On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:54:40 -0500, Julianne Toomey-Kautz
<JulianneTK@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Hi all,
> Well, it seems mom has a bleeding ulcer. Apparently this is
>relatively common in patients who are on a feed tube and a vent for a
>long time. Plus they evidently stopped giving her the Protonix a couple
>weeks for some reason. Anyway, she was prone to acid anyway because
>she always on Prilosec for gastric reflux problems.
> So they're giving her large doses of Protonix to stop the
>stomach acid and they've stopped all the blood thinners. Obviously
>anyone on blood thinners bleeds tremendously from any little thing.
>The bleeding has stopped, which is a step in the right direction. Her
>white count is down in the normal range and lower than it's been in
>weeks (7.7) so it sounds like she's finally licked all the infections.
> So hopefully we're on the mend. She's been having problems with low
>hemoglobin for a while now, so maybe this will lead to finding the
>source of that and solving it for once and for all.
> She's very determined to get well and she's certainly a fighter.
>Please keep the prayers coming!
>Thanks!
>Susan
Read 'em both, and better news in the second post.
Goodthoughts and prayers continuing...
--
Wes Struebing
Jan. 20, 2009 - the end of an error
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