Yup. Inky-chan has a staph infection again. Second time in six months. Not very fun. I've had it for about a week now. I was going to school, but after another visit to the dermatologist, I am to stay home. She says if it gets any worse, I'll have to be hospitalized. O_O I I do have to go to the hospital, it'll be the first time in eleven years. Super, hm? One of her interns gave me some medication earlier in the week, and I had a reaction to that, and it made everything worse. Now, she put me on one of her "big guns", as she likes to call them. Really strong antibiotics.

But the primary reason I'm so concerned about this infection is because my grandfather is in the hospital, and he's not doing so hot. He lives in Sioux City, Iowa, and my family lives in the neighboring town of Sergeant Bluff. A couple of weeks ago, his defibulator shocked him thriteen times in a day (versus the two or three he has per year), and he got sent to a hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. He's been hanging tight since then. His numerous surgeries in the past created a lot of scar tissue, and it inhibits some of the procedures they could do to make him better. My mom (Grandpa's daughter) and Grandma have been driving back and fourth from here to Omaha several times a week. I;m his eldest granddaughter, his prized possession, but I can't see him because of this damned infection. The last time he was exposed to staph, we had to rush him to Mayo Clinic by helicopter and he was put in ICU. That time he recovered, I was an infant and I was the first person he asked for. So... See the importance?

The last time Mom came back, she siad they had put him on a lot of medications, and he's a bit looney. However, he's happy, which is good. I drew him a picture, and Grandma said he liked it a lot.

Yeah, Just had to get that out of my system. Sorry for the choppiness/emoness. >_<