Jen

The latest on Jen is that she was admitted to the hospital last tuesday for pneumonia. Unfortunately, she has only been getting worse. Once again please forgive me for not knowing all the medical terms. As things stand now they believe that she may have a bacterial infection that has started in her heart and has moved to her bloodstream. It has caused her lungs to fill with fluid. A severe eye infection in both eyes...along with other problems I am sure but these are the biggest. She will undergo a test today for her heart and a lung biopsy tomorrow. The goal is to find where the infection is and then aggressively treat it. Nothing is confirmed but based on the symptoms she is having they think the infection started in the upper chamber of her heart. We will HOPEFULLY know more today or tomorrow.

In the meantime Jen was put on a ventilator last night because she was struggling too much to breathe. This was an agonizing decision for her...for everybody. Everything happened so fast. It became apparant that we had no other choice. She would have been put on the ventilator today to undergo these tests -- so this gave her body a break and a chance to rest. She is heavily sedated. Dave has not left her side. My mom is caring for the kids and making trips back and forth. The kids do not know the latest changes so please use discretion if you are talking around your children. We are hoping that we get to the source of the problem and beging treating it...with the goal of getting Jen off the ventilator as soon as possible. The dr's are saying 2-3 days.

We need your prayers and positive energy. We are scared. Jen is scared.
Thank you all so much for your support. We know your prayers work! I will blog again when I know more.

xo Meg