a staph infection in my brain, so I know this fear all too well! I was lucky and it was caught early and was easily fixed through surgery and powerful antibiotics. Praying things turn out well for your friend!
Praying,Kelly! Plese keep us updated.
Count me in! I am praying for her, her family, and you too. Xoxo-BLC
I had MRSA (resistant staph) and had surgery on both my breasts when my son was 3 weeks old. It can be so scary so she is absolutely on my prayer list.
Praying for you all!
Praying for your dear Laurie tonight Kelly! We went through 5 months of ordeals with my daughter when she was 5 yrs. old with Staph. It can be vry serious. It sounds like they are taking great measures with Laurie and we will pray for her continued care and healing.
Praying for your dear friend Laurie and her family and giving thanks that she has a precious friend like you.
I have her in my thoughts and am saying a prayer for her.
She is my prayers!
My son had MRSA when he was 1 week old, 6 weeks old, and at 10 months old. I never knew how serious it was until Oprah did a special on MRSA, and people were dieing in days from it. I am so thankful that he has good doctors and a wonderful hospital Cincinnati Children's. I will keep her in my prayers. Feel free to email me if you would like to ask questions about his MRSA. SheilaHicks@zoomtown.com
Sheila
Cincinnati, OH
Praying for Laurie. Plese keep us posted. Love & blessings from NC!
Kelly, bless your hearts! How scary but thank goodness it's not in the bones!! Prayed and continuing to pray for her for healing and peace for you!! =) She's blessed to have a wonderful,longtime friend!
Blessings from TX
Definitely praying! I feel for her. My family has battles staph {MRSA} for 3 years now. My daughter was hospitalized at 3 with it, had emergency surgery, my husband was hospitalized in March, and I was hospitalized in July with surgery. Mine was a very severe infection, and after a 6 day stay and surgery, I went home fully healed! PTL! We met with the infectious disease team, and we have been great since. You had a lady comment, I believe her name was Melissa, and she gave all sorts of tips...the same things we did. The only difference for us was that Bactrim didn't even put a dent in our infections, we had to go with the strongest available, Vancomyicin.
I know what a scary time it is for her and the family, as well as you...praying for complete healing!
sending prayers!
Will be praying!
Kristi in Texas
so glad to hear things are looking a bit better. we will continue to keep sweet laurie in our prayers!!
I know it must be scary! Praying for you guys.
She will be in my prayers. God bless.
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