Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Update

I think there might be some confusion on Melinda's status. Everything is under control. She is still receiving blood products more frequently due to the bleeding from the surgery. They were prepared that this situation would be a possiblity and therefore the doctors on top of it. They moved her back to ICU to monitor more her closely - which is a very good thing. In ICU the patient ratio is much lower(usually only 1-2 patients per nurse) than on the regular floors which can be around 7-8 patients per nurse.

She is just not doing as well as she was before the surgery but I talked to Mark a few minutes ago and Melinda is resting and eating small amounts of food. So she is doing okay and I'm so sorry if people read more into it.

The doctors want to do a biopsy of her liver through her jugular vien Fri. (this option will be used so she doesn't have clotting issues) They are waiting until Fri. to see if she improves w/the transfusions and to see if the expanders might have been an issue as well. So hopefully, the biopsy will tell them something.

1 comment:

Amy S. Grant said...

Thanks Chasity and Pam for updating us. I am praying for Melinda today, and for their whole family. You are a great support for them.