Kathy seems to have fallen victim to the hospital curse. Today she was being pushed hard by speech therapy to eat solid food for lunch and she eventually got some of these gastric juices into her lungs. Shoot, she wasn't even allowed to drink water but they wanted her to eat solid foods! Obviously, this got down into her lungs accelerating damage to her lungs.
The doctors spent the afternoon giving Kathy breathing treatments and injections of medicines to improve her intake of oxygen. She showed so little improvement combined with severe congestion, she was put back into ICU for safety. She is set up to have a lung CT tonight.
This is two steps back and one step forward! I am totally upset and fustrated because Kathy was so close on Monday to breaking out and heading for full recovery.
Kathy is in non surgical ICU (acronymsm NSICU -acrosss from surgical ICU). After visiting her room tonight she is in good hands. (I am actually relieved) The 11th floor medical coverage had a lot to be desired. Everyone here is trying their best but the demons of the hospital are taking there toll.
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