P337 and Timna Update Tuesday 11/17/09

Timna Update Tuesday 11/17/2009 Noon-ish Eastern To varying degrees Timna is still in what the ICU doctors term 'multi-organ failure' which includes her lungs, liver, kidneys, gall bladder, and pancreas. The recent blood cultures have come back negative for active infection. This means they they couldn't detect anything. She is still on multiple antibiotics because the 'undetectable' could still be present. There is still some blood in the suction tube from her stomach. Not bright red or in the quantity as before. They are closely monitoring that. Her enzyme levels for various organs have improved slightly showing that there is a degree of healing. Timna smiled twice last night. I slept. As I told her Aunt Doloris, Timna looks to be much more comfortable this morning with no tubes running through her mouth. She's still very weak. It'll be a day by day battle for her and her care providers. Please keep praying for her, the medical team, her parents, her brother and his family and myself.