December 25th

Unbelievably we are in need once again. It has been a very humbling year.

My wife Roselyn has almost completely recovered from the arm and leg breaks and I began working in October at a new job. The job had six weeks of training, but in the middle of November, I got very very sick and had to miss a lot of training and ended up losing that job. I didn't get any better for weeks and weeks, having incredible pain in my back, shoulder and side, along with fever and cold sweats and shivering.

I finally went to the hospital on December 13 and was in such incredible pain I couldn't believe it. The ER gave me a CT scan and found that I had a gigantic abscess on my spleen that needed to be operated on as soon as possible. It ended up taking some time to have the procedure done on my spleen while I was just taking antibiotics. Finally, last Friday they drained the abscess of 160 cc of fluid and found that I had an E. coli infection. This is why I have been getting sick all throughout November because sometimes some of the E. coli would go into my bloodstream and I'm actually very lucky that I didn't die of sepsis.

Recovery from the procedure has been really tough this past week and I've been in a lot of pain and also been having trouble breathing. They told me that I also have fluid in my lungs called a plural effusion. Now because of the holiday, I am waiting probably until January for the next steps. All of the doctors are out of the office.

Anyways, I have now been out of work again since mid November and we are once again very desperate. It is not possible for me to work right now due to pain in my side chest and shoulder and trouble breathing. I cannot believe I have to ask again, but this community was so generous with my wife's ailments. I don't know where else to turn. Anyway you can help with prayers or donations is highly appreciated.


https://www.gofundme.com/f/Roselyncowan

I got in with an infectious disease doctor on Thursday who is excellent and renowned in the area. I will spare you the details but he believes my colon is the issue and that it caused the spleenic abscess and especially because my grandma died of colon cancer wants me to get testing asap. I've been reading about colon cancer for the past few days and found a lot of other ways it fits including it often causing fluid in the lungs called pleural effusion and trouble breathing which I have.

Asking for continued prayers. If it is cancer it is most likely very early and treatable.