Dear Choir - 

 

I don't have a great email here today.  Donna is in need of IMMEDIATE prayers!  She is currently in Intensive Care at Del Webb Hospital but PLEASE do not go see her.  Here's what I know:

 

She had her annual physical a couple weeks ago and everything seemed fine except her GFR was significantly lower than it had been the year before.  She hadn't been feeling great, so Marv & Loydine Myhre took her to see a kidney doctor on April 20th.  The doctor didn't seem to be too concerned.  Over the next few days, she was having increased abdominal pains, fatigue and just feeling yucky.  They took her to the ER and they admitted her for additional testing and treatment.  She was getting worse, but yesterday afternoon seemed to rally and things looked better.  They had, however, found a mass on her liver through an MRI.  This morning Marv got a call from the hospital saying that things had gotten much worse and that there were significant problems with her major organs and they moved her into Intensive Care. Donna told Marv I could come, so I went right over at about 11 today.  I stayed with her for about 4 hours, just sitting by her side.  She's having trouble keeping her oxygen level up, so I kept having her do Grand Singers pre-concert breathing and it seemed to help.

 

She said she is not ready to die yet, so for them to do anything, they have to first put her through dialysis.  She's not strong enough to even have a biopsy, so this has to be the first step.

 

Marv will be keeping me updated, and I'll run up any time he and Loydine are in need of a break or food or if anything changes.  I will keep you all updated.  Please, do not even think about going to see her - she's pretty adamant about that!  I didn't even know she was in the hospital until the call this morning from Marv!  I knew she was grieving....remember, she just lost her husband on the 24th of April!

 

Please, PLEASE pray for her!  She's in need of prayers and positive and hopeful thoughts right now more than cards.  (She showed me with her hands the stack of cards she received following Don's passing - they all mean so much to her!)

 

Stay well.

 

Pamela