Update on Grandma

There has been alot going on in our family recently. My grandma Shannon has been pretty sick recently. She's been not eating and drinking and consequently last week Thursday had to go to the ER for fluids. Then, Sunday she fell as she blacked out. She has been having significant orthostatic hypotension. This means that when she stands up, her blood pressure drops which causes her to feel dizzy and pass out. The ambulance came to get her on Sunday as mom could not get her up after she fell. She's still in the hospital. I went to visit her today and she's had several tests done, which have for the most part come back normal. Some of the tests are an echocardiogram for her heart function and a carotid ultrasound as well as a CT. She has developed cellulitis in her right foot, which can happen after trauma. Her right knee is better after the fall, this was her replaced knee. She was just started on an IV antibiotic this afternoon and it must run at least 24 hours, so that puts us at 4pm on Wednesday. I do not anticipate her going home tomorrow either. They have cut back on the dose of her blood pressure medication in an effort to decrease the orthostatic hypotension. She has been eating a little more although still insists she doesn't have an appetite.

Please keep her in your prayers.