Day 29... Not the best scenario..... Barbara underwent a procedure yesterday morning where they put a tube through her nose and into her lungs to drain them. Normally a 'routine' procedure but in Barbara's condition, considered 'Risky'. We met with the doctor who performed the procedure before and after... He said her right lung was filled with fluid, her left lung the two lower lobes were filled. More fluid than they'd anticipated, they removed most of it and now waiting for the culture results which will take about a week. Nothing we can do now but wait and her doctors hope her lungs don't fill up again....
As for Mom, as strong as she can be things take a toll... Yesterday her temp started spiking and last night Jeanette and Monica took her to Emergency where it was decided to admit her... As of 7:50am today, she was still in the ER waiting transport into a room. She will be in room 2068, but they said it would be an hour or so until they had her in and settled. As of right now Jeanette has Mom's cell phone so we're not able to speak with her however, I spoke with the Nurse who cared for her through the night and he said they've got her on fluids, her BP was good this morning but her Heart Rate is still up at 105 but lower than it was last night... Her fever spiked at 103.5 but as of 7:40am it was 99.1.
Not sure what today is going to bring us but it's going to be a looooooooonngg one!
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