Andrea update

As you may know, Andrea took a turn for the worse about a week ago and lost most of the progress she had made. They transferred her to OHSU (Oregon Health Sciences University) to see if they could figure out what is causing her nausea and vomiting. This last week she has been unable to control her movement in any of her extremities and her speech was again impaired. She lost the reflexes in her legs and it has looked very bleak. The doctors at OHSU told the family that they wanted to try mega doses of prednesone. Marilyn told the doctor that the they had tried that at St. Vincents. The doctor asked what dosage and was told that they had given her 80 mg/day. He smiled and told her that they were talking about 1000mg/day. Apparently, the two hospitals differ greatly in their definition of mega doses. ;>D
Andrea had had two doses of 500 mg each as of yesterday evening and her speech was improved and she had some movement back in her arms. It seems to be helping. We'll just keep our fingers crossed and our prayers flowing.

Finished!

I finished the never ending scarf for my brother on Thursday and it's been blocking since Friday night. I also made the Star hat for him today... it was very quick without the ear flaps and I think it will be more versatile this way. The colors are the same, although in the picture they look slightly different. See: