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Sorry that Wednesday's email did not go through, hope this one will. I hardly know what to report, Andrea has stabilized somewhat overnight, she is lightly sedated now and asleep. Yesterday noon she was feeling nauseated and she threw up and must have aspirated a little. For awhile in the afternoon it looked like we could lose her. She has so very little reserve left at this point that anything averse is enough to push her over the edge. Her blood gas test showed her oxy sats had dropped to 69%, her blood pressure went very low, her blood gas exchange was very poor and the unwanted acids in the blood were rising. Three doctors came to us and said it could go either way and the evening would tell. They immediately sedated and intubated her, did a colonoscopy and found that she was bleeding in her right colon, a sphigmoidoscopy was done from her throat and was okay, a bronchoscopy was done and did not show significant amounts of stuff in her lungs. They suctioned her airways, restarted dialysis, pumped fluids to raise her blood pressure, started her on some very powerful heart stimulants to increase heart function etc. Were it not for Heart Mate II going well, who knows what the outcome would have been. Jeff and Twila came right away and we spent the night in the quiet room just outside the ward. This morning her blood pressure has returned to nearly normal, her blood studies show an improvement, her chest x-ray was good also. Will try to keep you posted. I know lots of you prayed very hard for her, but please don't stop.
Thanks, Maynard
Sorry that Wednesday's email did not go through, hope this one will. I hardly know what to report, Andrea has stabilized somewhat overnight, she is lightly sedated now and asleep. Yesterday noon she was feeling nauseated and she threw up and must have aspirated a little. For awhile in the afternoon it looked like we could lose her. She has so very little reserve left at this point that anything averse is enough to push her over the edge. Her blood gas test showed her oxy sats had dropped to 69%, her blood pressure went very low, her blood gas exchange was very poor and the unwanted acids in the blood were rising. Three doctors came to us and said it could go either way and the evening would tell. They immediately sedated and intubated her, did a colonoscopy and found that she was bleeding in her right colon, a sphigmoidoscopy was done from her throat and was okay, a bronchoscopy was done and did not show significant amounts of stuff in her lungs. They suctioned her airways, restarted dialysis, pumped fluids to raise her blood pressure, started her on some very powerful heart stimulants to increase heart function etc. Were it not for Heart Mate II going well, who knows what the outcome would have been. Jeff and Twila came right away and we spent the night in the quiet room just outside the ward. This morning her blood pressure has returned to nearly normal, her blood studies show an improvement, her chest x-ray was good also. Will try to keep you posted. I know lots of you prayed very hard for her, but please don't stop.
Thanks, Maynard
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