More Stable

It is midafternoon and had a few minutes so here goes.  Andrea is more stable again, she is still intubated and is receiving a medication through the ventilator, depending on how she does she might be extubated tomorrow.  She was under a mild sedation from Thursday noon until this morning.  This was so she would get the rest she desperately needed, as her previous nights were poor.  When she had her colonoscopy, they went in fearing something very serious, turned out it was not as serious as they first thought, though they discovered 2 small patches that were bleeding.  They sent away tissuesamples and today they came back and she is CMV positive.  This is something a lot of people have too, they just don't know it, and in most people it is not serious, can be part of flu like symptoms.  She has been tested for it many times with blood tests and was always negative, now they have started her on an antiviral called Gancyclovir, a powerful antiviral, and hopefully her gut will now heal.  She is quite wide awake when she is awake usually not than more than a few minutes at a time.  Her blood pressure is better again although in the night it was a problem for awhile, they don't really know why.  So it is still a tight rope she is on, we never know when things will worsen or improve, the trend is toward slow improvement over time.  I guess it is all we can hope for right now.

Thanks, Maynard