I get letters nearly every day from people with MRSA, due to my work with MRSA Resources. So many times they are just heart wrenching, from people who just lost their parents, spouse or child to people with no insurance and no one to help them find the help and the expensive drugs that they need to battle their illness. You really can’t imagine how hard it is to write those people back sometimes.

Anyway, I just got the kindest letter:

God Bless You and all that your family has endured of
late.

I happened across your story about Marshall’s illness,
not because of anything MRSA related in my life. I
was just wanting to read what it was about.

What is truly incredible here is your devotion to your
husband Christina. What an incredibly inspiring story
you have told thru your keeping this diary of what has
been going on in your lives. Your attention to the
details and management of his care is astounding.

I just had to write to tell you what an wonderful
person you are for all the love that you have showed
your husband and your family.

May Marshall’s journey with his health continue on
this path of wellness. You both have so much life to
live for at such young ages and with so much going for
you.

Thanks for the inspiration your family has shown.

How touching was that? I do absolutely adore and worship my husband, and to have lost him last year would have been a possibly truly unbearable situation for me. I wrote down and published his story online because I really felt the need to let other people know that there is hope, and more importantly the exact details of his treatment (well, as exact as I could get them with my brain shutting down). I am not sure what this has to do with the situation I whined about earlier today, but I feel there is a lesson to be learned there. I hope I get it.