Mary Scovell

Today was the day. Sue and I went to Froedtert Hospital and checked in at the desk to see if we could get into the ICU to see Mary or if there were restrictions because of tests etc. HOWEVER, we were told that we could not see at present because she was being moved and is returning to a new room in the Leukemia ward. We went up to the 4th floor lounge and waited a few minutes and low and behold the parade came down the hall as they rolled Mary into her new home away from home.

She is very weak, often too weak to raise her arms. She has a good grip and can move her feet a little. While in ICU she was set up with an assortment of tubes to supply food and oxygen etc. and she could not drink water for the fear of choking. Because of all this she is dehydrated, can barely talk, slurs her words and cannot pronounce consonents very well but her condition is vastly improved over 3 days ago. Mary is no longer Neutrapenic. Her white blood count is 4.5. She's well on her way. In spite of her difficulty speaking she is full of piss and vinegar and is in good spirits and she works hard to develop jokes. As soon as she has some more recovery time I'm sure she will be wanting to receive guests and phone calls. Right now it would be too difficult for her so keep checking the blog or calling Sue & I at 262-781-2075 and we will let you know as soon as she feels comfortable enough to have visitors or phone calls.
Her new address is:
Mary Scovell
Froedert Memorial Lutheran Hospital
NT4 room 12
9200 West Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53226-3596

Phone 414-805-7282

Please keep prayers, thoughts, and cards coming she is making good progress now and we're pulling for no set backs.

Thanks to everyone,

Jack & Sue