Monday, September 22, 2008

An update on Larry's dad

I mentioned Larry's father's hospitalization on Thursday.  I'm sorry I haven't updated sooner.

Here's the story--

On Thursday morning, Jim was passing a great deal of blood & feeling awful.  He was taken to the doctor who sent him to the hospital in Tyler.  It was determined that he was bleeding internally & he was admitted to the hospital.  Between then & Saturday, he was given 2 blood transfusions to raise his hemoglobin level.  In doing so, he got his energy back & felt much better.  They did an upper GI scope procedure & could not locate the source of bleeding.  They released him to go home on Saturday with plans to have him see his doctor to swallow a camera pill this week.  As of this evening, he has not been able to schedule that appointment yet.  He wasn't able to reach the doctor today.  As soon as he does, they will do that.  Larry spoke to him this evening & it turns out that the 2 transfusions are apparently "wearing off".  He is back to having no energy & feeling pretty rough.

Please keep him in your prayers.

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