Hemoglobin

That is the key word. That's low so they had to do a blood transfusion. According to everyone here, that is pretty common for somebody who has a major illness. So o.k. Whatever we need to do. It's actually pretty gross.

She is doing really, really good. She ate solid foods today and has kept them down. She seems to be getting a little energy back. Her pain is difficult to control sometimes. When they unhooked the pain pump to give her the blood transfusion - you could tell that the pain was coming back. So they had to hook that up through a separate I.V. Other than that, doing good.

Mom is staying with Shirley tonight. So I am confident she will be taken care of. I know they are trying really hard to get Shirley home. We have a week until Christmas...so they need to work hard.

Our sister Tear is coming into town from West Virginia on Friday. She will stay the weekend. Hopefully it will be out in Piper and not here in the hospital.

So tonight, we need to pray for Shirley to keep getting stronger and to help relieve some of her pain. And get this girl home for Christmas. I am sure Santa would find her here, but he would rather see her in her own bed in her own house.

Love, Teresa