Updates about Karen's Condition - August 2000

• July 31 - August 6 - Not a lot of excitement to report from the Weir household this week. Karen is still taking it easy but staying on top of all the family activities, getting the kids ready to go back to school, getting out for some fun, etc. She'll see her regular doctor this week to find out the status of her bone fracture, but she won't see the plastic surgeon about her surgery until next week. She's also currently battling another (much smaller) sore on her foot so keep her in your prayers.
• August 7 - 13 - Karen took it easy this week -- she is trying to be good so that the next time she goes to see her plastic surgeon (on 8/24) her sore is well enough for surgery to be scheduled. On Monday she saw her regular doctor, who told her that her femur looks well enough for her to get back in her standing frame. HOWEVER, Karen is now having a problem with her left foot -- it is bending abnormally and she and her doctor are both concerned that if she gets in her standing frame and puts all her weight on that foot, it may cause her more problems. So, she has to go back for more physical therapy to hopefully get her foot straightened out...
• August 14 - 20 - Bad news from the Weir camp this week: Karen had to go back in the hospital! She was running a very high fever on Wednesday and so she was admitted into the hospital on Thursday. She was a little low on blood so they juiced her up and she is feeling better now. Her fever has come down, but they are still performing tests to find out why she got sick in the first place. No word yet on when she'll get out or whether this will affect her surgery.
• August 21 - 27 - Karen was released from the hospital on Thursday and she's back home resting and recovering. She has to stay in bed pretty much all of the time so Tim moved her bed out into the family room so that she can be part of all the family action. While she was in the hospital the doctors outfitted her sore with a wound vac, which is a device that aids the healing process by creating a vacuum on the wound and clearing out the drainage. She'll use that for 2 weeks and then be re-evaluated to see when she can schedule surgery.