Re: Sunday - Amy

[Guest guest]

Peta, Thank you for letting us know how Amy is doing. I am Praying

hard for her. Also am Praying hard for you and your family. I know

this must be so hard on your family to watch Amy go through this. God

Bless all of YOU!!! Ingrid

> Hello everyone

>

> Just got back from sleeping at the hospital. It was definately a

> better night than Thursday! Amy has had a rough few days and seems

a

> small bit better today. She is on a huge amount of morphine right

> now that is keeping her pretty much asleep all day. She doesn't

get

> out of bed right now and is feeling quite crummy. She was

vomitting

> again last night but after some IV gravol she felt a bit better.

She

> is on a lot of oxygen 24 hrs a day as she is having a very hard

time

> catching her breath. I think she is having the chest tube removed

> today but the doc came in and said that all the fluid is now on the

> left lung. I don't think Amy will want to have the procedure done

on

> that side though. However she surprises me every time as she wants

> to continue to fight! To tell you the truth I hope she doesn't,

this

> procedure has really wiped her out and I don't know if she could

> handle it again. They said they could just tap her lung to provide

> some relief for a couple days - but they will respect whatever she

> decides. At this time I don't think she is ready to make any

> decisions.

> She said to my dad yesterday " Cross your fingers dad, I think I am

on

> the mends " , and then she fell asleep. She is truly a hero -

putting

> all she can into this fight. She is so positive and just worries

> about us.

> She doesn't know this, but yesterday my mom, dad and I went to the

ER

> because my dad was having chest pains. He got put on blood

pressure

> medication because his BP was really high. Can't have dad having a

> heart attack right now!!!

>

> Anyways, thank you all AGAIN for your continuous support and

concern.

> Sincerely,

> Peta

> " A baby is a little piece of heaven on earth " .