Re: Dang!!!!

"Sharon Too" <askformyaddy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>> Hey!  How is your friend?
>
> Just finished week #6 in the ICU. She is trached but on the vent only at

> night, trach masked during the day. Stomach tube for nutrition and is 
> finally trying to eat some. She's up in a chair about 4-6 hours a day 
> which is great for the lungs since she has to use the whole lung to
breath 
> instead of just the top half. Doing OT and PT to get moving. Not walking

> yet. Kidneys are much better but still have to do dialysis every few
days 
> to get off some fluids. Lung transplant doc is considering moving
forward 
> with getting her on the transplant list at the top. Team meetings every 
> Tuesday to consider that. Once that happens it would be a 2 day to 2
month 
> wait because she's small. The kidney docs want to see more improvement 
> elsewhere before they consider also tranplanting kidney(s).
>
> So it's good news, relevant to where we were 6 weeks ago. CF stinks. Our

> girl is a fighter.
>
> -Sharon

Awwww, bless her heart!  She IS a fighter!  :-)  I wish & pray all the
best. 
BTW, how is her family holding up?  It has to be hard on them, as well. 
How 
is her son?
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Lori