Sue's blood pressure was so low this morning that her BJEC nurse determined she needed to be taken to the emergency room at Barnes Jewish Hospital downtown. Around 7:15 or so she was transported there by ambulance. Immediately the ER physicians started her on IV fluids (after special effort to get her stuck), gave her medication to stop her AFIB heart reaction, and antibiotics for a urinary tract infection. She had pretty much stopped eating and drinking for the last few days so was extremely dehydrated. She hasn't been much aware now for a few weeks, sometimes seeming to recognize one of us but mostly not. I talked with Chris just now who said she has been admitted to the hospital, and he thought was better than he had seen her in a few days though he was still not sure she knew who he was.
I did remind her that it is Brother Joe's birthday, and that we had indeed remembered belatedly to send his card, a card which (in better days) she would have had in the mail right on time. I'm not sure she understood. Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BROTHER JOE!
ER physicians told me this morning they were trying to determine the underlying cause for these last weeks during which she has been totally disoriented. That long seizure almost five weeks ago or possibly a stroke?
WTF. Why does one person have to suffer so much!
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