Please Keep Carmella Lagano Alfano in Your Prayers

Janice Oehler shared this message from Carmella Lagano Alfano's husband, Al, today.

Please keep Carmella in your prayers.

On Saturday morning morning Carmella woke up with a fever of 102.3.

We went to the Cape Cod Hospital emergency center where they examined her and admitted her.

She was diagnosed with an upper urinary tract infection involving the right kidney and upper ureter. It is called pyelonephritis.

This infection placed stress on her entire system, including her heart, and test results revealed a high degree of certainty that she had a heart attack.

She is stable now but her temperature continues to go up and down.

The doctors are waiting on test results to pinpoint a treatment plan. They need to know the specific bacterial strain causing the infection and the degree of severity of her heart attack as those factors will determine the treatment plan. She is currently receiving intravenous antibiotics and Heparin, a blood thinner.

Again, please keep her in your prayers.

Thanks,

Al
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I was shocked and very sad to hear about Carmella.  We met the very 1st day of Orientation, when new students arrived on campus.  We were both on the same wing of 3rd floor Capen ... such a very long time ago.  We shared meals, classes, laughs and Theta.  I'll be thinking about her and remembering some nice conversations and her very sweet, warm smile.
-Nina (Friedman) Lazar '66

Hi Carmella and Al,
I am thinking of both of you, sending prayers and healing thoughts your way.
Love in Theta,
-Laura Siracusano Dudek 
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2/4/16 UPDATE

Thanks for keeping Carmella in your prayers. The past five days have been taxing. While this started off critical, fortunately Carmella is home now.

The doctors are treating her with one of those super antibiotics for 13 days.

Apparently, her heart was stressed by the infection and released the enzyme Troponin, the indicator that a heart attack has occurred. Follow-up tests, echo-cardiogram and nuclear stress test, revealed no heart damage. 

Again, thank you.

Al