Icky - Page 6

glatt · 09-11-2011, 01:00 PM

I'm sorry, wolf. I hope she pulls through this alright.

Griff · 09-11-2011, 01:39 PM

No matter what happens you've been a wonderful friend. I hope she pulls through as well.

Spexxvet · 09-12-2011, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

Just got a call from crazynurse's daughter.

They put her on a ventilator this morning.

It's not looking good.

I'm going to be leaving shortly to see her.

That sucks, Wolf. Good luck to her, and good medicine.

limey · 09-11-2011, 03:48 PM

Oh Wolf, you are a really really good friend. I hope for the best for crazynurse, and for you and her family. Hugs.

SamIam · 09-11-2011, 09:28 PM

Wow, Wolf! Sounds like you have done everything possible and then some to help poor crazy nurse. I hope she manages to come out of her continued downward spiral.

monster · 09-13-2011, 10:07 PM

I want to ask "any news?" but that's stupid 'cause I know wolf will tell us when she's able. but I'm hoping crazy nurse is doing OK.

BigV · 09-14-2011, 11:28 AM

right. no news is approximately equal to "I'm busy." busywolf is more ominous than idlewolf.

wolf · 09-14-2011, 11:41 AM

crazy nurse is still on the vent. Many of the things they do to manage her blood pressure screws up other body systems. She's loaded with water. They dialized her two days in a row, and have basically used big-ass needles to draw fluid out of her lungs and gut.

She's still intubated, and has a gastric tube. Last night she was opening her eyes, well one eye, anyway, and seemed to recognize that there were people in the room with her.

wolf · 09-15-2011, 10:21 AM

They are going to continue to lighten the sedation, and are going to try to wean her from the ventilator starting today ... the tubes stay in but they will progressively reduce the amount of reliance she has on the machine. She is already breating at a higher rate than that at which the machine automatically triggers.

Along with the weaning process, they will be lightening the level of sedation,.

And they're sending more cultures of various bodily fluids.

classicman · 09-15-2011, 10:57 AM

Thanks for the update - sounds like shes headed in the right direction.

Sundae · 09-15-2011, 11:43 AM

Best hopes for her.

kerosene · 09-16-2011, 01:04 PM

Like everyone else has said, crazynurse is lucky to have you for a friend, wolf. I wish her the best, and hope she can pull through this.

wolf · 09-16-2011, 10:12 PM

Well ... she recognizes me, and found my presence calming.

Darn good thing, too, because she was trying to rip out her vent tube.

Had nearly succeeded before I got there.

And kept trying after my arrival. Even though her hands were in soft restraints, she kept trying to work the tube out of her throat using her tongue and teeth. And she got darn near close, according to the nurse. For a while they put an airway in her mouth to limit her ability to bite down, but then she spit that out too.

Her family are going to get her a whiteboard and some dry erase markers tomorrow.

She kept trying to talk to me, I suck at reading lips ... other than recognizing my name, I think she may have been saying "let me ..." which I assume ends with either "die" or "go," neither of which are an option at the moment. Funny thing about medicine ... as soon as you can express your desires in that regard, you automatically don't get them met.

I spent a couple of hours with her, talking, holding her hand, and reading a couple of chapters from a mystery I wasn't intending to read for a while yet, but when offered a choice between science fiction, an unfortunately bad paranormal romance, and a mystery, she chose mystery. So I'm reading Medicus by Ruth somebody or other ... (Downie) it's set in Ancient Rome, so it's potentially interesting. I'm not liking it better than the Falco mysteries, or the SPQR ones, but we'll see. Perhaps tomorrow she won't remember what I was reading and I can switch it up on her.

SamIam · 09-16-2011, 11:19 PM

I hate those vent tube things. I was on one after a bad car accident, and I panicked over not being allowed to breathe the way I wanted, but had to breathe the way the MACHINE wanted. Hopefully Crazy Nurse will be off the vent soon.

And hopefully, dying will cease to be a possible option in her mind. Best wishes for your friend. Oh, and I bet she'd listen to just about anything you wanted to read her. When I was in the hospital, anything to help take my mind off the discomfort was more than welcome. And that included people reading to me.

wolf · 09-27-2011, 09:48 AM

Okay ... so a lot of time has passed.

crazynurse is off the vent, she's conscious, alert, talking, and cranky as hell.

She won't eat though. Except peanut butter. Because she says she can't chew meat. She chews fine. Stale bagel is a lot harder to chew than teensy pieces of chicken, which she hides in her cheek and spits out, so I know she can chew fine. And she was chewing ice. So it's not the chewing. Or the swallowing. She won't even consider chicken noodle soup ... and the noodles are so overcooked they're nearly a liquid.

She needs liquid nutrition, or at least mechanical soft food, but for reasons that are unclear, the doctors aren't ordering it.

