Back in the hospital

Hello Family and Friends,

On Thursday we had to put Jennifer back into the hospital (in Austin). Her legs and ankles are swelling up and she is having a tough time to stand and walk. The doctors don’t know what’s causing this and felt that she needs to be in the hospital.

They have taken her off the high blood pressure medicine thinking that this may be causing the swelling and they have to take her blood pressure every 2 hours. They are also giving her a new medicine for her nerve endings. One doctors feels the chemo may have caused nerve damage in her legs. As of today her legs are still swollen.

The Varisela Vostor (form of shingles) is still giving her problems. They had to change the medicine again to help. She is still fainting and it seems to be getting worst. She passed out 6 times yesterday.

They have her on a lot of painkillers and her oxygen level dropped and they started giving her oxygen yesterday afternoon.

We are hoping and praying that things get better in the next few days.

Thanks
Tim

***Update Sunday, November 13th

Laurie Randel here. Mary just asked me to post an update to let you know that Jennifer was admitted to the PICU late last night and has been intubated to help her breathe. She has been sedated to help her feel more comfortable.

Prayers and words of encouragement in the guestbook I’m sure would be appreciated.