Angie & Jim

Another updateby Jim

I just left the ICU.  The nurses were nice and let me stay an hour past the time visitors normally have to leave.  Angie is doing well, and should be trying to get some sleep by now.  I decided to stay here at Stanford tonight so that I can be near Angie.  They won’t let me stay in the room, but I’ll curl up on a couch here in the atrium and hopefully get some sleep.  I’m not allowed back in to the ICU until 10, but I’ll be close by in any case.

So it looks like she’ll be here for a couple of days, which she isn’t excited about, but at least they’re talking like she’ll be moved to a regular room sometime tomorrow.  She’s playing the Milrinone game again, which is why (I think) they are monitoring her in the ICU.  They can’t let her out until she’s off the Milrinone, which can be a slow process.  It is helping to strengthen her heart, but it can have adverse side effects, so they want to keep an eye on her in the ICU.  So, please keep her in your prayers tonight and tomorrow.