A bit of sad news to report.
What many of you may not know is that the mod here, Jenny, is one of my oldest IRL friends. Earlier today I got a call from her husband letting me know that when he came home from work Saturday, he found her unresponsive. She has been in the ICU since then. She was awake and talking yesterday morning but is now in a medically induced coma (mostly due to secondary complications).
I’m intentionally skipping over the specifics, but suffice it to say she’s got a fight ahead of her. Things were too hectic this evening to visit, but I’m hoping to go see her tomorrow or as soon as the situation stabilizes enough to allow for non-family visitors.
So please keep her and her family in your thoughts.
Thanks,
Patrick
As of early last week, she underwent a tracheotomy procedure (replacing the intubation tube from the ventilator) and was moved out of intensive care into a longer-term care facility. Before that, every time they tried to take her off of the sedatives, she would get agitated and uncomfortable because of being intubated and have to be re-sedated.
As of Sunday, she’s now fully off the sedatives and has been awake and lucid which was a huge relief to hear. She’s still weaning off of the ventilator, though, and there are a few other secondary complications remaining.
She’s not out of the woods, but she’s no longer hour-by-hour.
That’s scary, but I’m glad there’s been some improvement
Yep. Progress has been slow, but steady. We’ve got a group chat going with a bunch of her friends and family (her husband and sister take turns giving us updates), and she’s got a lot of support.