It's Saturday, August 1. For Christy, Carol, Paul, and me, Friday, July 31 and Saturday, August 1 have melded together into a day of their own, so I'm going to write about a twenty-four hour period beginning early in the afternoon on Friday.
I've done my best to be accurate in this blog post. If I've erred in any way, please rest assured my mistakes are in the ballpark of truth! A lot's been going on and it's easy to get trip up on details and get some things confused.
1. The good news and the beautiful thing is that Christy made it through the day on Friday and on into Saturday.
It wasn't easy.
She began feeling weird around mid-morning on Friday and by early afternoon she was sometimes awake, falling suddenly asleep, and not always conscious.
Local EMTs took her to the local hospital where the Emergency Room pros worked to hydrate her and began working up a series of tests to see what might be going on.
Her blood pressure had crashed, was very low, and by about 6:00 Christy traveled by ambulance to Kootenai Health. She was admitted into their ICU.
2. Friday evening. More tests.
EKG tested fine.
A scan revealed no blood clots.
It became clear that Christy was in septic shock.
I went to the CdA hospital this morning (Saturday) to listen in on an 8:30 summation of Christy's situation.
Because the medication to bring her blood pressure back up worked, Christy would soon be transferred out of ICU.
What was the source of the sepsis? The MRI from Thursday, July 23rd had revealed some build up of liquid in her right hip.
This morning, to see if it was the source of the sepsis, a small team aspirated Christy's hip.
Results forthcoming.
3. If you are reading this thinking, "I thought Christy was doing better this week", you are correct.
Both of her PT sessions were successes.
She is building strength in her legs. She gained more mobility with a walker and was getting up from being seated much better.
Her emergency Friday and today didn't have anything to do with those successes.
An infection got loose in her system.
It's being treated and studied.
When I left Kootenai Health early this afternoon, Christy was both tired and conversational. She was alert, as she had been this morning, and was getting better.
I have no idea how long she'll be in the hospital.
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