Saturday, August 15 10:00 a.m.

Marie's kidneys are still struggling, and she is still experiencing a great deal of pain, so they are still planning to take her to a hospital in the Medical Center, if we can find a bed in an ICU at one of the hospitals there (for own non-Houston friends, the Med Center is a city-size complex of hospitals and medical buildings with some of the best medical minds in the country. Several medical schools, including the one I work for, are there as well). They did have a bed at Methodist yesterday, but once the TPA started, we couldn't dare move her. So we'll wait to see if something becomes available there or at St. Lukes today. Meanwhile, we wait for the effects of the medicine to do its work. Her legs are about 20% less swollen today, which is good. No one expected them to fully drain -- that may take weeks. But we still don't know exactly what to expect yet -- many questions we can't answer without a CATscan, which we can't give becuase of kidney function. But she's resting well, and they are taking great care of her. Sue is back on today (the most incredible nurse I've ever encountered), and Dr. Jayaraman deserves a special blessing for all his care and concern. She's definately in good hands.