Kecia Hospitalized

Hello family and friends,

Just wanted to let everyone know that our girl is in the hospital again. This time her levels are not to blame. She has been experiencing a lot of pain from her medi-port (square box implanted under the skin on her chest where medicine and iv's are inserted) and a few days ago they "cleared it" which was very painful for Kecia. They said it was clogged and that was causing the problem but that it should be fine. The pain and swelling got worse so today they did a thorough exam which revealed that it had turned into an infection in the muscle and tissue around the port. She was admitted to Trinity Medical Center in Carrollton (don't know which room yet) around 5pm. She will get continual antibiotics in hopes that it will control the infection. If it does not, she will have to undergo surgery to have that one removed and a new one implanted on the other side of her chest. They do not want to do that because any type of procedure is traumatic to her body and it leaves her with more risks of infection.
She is having some trouble with the surgical staff at the hospital that is leaving her very upset. They are really pushing her to go ahead and sign for the surgery tonight so they can do the surgery in the morning even though her doctor said they would wait a few days. They are upsetting her because they keep saying things like "the infection is close to your heart and we don't want to wait" and "we need to go ahead and do it..what's the problem?" She said she feels stupid and uncertain. We encouraged her to hold her ground and insist that she talk to her doctor before doing anything. Her cancer advocate has put in a call to him and we are waiting to hear back. (One member of the surgical team has come in again since then and tried to push the subject again. I suspect he has plans for later in the weekend and doesn't want to get paged in to do surgery on Sunday and would like to get her out of the way now.) Anyway, she could really use our prayers in the matter of peace of mind. She is alone, drugged up and very vulnerable. Please pray that God's presence will fill her room and give her not only peace, but also strength of mind as she makes important decisions. I will update you as soon as I know more.

Thanks to all who pray for us daily,
Jennifer and family