Monday, May 01, 2006

Monday Morning

11:30 a.m. EST
- Not sure when TRACHEOTMY will be performed.
-pulminary doctor felt more postive today. still fragile, but lori ok to have tracheatomy.
- TEMP ok at 99.4
- breathing "room oxygen" with ventillator, which is GOOD
- lung x-ray the same as yesterday which is GOOD
- FLUID draining from abdomen looks BETTER
- Just using minimal amount of new BLOOD PRESSURE medicine.
- GI doctor pleased today.
- received an input of HEMOGLOBIN. still low.
- was sedated yesterday and last night. we think she's been resting.

not sure how long LORI will remain in ICU. hoping that things will continue to improve.

thanks so much for all of your phone calls, emails, posts, well-wishes, etc. really nice to hear from all of you.

Shorty is feeling a little sick and is recooperating. Patti is keeping things running smoothly. I got to play some music yesterday in Alpharetta with some friends of a friend of mine, Rob Poynter, who now lives in LA. i play drums and sax---sort of. over the past year i've been playing music with Rob and some other musicians in LA every saturday at a studio located in North Hollywood that we call the "pool house." it's been one of the most artistically satisfying experiences of my life, and i owe it all to LORI. Lori took an improvisational comedy class a few years ago in Atlanta, and Rob was one of her instructors. i came to atlanta once to see LORI perform a show, and LORI was hilarious and got lots of laughs (that's for you, sneed, when you read this). funny how things and people connect.

love,
johnny, shorty, and patti

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

We are continuing to pray for you Lori. We are so happy that you are improving daily. Can't wait to read the next update. Love, The Malley's.

3:12 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lori,

You and Mom, Dad and Johnny are in my thoughts. You, my dear, are in my prayers.

I just learned of your situation and want you to know that I shall place 'white light' around you.

So happy that you have had two good days. May they be the beginning of only good days.

love, Susan RoAne

3:38 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

My daughter, Adrian Jordan, was Lori's "next-door neighbor" when they were freshmen at Ole Miss. Adrian(now married to Walker Love) lives in Atlanta. She has told me about Lori...ups and now some downs.
Please know that in Greenville, MS., we have many Prayer Warriors! They have Lori in their Hearts and Prayers...I want this to help you get through everyday...but I know it has to be SOOO hard...Prayers are answered.. We are praying for you!

9:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dear Lori, Patti and Shorty,

Andrew wrote to Danny, George and I telling us about Lori. We have been following your daily updates and so happy to read the good reports the past couple days...especially the tracheotomy procedure and the numbers improving. We know that God is always with us, no matter what our situation is. We continue to pray for all of you.

3:07 PM  

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