Day 246 ~ Third space · Mar 14, 10:17 AM by Dale
Patrick here. We’re back in the hospital today and it’s a rough morning. Mom is hanging in there but her looks are startling.
They’ve got so many IVs pumping various meds and fluids into her body, she’s very puffy and bloated. It’s call “third space” because her body is receiving all these fluids but there isn’t anywhere else for them to go except out into her body. Her stomach and intestines are the first two places I assume, but I don’t know.
She looked this way last night and we hoped it would get better overnight but she is the same if not slightly more so.
I just spoke with the nurse, Jennifer, and I asked her how mom was doing. She told me that they turned down the pressure on the oxygen machine, so her respiratory system seems to be doing slightly better. They’re probably going to put in another catheter to measure pressure on her heart.
They’re not sure why, but she is not expelling as much fluid as she should be. The kidneys seem to be functioning all right so they don’t know the culprit yet.
Also, they took a chest X-ray and noted that it looked slightly better. So, that’s some good news.
Love to you all, we’ll keep you updated as we go today.
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