Physical therapy was supposed to start yesterday, but she was out of the room for dialysis when they showed up, and they didn't come back. She can't lift her leg off the bed at this point, but I'm not sure she could do that before her hospitalization.

09-11-2011, 01:39 PM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	No matter what happens you've been a wonderful friend. I hope she pulls through as well. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-11-2011, 03:48 PM	#4
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Oh Wolf, you are a really really good friend. I hope for the best for crazynurse, and for you and her family. Hugs. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

09-13-2011, 10:07 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I want to ask "any news?" but that's stupid 'cause I know wolf will tell us when she's able. but I'm hoping crazy nurse is doing OK. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-14-2011, 11:28 AM	#7
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	right. no news is approximately equal to "I'm busy." busywolf is more ominous than idlewolf. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

09-14-2011, 11:41 AM	#8
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	crazy nurse is still on the vent. Many of the things they do to manage her blood pressure screws up other body systems. She's loaded with water. They dialized her two days in a row, and have basically used big-ass needles to draw fluid out of her lungs and gut. She's still intubated, and has a gastric tube. Last night she was opening her eyes, well one eye, anyway, and seemed to recognize that there were people in the room with her. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-11-2011, 01:00 PM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'm sorry, wolf. I hope she pulls through this alright.

09-11-2011, 09:28 PM	#5
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Wow, Wolf! Sounds like you have done everything possible and then some to help poor crazy nurse. I hope she manages to come out of her continued downward spiral.

09-15-2011, 10:21 AM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	They are going to continue to lighten the sedation, and are going to try to wean her from the ventilator starting today ... the tubes stay in but they will progressively reduce the amount of reliance she has on the machine. She is already breating at a higher rate than that at which the machine automatically triggers. Along with the weaning process, they will be lightening the level of sedation,. And they're sending more cultures of various bodily fluids. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-15-2011, 10:57 AM	#10
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Thanks for the update - sounds like shes headed in the right direction. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

09-15-2011, 11:43 AM	#11
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Best hopes for her. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

09-16-2011, 01:04 PM	#12
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Like everyone else has said, crazynurse is lucky to have you for a friend, wolf. I wish her the best, and hope she can pull through this.

09-16-2011, 10:12 PM	#13
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Well ... she recognizes me, and found my presence calming. Darn good thing, too, because she was trying to rip out her vent tube. Had nearly succeeded before I got there. And kept trying after my arrival. Even though her hands were in soft restraints, she kept trying to work the tube out of her throat using her tongue and teeth. And she got darn near close, according to the nurse. For a while they put an airway in her mouth to limit her ability to bite down, but then she spit that out too. Her family are going to get her a whiteboard and some dry erase markers tomorrow. She kept trying to talk to me, I suck at reading lips ... other than recognizing my name, I think she may have been saying "let me ..." which I assume ends with either "die" or "go," neither of which are an option at the moment. Funny thing about medicine ... as soon as you can express your desires in that regard, you automatically don't get them met. I spent a couple of hours with her, talking, holding her hand, and reading a couple of chapters from a mystery I wasn't intending to read for a while yet, but when offered a choice between science fiction, an unfortunately bad paranormal romance, and a mystery, she chose mystery. So I'm reading Medicus by Ruth somebody or other ... (Downie) it's set in Ancient Rome, so it's potentially interesting. I'm not liking it better than the Falco mysteries, or the SPQR ones, but we'll see. Perhaps tomorrow she won't remember what I was reading and I can switch it up on her. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-16-2011, 11:19 PM	#14
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	I hate those vent tube things. I was on one after a bad car accident, and I panicked over not being allowed to breathe the way I wanted, but had to breathe the way the MACHINE wanted. Hopefully Crazy Nurse will be off the vent soon. And hopefully, dying will cease to be a possible option in her mind. Best wishes for your friend. Oh, and I bet she'd listen to just about anything you wanted to read her. When I was in the hospital, anything to help take my mind off the discomfort was more than welcome. And that included people reading to me.

09-27-2011, 09:48 AM	#15
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Okay ... so a lot of time has passed. crazynurse is off the vent, she's conscious, alert, talking, and cranky as hell. She won't eat though. Except peanut butter. Because she says she can't chew meat. She chews fine. Stale bagel is a lot harder to chew than teensy pieces of chicken, which she hides in her cheek and spits out, so I know she can chew fine. And she was chewing ice. So it's not the chewing. Or the swallowing. She won't even consider chicken noodle soup ... and the noodles are so overcooked they're nearly a liquid. She needs liquid nutrition, or at least mechanical soft food, but for reasons that are unclear, the doctors aren't ordering it. Physical therapy was supposed to start yesterday, but she was out of the room for dialysis when they showed up, and they didn't come back. She can't lift her leg off the bed at this point, but I'm not sure she could do that before her hospitalization. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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