Saving Sam's Arm
- akennedyruns11
- May 16, 2018
- 2 min read
Ongoing chronicles of heroin addiction. This time, hoping to get rid of a serious staph infection. Sam was admitted to the hospital yesterday. We just found out this morning and drove to Colorado Springs immediately.
Waiting on tests to see what infection we are dealing with. Hopefully not the worst kind. Another blow to all that I was coming to believe in again. I love this boy with all my heart. Looks like he will likely be spending his 19th birthday tomorrow in the hospital. My biggest hope right now is that he keeps his arm. My biggest fear right now is that we will never ever get away from this nightmare.
This might be the post Sam appreciates the least but it needs to be out there. It’s part of his story. This happened by him crushing his MAT pills and shooting them. Unfortunately, he waited until he was nearly incapacitated with pain to come here so the infection had already spread and filled his arm.
I already can’t stand his doctor who seems to be clueless about the opioid epidemic. I had to use my “assertive” side to ask him stop the lecture and get on with the issue. He is now finding out if he can get Sam’s meds here so he doesn’t go into withdrawal. He said if he can’t get them we may not be able to bring them in either. Ironically we are asking the doctor to supply the same drug that brought Sam here in the first place but in a different format. If he says no, we will still sneak them in. Sam would be dealing with shame, pain, and withdrawal agony all at the same time. Too much for him at this time.
This is a crazy messed up life we have going here. Thanks for the many prayers and well wishes you have sent over the past year. First and foremost, I want my son alive and clean. The cherry on top would be keeping this arm attached to his living body.
Where there is life, there is hope. #nomoreshame
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