Ya'll are going to have to forgive me, but I've had a long day, and I'm feeling incredibly snarky right now.
So, this is my apology for any snarkiness or sarcasm in this post.
I get home from work today and read the news like I always do, and since we're a sports family, I read THIS post also. I understand that MRSA is a very serious infection. BUT, seriously, does the pampered NFL wife have to say they're having a hard time with her husband's treatment. (Here goes my rant.)
This is mostly to Amanda Tynes.
First of all, your husband is an NFL player, I would wager that he's still getting some sort of income through this. Try going with NO INCOME!!!
Second, you're incredibly lucky to get the IV antibiotics in the form that you do. When my husband ALMOST DIED from his infection from the shunt (in case you didn't know, that is IN HIS BRAIN), I had to mix his medicine. There was no fancy bottle that you could just plug in. I had to mix the IV solution, then hang the IV (without an IV pole...a hanger works wonders) and then had to attach it and flush the line afterwards...this was TWICE A DAY!!!
Third, so he got an infection. Here, my husband has BRAIN DAMAGE AND PTSD!!! This is NOT FROM ANY CONTACT SPORTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT...
IT WAS FROM WAR.
Do you think my husband was paid for the time he couldn't work? Do you think that everything here was honkey dory? Do you think that we didn't lose OUR HOUSE AND OUR VEHICLE from that?
HOW DARE YOU???
Lemme try that again...
HOW DARE YOU!!
How dare you even consider that you're having a hard time in your house with A/C and drive that fancy car and post pics on twitter. When my husband had his infection, he had to get treated at the Houston VA Hospital, TWO HOURS AWAY. Do you know how hard it is to come and go that far with an infant? And by infant, let me show you a couple pictures of JUST ONE of our drives home.
Sorry this is blurry, but I WAS DRIVING! My husband couldn't even sit up on the way home, he was laying down in the back seat. Which brings me to this second picture.
My son wasn't even a year old. SEE HOW LITTLE he was? I had a truck (at the time) that would disable the air bags and he had to be in the front seat so I could drive and take care of both him and his dad.
By the way? As far as any money??? Yeah, he couldn't work. That truck we were driving in, it got repossessed because we couldn't afford the payments after his brain surgery. The house he had, it was foreclosed on because we couldn't afford the payments. I robbed Peter to pay Paul and begged the utility companies to give me time to pay the bills. Oh yeah, and that's while paying for the gas to go back and forth to Houston.
We're STILL FIGHTING THE VA FOR HIS DISABILITY FOR THE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.
I'm doing everything in my power to raise funds for a Service Dog for my husband so that we can at least go to an NFL game again. He panics in crowds and so my son doesn't even remember our last game.
I'm incredibly proud of my husband because EVEN WITH THE BRAIN DAMAGE HE'S GOING TO COLLEGE! He's trying to provide for his family. (Also, we were earning good money when he was able to work!!) I'm having to work part-time while my son goes to school, because we can't afford the child care for me to work more. Every time my husband gets sick I worry about shunt malfunction and whether or not we're going to have to have yet another brain surgery. He wakes up EVERY DAY WITH A HEADACHE!!!
EVERY. DAY.
Do you think you can even imagine that?
Do you think you can imagine having to worry about bills and whether or not your even going to be able to feed your family the next month? The Military is supposed to be taking care of it's VETERANS, but your husband is getting WAY BETTER TREATMENT than my husband EVER DID. So, please don't tell me that you're upset with the statement that was released. Please, don't tell me that you don't think your husband isn't responding well to treatment. Because, as I see it...you've got it pretty easy! I wonder if you have someone come in and hook up his medicine?
I'm going to step off of my soap box now because I'm so angry and upset that I'm shaking, and I DON'T GET LIKE THIS OFTEN! I'm also going to tweet this blog post to you, and I hope you really read this, maybe try reading some of the past posts, like THIS ONE. Or, maybe THIS ONE. And, if you're really feeling generous, can you please check out our fundraiser going on at GOFUNDME, you can find the link on the right side with the picture of us!!! Maybe, this will give you a little glimpse into our life.
