Ana Updates 022 February 12th 2009 (English)

February 12, 2009


Hello Everybody

As you all know Ana returned to the Baptist Hospital the previous Sunday (February 1st). We thought she would be there for a couple of days at the most. We’d resolve the leakage from the Ommaya port in her head and then she’d go home.

The leakage of spinal fluid was stopped. She ended up getting surgery to replace the port. Due to the radiation she received the skin on her head is very weak so there are some healing issues. Hopefully they won’t give us too much trouble.

Ana has developed a case of pneumonia. So even though the problems with the Ommaya port have been resolved; the doctors decided to keep her hospitalized for more time until the pneumonia has totally cleared and she finishes the cycle of intravenous antibiotics.

The bottom line is that once again Ana has responded very well to her treatments and the pneumonia has been cleared. The leakage from her Ommaya port turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Since she was in the hospital when the pneumonia developed we were able to really attack it at the very beginning and stop it in its tracks before it got out of hand.

Until yesterday afternoon it looked like she would be going home tomorrow morning, but we never have a dull moment.

Regretfully it looks like Ana now has a fistula in her vaginal region with an apparent perforation of her large intestine. It’s too early to know exactly why this has happened or the exact origin. We are getting studies done between today and tomorrow which will determine the exact cause and treatment. This can be a serious problem since she’s way too weak to get surgery in her abdominal region.

Let’s hope and pray that this is just another setback that will also be surpassed. The last thing we need are additional complications to snowball into something serious.

Regretfully Ana won’t be home for Valentine’s Day.

I know it’s a last minute request but I would really appreciate if you can send Ana and the children a few Valentine cards.

Once again our address is

5350 SW 154th Court
Miami FL 33185

Please drop by to visit her at the hospital she really needs the cheering up. So do I actually.



Sincerely



Victor