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6/1/07 A Body of Sells From:
Rob Payne <rob@everydayisprecious.com> Marcy has taken a little turn for the worse: this week she has been feeling more tired, more feverish and needing more suctioning. We have drawn samples to see if she has a bacterial infection that needs antibiotics.
Fungal testing is stalled for now. Our primary care physician, Dr. Reid, called last week to tell us that a patient's spouse has been convincing other patients and medical professionals that Dr. Reid's fungal theory, if not Dr. Reid himself, is flawed and should be abandoned because she says her husband got worse on antifungals. (If a patient did get worse while on an antifungal, I don't know how they know that's what caused it. ALS has a life of it's own and no one knows how or when it will progress.) Dr. Reid wasn't telling me this to whine, he was explaining why progress with fungal testing is stalled - why Marcy (and other patients) is (are) not being helped right now. I asked Dr. Reid to please try to get us some new, different, additional antifungal medicines to try as a test.
We have been blessed to have our dinner calendar nearly full for several months. So much so that a few people have complained they couldn't squeeze in. It seems we are on a "summer schedule" now and there are lots more opportunities to volunteer. Click here to see the schedule and click here if you would like to bring dinner for us this summer. We continue to get positive feedback from my weekly column in the Tennessean. If you missed them and want to read them, here are links to the Tennessean site for ones written since our last email:
We continue to be blessed daily. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers - it is how we make it. Please forward this email to friends, especially if you think we might be able to help them in any way. Donations can still be sent to 2051 Harvington Drive, Franklin, TN, 37069. We believe daily that God is going to totally restore Marcy. We continually thank God for your prayer and care. Love. Rob & Marcy
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