Guest Writer
These comments are from Messenger.
July 14, 2018
9:18 a.m. BF wrote: She has been hacking and coughing last few nights and still complaining of her rib but she doesn’t listen to me…maybe some mom advice will help?
11:29 a.m. BF wrote: Have you spoken with Dana today? I’ve tried calling a few times to see how she is feeling but no answer.
12:49 p.m. I replied: Took forever but she came to the door. Her feet hurt her. She doesn’t want to go to Urgent Care. I will check later to see if she’s changed her mind.
July 15, 2018
10:36 a.m. After his own trip to Urgent Care with Dana, for his bronchitis, I brought Dana back to Urgent Care for her bronchitis and told BF: Doctor at Urgent Care refuses to prescribe anything at all until she is seen at the hospital. She refuses to go to the ER. Keep an eye on her. If she’s non responsive, it’s an ambulance ride. Tell her.
7:49 p.m. BF wrote: Seems to be feeling better.
I wrote: Good. She should be scared about her health.
BF wrote: Until the middle of the night and morning when she has her issues.
I wrote: Only she can help herself heal. She needs to drink more water. Being dehydrated is bad for bronchitis. I’ll bring over bottled water tomorrow on my lunch break.
July 16, 2018
6:24 a.m. BF wrote: She’s saying she can’t breathe. Can you bring her to ER?
I wrote: I just called her and she refuses to go to ER. Call an ambulance if it gets bad. Or call me.
BF wrote: Okay, thank you. She called me at work and said she couldn’t breathe and then when I got home I rushed upstairs and said, “Okay, I’m taking you to the hospital,” she flipped out.
I wrote: She will probably have to go to the hospital today, but she has to either be unconscious and via an ambulance or willing to go, according to the laws.
11:57 a.m. I brought groceries to Dana’s apartment for her and her BF’s daughter and step-daughter, during my lunch hour. When I left, the landlord was waiting in his car outside. The landlord told them to move out.
7:26 p.m. BF wrote: She’s still out of it, but refuses to go.
July 17, 2018
1:30 a.m. BF wrote: She needs to go to the hospital in the morning. She says she won’t go without you. She asked me to come home from work and I can’t.
I wrote: I just talked to her. I don’t understand why she doesn’t want to go now. It was difficult to understand her.
BF wrote: Not sure.
Please see my earlier post about what happened on July 17, if you haven’t read it already. Click here.
July 17, 2018
8:26 a.m. I wrote: She’ll be here for five days at least. She is sedated because of the breathing tube. Severe pneumonia. The doctor said it has a 50 percent mortality rate and that she is very, very, very sick. The nurses are putting a central line in her neck. The doctor is worried about kidney failure.
BF wrote: Is she still awake?
I wrote: She is not awake and won’t be awake for two days.
12:30 p.m. I wrote: She will be on antibiotics for at least eight days. Sounds like the doctor wants to keep her in ICU for that long.
2:15 p.m. I wrote: Her feet and fingers were turning really blue until they put the breathing tube in. She is also malnourished.
BF wrote: OMG, are you guys back at the hospital?
I wrote: Not yet. It’s upsetting to her to not be able to talk to us. She was only partially sedated earlier because her blood pressure dropped too low. Her oxygen went up to 95 with the tube inserted. Her phlegm is bloody. Her body temperature dropped to 94 so they put warm blankets on her. Her hands are in restraints so she doesn’t pull the tubes and wires out. There was zero alcohol in her blood when she was brought in. She also was seen by a lung specialist today.
BF wrote: Yah, she had a couple sips. There will be zero alcohol in this house from now on.
4:12 p.m. I wrote: We are heading back over to the hospital. We haven’t heard anything.
BF wrote: Tell her I will be over. I hope I’m not a big baby when I walk in.
I wrote: I’ve been crying there all morning.
7:18 p.m. BF wrote: Her blood pressure is back up to 110/62. They started her on a third blood pressure medicine to get her there.
I wrote: It will be a blur in a few days. She’s where she needs to be. What did you think of all the drugs she is on?
BF wrote: She’s on a lot of them. Drugs for drugs, one drug to help another.
9:07 p.m. BF wrote: They just gave her some anxiety stuff. The reason she is so sick is because she went septic. That’s when it goes beyond an infection.
