Sept 10, 2008 Prayer for Erin

We talked with Erin tonight. She told us that she had unexpected minor foot surgery today. On Tues. one of her big toes started hurting and got worse during the day. She thought it would get better over night, but instead, got worse affecting the sole of her foot - so that it was hard to walk. She called around and found a doctor who would see her today. When she went in, the doctor said she had an infection and that it had abscessed and needed to be drained immediately. There were already signs of red streaks going up her foot. Thank the Lord, she went in when she did. The doctor called her OB and also had the head doctor come in and look at it. He agreed that it needed to be drained immediately. Erin is my child who is 'deathly' afraid of needles, so she broke out in a sweat, the shakes and dizziness. She said the doctor was very nice, asked several times if she should stop and let Erin relax, but Erin wanted it over with fast, so told her to keep on going. Afterwards, the doctor told her to sit there as long as she needed to, brought her something to drink, candy, etc., volunteered to call Scott, etc. etc. Erin had been at the church with Scott before going to the doctor, and Isaiah had fallen asleep, so Scott stayed with Isaiah, and Erin had driven (carefully) to the doctor herself. (They didn't realize it was so serious.) Someone dropped Scott off at the doctor's office so he was able to take Erin home. When we talked with her she had started the antibiotics, but her foot was still hurting quite a bit. Hopefully it will start feeling better tomorrow. The doctor wanted her to go back for a check up next week, but they are flying down to visit Scott's parents (and Drew and Rachel) on Monday. They will, of course, keep an eye on it. Again, we are so thankful that she was able to get in to see the doctor so soon. Please pray for her. (They don't know what caused the infection. She remembers being outside last week - with sandals on - and feeling something prick, sting or bite her foot. It wasn't bad, so didn't think anymore about it.)

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