A Turn for the Worse

I only got about 3 hours of sleep last night, so I’ll make this quick. We've been up since around 4am with lots of commotion and coming and going.

6:30am: Drew blood and took x-rays this morning. Lab results this morning were not believable because they seemed too low, so they attempted to draw new labs to confirm values. It took no less than three attempts just to get something useable. The x-rays were seemingly as bad or worse than yesterday (no improvement shown). Explanation coming soon hopefully.

7:30am: Been trying to draw blood for the past hour; four people have been unable to find a good artery. They’re ordering a transfusion for her now because she has lost a lot of blood in the past 24 hours. X-rays confirmed: no improvement.

8:15am: She still hasn’t been able to rest. We are trying to let her sleep right now. New info: she apparently has an accumulation of blood on her right side between her ribcage and her lung. If this doesn’t drain by today, they will have to remove it so it does not become a clot. This will be a minor “surgery.” They will be watching her closely over the next 6–8 hours to see how her body responds to the transfusion and to see if her labs improve. If they don’t, then there is something else going on. Possibly a slow bleed coming from somewhere inside that needs a stitch. Within eight hours she could be in the operating room again to remove the accumulation and repair whatever needs repair.

9am: Blood just arrived. They’re hooking it up now. Labs will be drawn again in a few hours. If there is no improvement in her lab values, then it could be a bit more serious.