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as some of you might remember my brother that left to live homeless in tent city in Dallas Texas is now home,
after a lot of trauma that happened to him in Texas,long story I won't get into.
but you can just imagine the worst of worst scenarios of living a life like that,
his choice due to alcohol and drugs,our father paid for his bus fair back to Tennessee his home,
he came back in a lots different way,
he is sober and straight,lots of rude awakenings living out there,
sad thing is he has come back with a deadly blood desease called mrsa ,he has had one surgery due to it,
live been researching mrsa for 3 days on Internet ,nothing good about it except it's deadly,
sad very sad ,he is also having heart problems with a heart valve,which I read is the mrsa attacking his heart,
i spoke with brother again concerning his infection of the blood he said he just had the one surgery on his hand a year ago out in Dallas that it wasn't that bad ,that he didn't think he had a bad strain of it,
from what I read on it there's only 2 strains of it and neither are good both deadly.
im not knowing where to turn besides Internet for info,I've called hospitals,health clinics the like ,nothing .
ive prayed and prayed about it turning it completely over to God ,he is in control and very aware of brothers infection,
i did ask brother to go to hospital to be checked out,he said he may.maynot
ive let this get to me ,when it comes to a loved one being really sick I get worried and very concerned,
then my life becomes unmanageable ,time to let go ,I'm powerless over brothers sit,im powerless over others loved ones ,people ,places and things............thought I should give you all an update on this ,I know I posted about him way long time ago.thats how long he stayed gone.
Excepting others,people,places and things ,
This is where I'm at in my recovery journey,
Step 1.... I admitted I was powerless over people( including loved ones) my most challenge ,
That my life had become unmanageable in trying to fix .
(((LU))) - sending positive thoughts and prayers your way - for you and your family. MRSA can be deadly but it's not terminal for everyone! When 'these' types of situations rise up in my world, my go to has always been staying in the present. For this moment, on this day, I can look around and see that all is truly OK.
Glad that he's home and sober!! Hang in there - be gentle with you!
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Practice the PAUSE...Pause before judging. Pause before assuming. Pause before accusing. Pause whenever you are about to react harshly and you will avoid doing and saying things you will later regret. ~~~~ Lori Deschene
Thank you iah,
That's good to know that it's not terminal for everyone,smiling now.
I'd been fearing myself and my father that is having to drain his bladder 2x a day,that has to be very sanitary,
I was around my brother for 2 days we enjoyed each other's company going and doing good things together,
My yorkypoo 5 lbs ,10 yrs old stuck beside him,
After realizing how contagious it was also,
More fear came upon me,
I'm glad you do know of mrsa,
Nobody knows or ever heard of it around here,small town.
It is a huge blessing to me to have him sober,getting reacquainted with the brother I onced knew before his addiction took him over,
Feels good coming here and getting all off my chest as well,
And sharing my journey along with my alanon family ......hugs lu
