Soooooo......

[alphabassettgrrl]

Yikes! Good thing she got to the hospital.

I hope she recovers real soon so she can go home.

[blueerica]

RStar!! I hope her recovery is fast, though I know that the kidneys can often be the last thing to rebound from such a thing... Intubated... /sigh... This is rough, you'll have to try and do what you can to keep your spirits up right now.

Lots of love and light to you two right now. Stay strong.

[RStar]

I'm usually quite strong. But I have to say that I have never been so scared in my life as I am right now. The next couple of days will be the determining factor.

Thank you all for your support. It really helps.

[wendybeth]

Very scary, indeed, RStar- toes and fingers crossed, all viable mojos and vibes have been activated. A quick ((((hug)))), and they are on their way!

[€uroMeinke]

My thoughts are with you RStar - I hope things keep positive

[RStar]

Thank you all!

Teresa's tests show improvement every day. It takes longer to get one off the ventilator than I realized, but she did well yesterday. They want the person to breath on their own for a full day, and she only started at 4 pm yesterday. So turned it back on last night, and they will put the machine back on test mode again today, and if she does well they will remove the tubes tonight. The test mode is where she breathes on her own, but if she stops breathing for 30 seconds the machine gives her a breath to remind her. Durring the test mode they keep track of all her vitals including O2 to make sure her breathing is effective. Her tests were perfect yesterday, her O2 averaged 98% and the machine didn't need to remind her to breathe, so I think she'll do fine today when taking her off again. I just hope she rebounds mentally, she isn't showing good signs of that yet.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Well that sounds positive! I suspect she'll start to feel better mentally once she's off the vent.
**hugs**

[blueerica]

Most excellent, RStar!

Has she required any sedation - does she seem aware?

[Moonliner]

Scary and happy at the same time.... My best to the both of you.

[RStar]

Originally Posted by blueerica

Most excellent, RStar!

Has she required any sedation - does she seem aware?

She was on Profinol, but they took her off of it yesterday. She still isn't aware yet, but when she starts to wake she panics & chokes and then she goes back to sleep. She was so out of it when she went into the hospital that I think she has no idea what happened to her. So they give her something to relax. The doc says that she was so toxic that it will take quite a few days to get it all out of her system so her brain can function well. They want her awake more before taking her off of the ventilator completely, but she has done well on the tests yesterday and today, so they may take her off tomorrow (Thursday).

The good news is that the kidney specialist signed her off, she has 100% kidney function again!