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Unread 02-09-2004, 11:29
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Re: CD Member in Hospital

Another Update

First of all thank you all for the e-mails. On Monday she recieved several and when I walked in she made some comment about "Now you've done it!" like I'd done a bad thing in posting the e-mail information here. But then Tuesday she complained when she didn't get any e-mails. Yesterday we found out what had happened on Tuesday. Apparently the hospital volunteers run this service. The Tuesday volunteers are a little older and less comfortable with computers, so nobody printed out the e-mails for that day. Yesterday she got quite a stack when they printed out the back e-mails!

Health-wise things are getting better. Yesterday we got some important test results back. They showed that things are not as bad as the doctors thought they might be. Karen has moved to a "soft food" diet, which means she has a little more control over what she gets to eat. Much better than the liquid diet she was on before or eating through a tube. They are also transitioning her to oral medications, presumably she can go home if that works out.

They are still concerned about her weight loss. On Tuesday they found she had lost 5lbs in the previous 5 days. While some people would love to loose at that rate, it just isn't healthy and means something isn't right. It was one of the reasons they moved her to more real food. It is hard to get a lot of calories down on a liquid diet.

Karen's spirits are good and she really has enjoyed getting all the e-mails etc. So keep them coming, especially the jokes.

Things are looking up

ChrisH
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