[Sca-cooks] OT Shoes to cook in!

[Heleen Greenwald]

My dear Stefan,
I am so very sorry to read of your leg troubles. I'm glad you got  
hospital and IV care.
Many blessings!
Phillipa


On Oct 6, 2007, at 2:22 AM, Stefan li Rous wrote:
> Stefan
> (Unfortunately, my vacation was/is not fun. My knee was hurting just
> before and during last weekend's SCA event and got worse. I thought
> it might have to do with my hay fever/allergy which also suddenly
> popped up on Thursday. At least I thought that was why I was running
> a slight fever at the event and tired. My knee and leg were also a
> bit red.  On Monday my knee and leg were bright red and it was sore
> to the touch and hot and I could barely move it. I went into the
> emergency room and they admitted me to the hospital. There was no
> sign of a blood clot, which is good I'm told. But I had a skin
> infection. After IV antibiotics all week they released me this
> morning. So, I'm still sore and there is still some redness and
> swelling and I'm limping but I'm at home. I just started my new
> contract engineering job two weeks before this.  I was afraid they
> would cut me loose, but it sounds now like they didn't ever consider
> that, but they did want to know how long I would be out so they could
> plan around it. I really like the work and the company and didn't
> want to lose it.
>
> The hospital room actually had a wi-fi connection, and it was mostly
> trouble free. But trying to type sitting on a hospital bed with your
> legs our in front of you and the tabletop/laptop at near shoulder
> height really isn't that comfortable. Oh yes, and I was supposed to
> keep my leg elevated during this. :-) )
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> THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
>     Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas
> StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
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