Quick Update

I have to run back to the room, where there is no internet access, but a quick rundown:

Mother had surgery; they did 6 bypasses. She was in the ICU for 24 hours and is now in a regular room, being monitored and recovering. (Please email or call if you want the room number or phone number.)

She's doing well overall, but could use prayer for:

• her blood pressure is generally staying lower than they want
• her hematocrit (measures red blood cells, essentially) is quite low and dropped a lot from Wednesday to Thursday; they're giving her blood, but they don't really know why it dropped.
• she's in a fair bit of pain (of course!) -- pray the pain medicine would be effective
• she's having trouble breathing deeply, and her lungs aren't yet expanded fully. this can lead to pneumonia if it doesn't get better

Thank you all!