We are very thankful to report that Andrea had a better day today, very alert and awake, had an hour nap in the late afternoon. The best news was that her plasmafree hemoglobin count was down to 53 this morning from a high of 2500 a week ago. 50 and less is normal. Hopefully it will stay down, if it does, it would indicate that maybe her clot has cleared up. She sat up in a chair for half an hour this morning and for 5 minutes on the edge of her bed this afternoon and nearly `15 minutes tonight. Faye was looking over the emails I posted this last week and pointed out that I had not mentioned that Andrea tested positive for strep throat 8 days ago. her pump doctor thinks that it is likely the reason for the clot, it is the natural response of the body to fight infection this way. She also was quite pain free today and not asking for pain killer, and says she is not nauseated or in stomach pain. Hopefully her nausea and stomach pain are gone for good, if that would be possible she might make faster gains for recovery. Now it is late so I had better close, goodnight.
Regards, Maynard
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