Sunday, May 11, 2008

Please pray!

This has been a crazy week. My mom was admitted to the hospital in Grand Forks on Monday with a serious staph infection. She had been getting blood treatments to help restore her failing eyesight, and when her port was removed it became an infection and moved into her bloodstream really quickly, making her seriously ill. She is now out of the woods and making a recovery now, thanks to some antibiotics and the good doctors at Altru Hospital. We went over to visit her this weekend in Grand Forks. She is looking and sounding better, even cracking some jokes which is good. The first half of the week was rough, but now she is able to eat and she hasn't had any more fever spikes or changes in her blood pressure. The infection did make it's way to her heart, but they are monitering that closely and don't see it as serious as we first thought. The next step is that she will be released on Tuesday and moved to the hospital in Park River for 2-3 weeks of IV antibiotics in a swing bed. I'm hoping once she gets settled in the hospital she will be comfortable and regain her strength. I'll try to post the address of the hospital on here too so if any of you feel like sending cards, I'm sure it would lift her spirits.
If you believe in the power of prayer, please pray for her in the coming weeks as she makes her recovery. The doctors are optimistic and everything should be OK, but as you know those staph infections are nothing to take lightly, especially when they affect your heart. Thanks everyone- have a good week!!

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