Thursday PM Update

The stool samples confirm that there is hemorrhage inside the stomach. The GI doctor said that she will perform an endoscopy tomorrow to see where and why the bleeding occurs and if a treatment is possible. The neurologist said that Steve's confusion may be due to medication. He is going to lower the pain medication to see if Steve gets better. If the confusion persists, then MRI or some other diagnostics may be necessary to determine other causes.

This afternoon, Steve had an incident where, after getting up for a BM, he returned to bed and immediately had the chills. His heart rate went up to 130 again, and he complained of pain. Some Demerol was given to him, and, after an hour, he was back to normal. Maybe the exersion of getting out of bed was too much for his present anemic condition. It was quite a scare! He's probably not ready to get out of bed any time soon.

Prayer requests: Please pray for his mental ability to get back to normal. Pray for tomorrow's endoscopy to be effective in reducing his hemorrhage. Pray for the restoration of his strength.