Day 246 pt 2 ~ Albumin · Mar 14, 01:52 PM by Dale
Most of our group has left to rest in various homes but some of us have remained at the hospital. Adam and I just went in to see mom, even though she’s unconscious and heavily sedated we believe she can hear us and that it is important for us to go in there regularly.
Serendipitously, while we were there making small talk with mom, Dr. V came in. He’s sharp. And he looks like he belongs on ER with his short beard and pretty looks. But he is definitely on his game. Adam and I quizzed him about mom’s condition and he was honest with us.
The name of the game right now is “Albumin”—It’s the key to the puzzle right now. They are giving her protein in the liquid form of albumin which is almost pure protein and it hasn’t taken yet. But for her to make a recovery she has to begin taking protein. There is simply no other answer right now.
They’ll be putting the “swan” catheter in within the hour, which will monitor her blood pressure and blood oxidation levels among other things. He noted that once that is in, if her oxidation level is low, they’ll be giving her blood. And blood has protein in it as well.
Personally, I’m hoping that they do give her blood because they’ve been giving her albumin for three days now and it hasn’t taken yet – it seems logical to me that they need to begin trying to give her protein in other forms in the hopes that something “clicks.”
For those of you wishing to pray, pray that her body takes the protein and begins absorbing it. That’s the first step for her on the road to recovery.
The situation is still dire, I don’t wish to soften this, but people do recover and that is what we have to remember right now.
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