Yesterday evening Melinda developed a fever and it continued through the night. Even though Melinda had a fever of 101.6 she still managed to get some rest. Melinda continues to have a fever all day and tonight. This is probably due to her infections. Melinda's oxygen, heart rate and blood pressure were stable and her breathing stayed under 30 most of the day.
Melinda's blood work today showed her hemoglobin was low. Yesterday it was 9.9 and today it was 7.5 which is a big drop. When your hemoglobin drops to 8 you will need units of blood. 2 pints of blood was ordered today for Melinda but Dr. Britt was not sure that the results were correct and he ordered blood work again. Melinda's hemoglobin came back at 9.5 and no units of blood were given. Dr. Britt thinks that Melinda might be bleeding internally and he ordered 3 tests and at this time the first 2 tests performed today came back positive and tomorrow will find out the results of the 3rd test. If all 3 tests are positive it concludes that Melinda is bleeding internally somewhere.
Melinda is still taking antibiotics to clear up her infections and is still very sluggish and not very responsive. Melinda continues to cough a lot and continues to receive lidocaine for her throat. I know everyone is praying hard and please keep praying so that Melinda will continue to improve every day so she can come home. God Bless!
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