Friday, May 4.... RAY HAS PNEUMONIA AND IS IN ICU

PLEASE PRAY FOR RAY TODAY.  He developed a high fever Wed night and drs finally found out the source via chest xray taken at 3am last night.  He has pneumonia and his blood pressure is severely low. His heart rate is very high also.  They have him on oxygen and are giving him vasopressin to help raise his blood pressure through this critical time.  This is all very scary and very serious, as you can imagine, with such a diminshed immune system.  He still has some white blood cells, but very few as the chemo is doing its job in killing all of his white and red blood cells and platelets  He is getting a platelet transfusion today and just received a red blood cell transfusion as well. 

Please read last night's blog update for more details on progress ....but I wanted to send this quick update and ask for special prayer for Ray today that the antibiotics work to eliminate his pneumonia and that his blood pressure increases.  The dr is concerned about a blood infection that could be very serious.  So far all blood tests have come back negative, which is a good thing.

We covet all prayers especially at this critical time!!

With love, Teri