Circulate

I received an impromptu explanation of circulatory health from Bella's vet yesterday that shed a bit of light on some of the difficulties confronting Ralph Adler ("Dad" to five including Shelley of "Shelley In Poland"). Bella's OD yesterday caused her blood pressure to drop extremely low--- not unlike Ralph's crazy-low blood pressure at the time of his hospital admission Wednesday morning. For Bella, lots of fluids given by I.V. increased her "blood volume" so that there was more fluid for her heart to pump as it moved through her kitty veins. This was important because low blood pressure meant poor ciculation of blood. (Blood is how oxygen gets to organs like kidneys.) For Ralph, the kidneys needed to clear waste from his body and to help medication remove the excess fluid from around his heart and lungs. Bella's heart is in prime condition, and, once the drug she sampled cleared her system, she was fine this morning. Ralph's heart was not fine to begin with, and this ordeal has taxed his system further. A machine breathes for Ralph's body tonight, his family is at his side, and the body of believers continually circulates updates and prayer requests. In a nutshell, we wait and hope.