Hi, folks – we have some late-breaking news from the Wilks camp. After the x-rays and biopsy that Tim mentioned in yesterday’s journal entry, their doctor has determined that Jennifer is suffering from Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). This is a very serious affliction. The doctors are attempting a surfactant treatment that will, hopefully, prevent [...]

Hello Family and Friends, It’s been a better day today. The dialysis went for 3 hours again today and they pulled 3 more liters of water from her body. Her face and body is getting back to a normal look. They may do the dialysis on Saturday, they will make that call in the morning. [...]

Hello Family and Friends, It’s been a long day. Jennifer just gave us a scare. During a breathing treatment at 10:30pm her blood pressure dropped very low and she had a hard time breathing. They had to bag her for over 45 minutes. They got the breathing under control and her blood pressure went back [...]

Hello Family and Friends, Here’s the latest from Austin, Jennifer is still on the regular ventilator but they have to keep her on her stomach to keep her breathing level / states up. When they move her on her back they dropped fast. So for now, they must keep her on stomach. We may have [...]

Laurie here. I just got off the phone with Tim. Jennifer is about the same. She is on a less powerful ventilator, but at the highest settings. The pneumonia has not shown real improvement and they are still trying to discover what kind of pneumonia so that they can target the medication. She has woken [...]