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Got home late last night from Alabama. Mandies still in the hospital but she's under so much drugs that added company is only a diversion from her recovery from what they've done so far.
Looks like Mandie's heart is going to be OK but her lungs suck big time. Her lungs were being restricted by excess fluids that it turns out is being produced by her liver which will probably need replacing, and released into her body. She's had 10 liters of fluids drained from her so far but it just keeps building up again. They're going to open her up again and do biopsies on both her liver and lungs before they go any further. She did get out of bed yesterday for the first time since she got into the hospital but only because the doctor told her that if she didn't build up some strength he wouldn't be able to do anything else.
My mother-in-law, who lives here, had to have cataract surgery today so we had to be here for her but we'll be going back to Alabama within the next couple of days.
BTW the University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham has the most caring, knowledgeable staff and because of that it is by far the best hospital I've ever been in. They have been sent by and are directed by Him.