~Sweet Melanie~

I got a new doo today....A little over four months ago, I was in the hospital fighting for my life.  I had contracted sepsis form a simple procedure two weeks after it was done.  For those of you that do not know what sepsis is, it is a blood infection that has a death rate of  60%.  I never had heard of it.  I ran a fever of 106 and swelled up to the point  that I was unrecognizable.  They had me in a medicated induced coma and on a vent for 13 days in NICU.  Strong antibiotics and an unbelieveable amount of MRI's, CT's, ultra sounds on my heart and legs...you get the picture.   When I woke up, I had missed out on two weeks of my life...all gone....nothing to remember.  My husband had been there every day with me, rooting for me, praying for me...when he came into the room after I was awake, he collapsed on the bed with me and began to cry saying that this was the happiest day of his life.   I could not move my left arm, they thought maybe that I had had a stroke.  More tests ruled that out.   Long story short...I came home, got it working and finished up in rehab, had two hair cuts, started decorating again, was finally able to enjoy being back with my little family and then my hair started falling out in handfuls!  It became so thin and limp.   For years I have had long hair that my husband absolutely loved and so did I.  I finally made the decision that it must be cut to become healthy again.  So I did it, and I colored it too.  So here I am...starting a blog, a new doo, and a new life.  What a year this has been....