Jenifer went home today... YEAH!!!
She is so glad to be at home.
She had 21 stiches put in yesterday.

Thanks again for your concern and prayers.

The Worst Birthday Ever... her 35th today... she even puked from the morphine...

Culture confirmed Strep A bacteria!!!! one of the flesh eating bacteria...
The most common one that can cause necrotizing fasciitis and myositis!!!!
But thankfully there was very little tissuse damage.

She has a gaping 3 inch wound above the groin and about a 9 inch one below the groin line.
She will be in hospital for about 10 days. Changing the dressings/packings are the worst!!!!!

Her spirits are good... and her scars won't be visible while wearing shorts

My son-in-law, Chris made a blog too... http://spaces.msn.com/charmens/

GOOD NEWS: She didn't lose a leg!!!!!!

She had her surgery and is in recovery...
They didn't find much...
So they sent samples to pathology...
And left the incision open for drainage.

To me that sounds like they didn't find...
The havoc of the flesh eating bacteria...
So we are on a high now...

Thank-you Lord!
And for your prayers.

Jenifer Harmen, Ed & LaVanna's oldest daughter, in Airdrie, Alberta is having surgery on her thigh this morning... Friday March 17.06, at the Peter Lougheed Hospital in Calgary.

http://www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/plc/index.htm

She developed pain and a rash with welts in her upper leg a couple days ago... it has steadly gotten worse, inspite of antibiotics.

The doctors think it is Necrotizing fasciitis (NF), commonly known as "Flesh eating disease"
It is a serious Strep A bacterial infection, that can strike anyone.

For more info click on the following links:

http://www.nnff.org/
http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic332.htm
http://flesheatingbacteria.net/index.html

Please pray for her that everything may go well with the surgery, and for a speedy recovery.
Pray for: Chris her husband, Brandon her son, her in-laws, Mary & Russ, and us.

Thank-you very much