Yay for "A"!

After a VERY LONG week, Ned went to the Doctor this morning to get the results of his liver panel. He has Hepatitis A. The doctors were fairly sure that he had a form of Hep, but had to run further tests to determine if he did and what form he had. Hep A is a virus that we are all vaccinated against but 10% of the population is resistant to the vaccine. So anyway, somehow he came in contact and contracted the virus. It's mostly carried by small children. Anyway, I feel so bad for him, it's a serious illness and Ned is quite sick even after 3 weeks of being totally down and out. The Doctor said it could last 2 months! YIKES! But the good news is that he will never get Hep A again. He will still be able to continue his Navy duties, and the kids and I will not get it because we haven't gotten it up to this point. Big sigh of relief all around. I am so grateful that everything will be OK. I am so glad that it's not Hep B or C, because those can be lifelong conditions! So poor Neddie has yet another week off work to rest up. This will be going on a full month of this awful illness. My heart really goes out to those suffering with chronic illness. It is hard to deal with something like this day in and day out. Thanks for all your prayers and concern. It means a lot to us! So now we just continue on and be grateful that he will recover, though a long recovery seems immenint at this point.