On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:29:54 -0400, Julianne Toomey-Kautz
<JulianneTK@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Hi Friends,
> Mom continues improving slowly. The last C-Diff test was
>negative and the other infections are going away. The last blood test
>(Friday) showed significant decrease in the white blood count and it was
>almost back to normal. Kidney function is also improving but it will
>take a while to return to normal. They are pumping her full of fluids
>to increase kidney function so that makes breathing difficult and may
>interfere with weaning from the vent. So far so good though. She did
>10 hours on Friday (kind of by accident as the respiratory therapist
>forgot to turn off the machine at 8 hours), 8 hours yesterday and 6
>hours today. The fluid build up is causing some problems in that
>department but it's kind of amazing that she's weaning at all when she's
>sick.
> Please keep the prayers coming. They are helping!
>Love,
>Susan
Oh, good news, Susan! Putting a little extra in the prayers for your
Mom (and grab some for yourself as they zip past)
--
"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat.
You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles.
Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way:
you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is
that there is no cat."
Albert Einstein


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