Just before I left to meet mom, I was informed that sis was so fragile she might not survive the long ride to Boston, that she had been not only unresponsive when the EMTs arrived, but blue. The nurse said sis had only been minutes away from needing to be defibrillated back to life at Cape Cod hospital.
Bro had talked to the docs there, found out that her numbers were all screwed up, especially all cardiac enzymes. She may have had a heart attack. They didn't know what was causing the dangerously low oxygen numbers, wanted to ship her back to the hospital that performed her surgery on Monday.
Boston said she has pneumonia, put her on 3 antibiotic IVs & was still running tests when we left at 130. They will do another bone scan, the cancer may be much worse in her lungs & elswhere.
Just spoke with sis, she's feeling much worse this morning. She felt fine when we left in the wee hours, but now is in terrible discomfort from the pneumonia & not sure what else.
Plus the day nurse is apparently a mean ****, unlike the rest of the staff she's run across.
Not sure what will happen next. The Boston hosp re-ran every test done down the Cape, the cardiac numbers were less scary, still on multiple antibiotics for the pneumonia. She was up all night because the room was too hot, 74º. They can't get it any cooler & she can't take a fan as the moving air makes her cough too much. She can't breathe without the oxygen
Our bro has been his usual superman self, working full 9+ hr shifts down in RI & then driving up to see her in Boston then another 90+ min home every night.
She told me that 20% of folks w/ this type of pneumonia die. Bro corrected her and said it is actually a far higher percentage.
When I mentioned to him that we will most likely be in & out of the hospital with her repeatedly, he said he prays we will. That he knows many never get that chance... I swear ignorance is bliss, nothing like facing the sucky harsh possibilities at every turn when you have docs in family.
