“All Lauren’s numbers look great,” Matt Chandler posted on Instagram following his wife’s 10-day hospital stay for a “high fever and other symptoms.”
Chandler is the lead pastor of The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas. The pastor first shared the news of his wife’s condition on Dec. 28, three days into her having to be hospitalized.
Matt Chandler Asks for Continued Prayers
Providing updates on Lauren’s condition throughout her hospital stay, Chandler shared that after his wife’s fever dropped after the third day in the hospital, doctors had “ruled out all the scary stuff and most of the autoimmune disorders” but were still unsure what the virus was.
“Over the past 5 days she has developed double pneumonia so they have added a new antibiotic to take care of that,” he said. “She is exhausted and ready to be home but she has battled so well.”
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Chandler said that he prefers to be the “one in the bed as opposed to watching helplessly.” Over 14 years ago, Chandler was diagnosed with brain cancer and has been in remission following surgery and extensive radiation treatments. Lauren’s husband asked his followers to “please continue to pray for quick healing and we’d love to go home.”
On New Year’s Eve, Chandler shared that Lauren had “turned the corner” and was looking more like herself. “They still haven’t identified the virus but have ruled out most of the scary autoimmune diseases,” he said, but the doctor told them that Lauren can go home if she can go feverless without meds for 48 hours.
“That will be 8 days in the hospital which is crazy to me,” said Chandler. “Thank you so much for all the prayers. Recovery will take some time so prayers are appreciated for that.”
On Thursday, Jan. 2, Chandler said that all of “Lauren’s numbers look great.” He added, “Still don’t have certain labs back but we can wait those out at home. Our infectious diseases doc is informing the hospitalist that we can go home!!”
