On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:26:07 -0400, Julianne Toomey-Kautz
<JulianneTK@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Hi Friends,
> The good news is that mom is doing wonderfully
>well. Yesterday she did really well on four hours of
>CPAP (breathing on her own). She's talking
>intelligently during speech therapy (made it clear she
>understands the vent and the CPAP tests) and sent
>greetings to most of her friends (including you,
>Barb). She's using her right arm very well and can
>reach her face with her hand to rub her eyes and do
>wash her face with it. She's moving her leg some too.
> Definite progress there.
> Alas, Dad's progress is not so good. They're now
>saying he has a fungal infection in the blood and in
>the fluid around the right lung where they put the
>lung drain the other day. He still has some other
>infectin though. On the plus side, he is taking the
>tube feeds and the ileus is gone, but he's passing
>them through very slowly (except when given
>laxatives...then he gets diarrhea). He has been more
>awake and alert the last three days, though. I don't
>know what to think about him. They changed all the
>antibiotics added an antifungal yesterday so we should
>see some improvement in the next few days to a week.
>Let's just keep praying.
> As for me, I've taken two weeks of FMLA Leave... I
>couldn't start school today with dad in such a
>precarious position. Hopefully things will be better
>in two weeks. I can extend the leave if necessary or,
>hopefully, take intermittant leave, and take days as
>needed.
> Thanks!
Please pass on continued goodthoughts and prayers to Susan, Juilanne.
--
Wes Struebing
Jan. 20, 2009 - the end of an error
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