RogerS Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 :happy feet: Just looked at my car...............needs a detail.............it will have to wait. But I'm home! http://www.teamshelby.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=29349 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Morris Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 :happy feet: Just looked at my car...............needs a detail.............it will have to wait. But I'm home! http://www.teamshelby.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=29349 Glad they finally let you out. I guess Good Behavior does account for something. How often do you have to see the probation officer? michael morris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riharley Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Glad to hear it !! -Tim- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerS Posted June 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Glad they finally let you out. I guess Good Behavior does account for something. How often do you have to see the probation officer? michael morris In 5 days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerS Posted June 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Glad to hear it !! -Tim- Thanks Tim. I will catch up with you tomorrow. Was busy with the doctors this afternoon when you called. Thanks, Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmor Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Great news! Glad to hear you're home and getting well. I walked through a spider-web in my garage tonight...and I'm really more careful now!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbymotorsports Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Roger glad you're home. Nothing like being back in your own bed for a speedier recovery. I thought of you many times this past weekend while doing some spring cleaning of my garage. Like snales in the woodpile I kept reminding myself not to stick my hand under any cabinet/shelby unless I could see the area first. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Rodgers Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Glad to hear you are home Roger, your car will still be there ready to get detailed when the time comes. Do what is best for you until that time does come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07SHELBY GT Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Sounds like you are finally on the road to recovery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipmodeler Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Right On! :happy feet: :happy feet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorjock205 Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 GREAT news Roger! Take care of yourself, the car can wait until you are fully recovered... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSURB Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Good news. It's great you're home. HSURB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby N.Y. Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Glad your back Roger, so how many more mods did you think of while you were "laying around" :tease: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerS Posted June 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Glad your back Roger, so how many more mods did you think of while you were "laying around" :tease: I'll never tell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGT2666 Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Sounds like a pretty scary event glad to hear you are alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywickedshelby Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 good talkin to ya yesterday buddy, hope you are felling better today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stump_breaker Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Great news! Glad to hear you're home and getting well. I walked through a spider-web in my garage tonight...and I'm really more careful now!!! X2 The tree spiders (Orb Spider) are active now and when I walk through the yard at night and run into a web I think "spider - bite - Roger - hospital" and it usually ends up with me running around the yard, flailing my arms and screaming like a little girl "GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerS Posted June 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Good to get a GOOD nights rest in my own bed! A little longer than a week away and I will get my "full" release. It was a scary episode alright. You just don't know what will happen. Many question that took way too long to figure out by the medical team. In the end the infection was due to an insect bite. Still inconclusive as to which. The complications came in on where I was bitten. Seems it happened right on a vein. What ever it was injected directly into the blood stream. That resulted in the vein being infected. The infection spread quickly into the lymphnodes of my upper leg and small absesses then developed around the bite area. Major IV antibiotics were the only treatment. The swelling and redness began as a small dime size welt and within 2 days was the size of a football and the infection was spreading rapidly throughout the leg vein traveling downward. Needless to say it was very painful. The prognosis is that there may be some perminate damage and the vein will need to be removed at a later time and I will have a remaing bruise in the general area to contend with. But speaking with the doctors the tell me they have seen much, much worse. I am thankful that I was fortunate. I'll be back at the show circuit sooner than I expected. Which is good, because "Shelby" is my passion. I don't know what I would do without my "Shelby Family" and friends. My grandson was going into the garage every day to see if I was there. He didn't believe my wife or his dad so they had to open the car to prove I was not there. Last night he was my buddy. I had to give him his bath. He would not let his mom do it. I think I ended up more wet than he was. We then huddled up on the bed with a book and his bottle and blanket and he fell asleep within 5 min. It was truly a good feeling to be back home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stump_breaker Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 I'm assuming a Staph infection of some kind or possibly MRSA (which they say is nearly an epidemic) giving the type of antibiotics? Or did they just say "infection"? Seems like they would have done cultures to narrow it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerS Posted June 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 I'm assuming a Staph infection of some kind or possibly MRSA (which they say is nearly an epidemic) giving the type of antibiotics? Or did they just say "infection"? Seems like they would have done cultures to narrow it down. Stump, I was tested for EVERYTHING! MRSA, Lyme, Staph etc. Blood cultures were done twice daily. They listed it as a bacterial infection due to an insect bite. They know that much due to the small dot of blood at the bite site. I still need to take antibiotics in pill form for the next 5 days, 4 times a day and have blood work up thursday and another follow up on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerS Posted June 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 I'm assuming a Staph infection of some kind or possibly MRSA (which they say is nearly an epidemic) giving the type of antibiotics? Or did they just say "infection"? Seems like they would have done cultures to narrow it down. Stump, I was tested for EVERYTHING! MRSA, Lyme, Staph etc. Blood cultures were done twice daily. They listed it as a bacterial infection due to an insect bite. They know that much due to the small dot of blood at the bite site. I still need to take antibiotics in pill form for the next 5 days, 4 times a day and have blood work up thursday and another follow up on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64peter Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Hey Roger ! Glad you are back home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoShelbyGT Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Roger, glad to hear you're back at the homestead! Nothing like a little "vacation" at the hospital to make you really grateful for your own bed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Boy Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 :happy feet: Just looked at my car...............needs a detail.............it will have to wait. But I'm home! http://www.teamshelby.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=29349 It's always nive to be back. Welcome home......... CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clink Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 Hey old buddy, Glad you are still kicking. My boss had the same thing happen to him here in SD. He went to the hospital after a few days of feeling bad. They put him on antibiotics. This bite was killing all of the muscle around the bite. They cut a big chunk out of his leg to try to get rid of it. Of course he had to show it to me, YUCK.......... Take care my friend, CLINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TClark1976 Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 Good to hear that all things turned out ok with the spider bite!! Maybe we'll call ya Spider Man now?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerS Posted June 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 Good to hear that all things turned out ok with the spider bite!! Maybe we'll call ya Spider Man now?? Too late! I spoke to Bud at the mod shop today and he hit me with that right off the bat. Hey how you feeling spider man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerS Posted June 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 Hey old buddy,Glad you are still kicking. My boss had the same thing happen to him here in SD. He went to the hospital after a few days of feeling bad. They put him on antibiotics. This bite was killing all of the muscle around the bite. They cut a big chunk out of his leg to try to get rid of it. Of course he had to show it to me, YUCK.......... Take care my friend, CLINK Thanks Dave. Hey where have you been? No chunks out of my leg................but it was/is nasty. Hopefully I will back in full force by next week. :happy feet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywickedshelby Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 I see your still not sleeping well......hope you feel better today buddy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerS Posted June 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 Don't look too good for this weekend buddy. I'll call you tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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