Sunday, April 3, 2011

Turn for the worse...

Please continue to pray for mom as she took a turn for the worse on Friday.  She was taken to the hospital by ambulance and is now in ICU.  She's in a drug induced coma & on a respirator, has double pneumonia, & her kidney's have started to fail. So she has a lot going against her right now...but as you all know mom, she's a fighter. 

So far, they've given her 3 types of antibiotics, insulin shots, platelets, 2 units of blood, bone strengthener, lasix for her kidneys, & lots and lots of fluids.  The pulmonology doctor mentioned reducing her sedation enough to test her neurological functions.  We just heard from the doctor and he'll start that first thing in the morning.

Some good things to look at are:
  • they've reduced her oxygen levels on the respirator down to 40% and so far she's been able to maintain at that level 
  • her tests from this morning have shown no change from yesterday, they haven't declined. 
  • she had a temperature of 102, until it broke yesterday and has maintained normal since.
  • her kidneys have shown improvement

It's obvious by all the phone calls and visits that mom is loved very much. We appreciate everyone's support through this very difficult time.    This is going to be a long and hard battle to fight, but with your thoughts and prayers and moms strength, we'll get through it.

Love you all,
Marcia

3 comments:

  1. Our Love goes out to all of you. love, Bill and Kathy

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  2. Marcia, we work with Trish through Dr. Brown's office and she is a scrapbooking buddy of mine! Please give her love and kisses from "Dee & Jeff" and we're keeping all of you in prayers right now. Thanks for the updates on the blog!

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  3. We have been praying for her and the family.
    She is a very dear friend and she will be up and around in no time.
    Trish is a fighter and she does not back down from anything that's what makes her who she is and why we love her so much

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