6 Weeks

Friday marked the 6th week of Myra's hospitalization.

Myra had a rough weekend. She's had a fever the last two nights and is testing positive for an infection. Her fever was at 102.9 today. Because of the infection, the doctors removed the dialysis catheter that was placed in her arm the same time they did the mastectomy Its been a convenient point of entry for the dialysis, but because its an opening to her body this means that its also an open door for infection. They removed the catheter in hopes of getting rid of the infection.

With the high fever came some confusion today. She had no appetite and spent most of the day either shivering cold or sweating.

Her blood pressure was also pretty low this weekend- with the top number bouncing between 70 and 80. That also contributes to the confusion she experienced today.

Her heart rate was increased as well and is hopefully a side effect of the fever.

Her kidney specialist has ordered some meds that will help elevate the blood pressure.

She had more blood cultures today and will have additional blood tests tomorrow, so please pray for a negative result for infection. At this point, they will not do dialysis tomorrow. Hopefully her condition will improve over the next 24 hours and they can do dialysis on Tuesday.

On a side note, Shirley and Conrad who are friends of Curt & Myra have been keeping some friends that live in Harris updated on Myra's condition. That friend was at church 2 weeks ago and asked the congregation to pray for Myra's recovery.

Curt & Myra were very touched by that gesture. So thank you Shirley and Shirley's friend in Harris!