2/28

Everyone please say extra prayers for John tonight.  He has been transferred to ICU after spiking a fever and suffering several episodes of very rapid heartbeat last night, this morning and this afternoon.  He is intubated and ventilated and that has already helped him resolve the rapid heartbeat on his own.  He is scheduled for a bronchoscopy tomorrow morning and is getting an arterial line tonight.  Those two procedures will provide information that will help the doctors target the most effective treatments.  His medical team now consists of his bone marrow transplant team, an infectious disease team, and a pulmonogy team and the best nurses ever.  They are all reasonably optimistic this is an acute episode that can be resolved relatively quickly.  Prayers and good thoughts please.