Please Pray for Tyson...

so here's the back ground to everything....two weeks ago when tyson was playing basketball, he fell and got a floor burn on his knee. it hadn't really healed all the way - and it was really itchy a little over a week ago, we now think there may have been some bacteria in his nails (maybe) that got into the wound when he itched it...and we believe now, this is what is causing the effects of what's taking place....

so on sunday evening tyson said his knee was hurting, and he was racking his brain to try and remember if he hit his knee on something earlier that day. he was rubbing it and trying to stretch his knee out, hoping it would feel better, but it started to swell and was red and really hot.

monday morning it was still really red, hot and hurt bad. he was able to go into the student health center and have it looked at. two different doctors came in and looked at it and they diagnosed him as having gout which is also known as "old drunk man" disease. the doctors asked him if he drank a lot of beer during the super bowl. Nope. seeing to the fact tyson has never had an taste of alcohol in his life it was kinda odd that, that's what they thought he had. so they gave him medicine and crutches and said to come back tomorrow so more doctors could check him out.

so he did just that...tuesday morning he went in and had it looked at again. it was still swollen, red and painful. they decided it was not "gout" and decided it was MRSA. that's not good at all. so the doctors took x-rays, blood test and drained tyson's knee. which he said hurt so bad and never wants to experience that ever again. poor guy. Luckily the fluid in his knee was clear, so no infection, his blood cells were fine. so they gave him some strong medicine and said take the meds and then they had an appointment set up for wednesday where he was going to see a sports specialist to check out his knee.

SO... on wednesday his knee was looking and feeling a little better, he went in and saw two sports specialist who decided it was not MRSA either. Thank heavens! now they were thinking it was just some sort of bacteria infection in his knee. they looked at his x-rays and it has nothing to do with his joints. he's all good there. so the doctors told him it was looking good, and to keep taking his medicine and he should be fine.

WELL...last night 'thursday' he was looking at his shin and he was like my shin is really hot and red, and i looked and yup it was...the red was spreading down into his shin.

So, this morning he called his sports specialist but he was booked and could not see him. so during a break between classes he stopped by the student health center again and got looked at by another doctor and she agreed that it's some sort of bacteria infection but didn't know what. so she recommended that it would better to be safe than sorry and go to the ER and get looked at and have more blood test ran. So the doctor has nurses call the ER to inform them tyson would be coming in. So after class, the b bear and i went and got tyson, we stopped and got some food and dropped him off at the ER. We didnt think it was a good idea to sit in the ER Waiting room with a bunch of other sick people and have the b bear get sick again, so brody and i went to the mall and shopped. after a few hours of waiting with a bazillion other people tyson got in to see a doctor. he was looked at by two doctors and hooked tyson up on an IV to treat him with MRSA, just in case, that's what it might be. they really aren't sure what is wrong with his leg, but the bacteria is definitely spreading down into his leg and now you can see that it's going back into his calf as well. he is in the hospital over night being monitored, and in the morning the doctors are coming back and they are going to check him for blood clots and do some sort of doppler x-ray on him. So that's all we know. Tyson feels great. It's just his knee that's bugging him. he can walk and put pressure on it - it's just very tender and red. It's all pretty weird. But he is doing ok. It's kinda rough after a week of seeing doctors and no one knows what's wrong with him. So hopefully in the morning and after tests are run we will know more and keep everyone updated. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE keep him in your thoughts and prayers!!!

here's what his knee looked like on tuesday night. the red circle is to show where the red "is", that way if it were to spread they would be able to see how far it would have moved. little did we know...it would spread!

his legs together. you can see the yellow on his leg, where he had his knee drained.

And tonight. He he was very happy to see us!

the brody bear was THRILLED to see his papa!!

sharing drinks and watching the Olympics Opening Ceremonies.

playing together. awe good times at the hospital.

and of course a family shot.

has anyone ever heard of this happening to someone you know or know of someone who knows someone??? if you do, please share!

we are keeping our thoughts positive and of course we are hoping for the best! we hope that the medicine they have given tyson will do the trick and help kill off whatever bacteria is in his knee and shin. When we know more, i will definitely update! But again... PLEASE Keep him in your prayers! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! WE LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU!