Wednesday

Dorothea was wide eyed this morning...it was so nice to see her beautiful eyes! :) I teased with her about being stubborn yesterday and not opening her eyes much, but she didn't really remember what I was talking about.

She had a dialysis treatment this morning. They gave her one unit of blood, they also gave her one unit of blood last night.

Someone from the LTAC came today to evaluate her records and see if she is ready to be transferred to the LTAC. They have basically said that the one thing that will keep her in the hospital ICU is her GI issue. She is continuing to throw blood clots, and her hemoglobin continues to drop. This afternoon they performed some time of scan that shows active "bleeds." They were unable to detect any. They are assuming that all of this bleeding is coming from the top of the large intestine where they found ulcerations previously.

Dorothea was awake and able to be part of the discussion with the doctors. She agreed to the suggested plan put forth by the doctors. They are going to go in laproscopically Thursday morning and remove a 2 inch section of her intestine. The problem area is right where the small intestine and large intestine meet. Apparently there is also a valve there in between the two intestines. I am not clear on how the valve will be affected by this procedure. Harold mentioned that this may make her diarrehea worse, which if you know Dorothea well, this is a big bummer.

Please keep your prayers coming for Dorothea, and keep them coming for Harold as well.