In the hospital

Debbie went into the hospital in Danville on Monday night. Over the weekend, she was having even more difficulty walking and communicating. It was suggested by someone that she have another MRI to check to see if there's been growth since last month when we went to get the one done in Charlottesville. She went to the Emergency Room Monday, and they did a CT scan, where they found that there was a great deal of swelling going on in her brain. She is now up to 24mg of Decadron/day (translation A LOT!!) which causes a great amount of swelling in her body but reduces the swelling in her brain. I haven't talked to her. I have talked to my sister, Michelle, my brother, and my dad. Dad said that Debbie did feel better on Tuesday.

On a side note, this is a blessing that she's in the hospital, because Tuesday, there was a HUGE thundestorm that rolled through the area. The south half of the county is without power, including my brother's house since it hit (about 4pm CDT) and won't have any until Friday sometime!! His office and the office where Michelle works is also without power.