My Mother is doing better.

My mother is in the Fairmont Nursing Home for physical therapy. She is doing much better and might be going home next week. She is walking but is still to weak to get up out of the chair by herself. They have lowered her oxygen level from 3 to 2 with no change in her blood work. So they now have lowered it to 1. Maybe she will go home without oxygen which would be nice. They say now that she has an inflammatory lung disease. Please keep praying for her.

Dad is remodeling the bathroom. He completely gutted it. He had to take the sledge hammer to the tub to carry it out in pieces. He said it weighed 500 lbs. He is reinforcing the bathroom walls with plywood, so that he can put handicap bars in. He is installing a shower for mom as she can't step over the tub wall anymore.

Thanks for your continued prayers.

My Mother

Please keep praying for her. One week ago she went to the nursing home for physical therapy. She stayed only two days and went back to the hospital. They put a pic line back in and put her back on antibiotics and steroids. She seems to get much better just overnight. Her one lung is better. The other lung looks like it did a month ago when she first came into the hospital. She had another biopsy on Monday. This time they went down her throat. They couldn't do the biopsy because her blood was too thin. They did flush the lung. She also is back on a full oxygen mask 24 hours a day. They can not keep the oxygen level in her blood up where is needs to be. Being in the hospital is affecting her mentally. She has been in too long.

Please pray for the doctors, that they would find out what is going wrong with her and they would figure out the right medicine to get rid of the pneumonia. Pray for the nurses caring for her. Pray for her that she would heal quickly. Pray for my Dad to have lots of patience and a good attitude. Pray that he doesn't get drug down in all of this. It is going to be a long winter for them.

Thanks for your prayers.

Rita

My Mother

Please pray for my mother. She is in the ICU with pneumonia. As of today, January 10th, she has spent 14 days in the hospital. She wasn't getting better and so a biopsy was done on her one lung. It showed that she just had pneumonia - something curable. Because of the biopsy she was on a respirator. On Friday she came off of the respirator. The drain tube was suppose to be removed that afternoon. Keep her in your prayers, that she would heal faster and come home soon.

Mom, when you get home and read this - we video taped Christmas for you. Love you.