Please send well wishes for "Carol"

[butt-eze]

My friend Carol Decker who has crohn's is currently in a drug-induced coma. Carol got really sick on Monday and ended up having a emergency c section in Seattle on Monday night. She has a super bad strep pneumonia bug. She has been in critical condition in the icu for 2 days. It's uber serious life and death stuff. You wouldn't even recognize her right now. Things are still pretty hour by hour, but I am sensing some improvement. She will likely be here for weeks or months, and there are going to be long lasting effects if she pulls through. She had a temp of 107 for several hours, and many other strange complications. Anyway, keep her in your prayers if you do that sort of thing. The baby is doing excellent.

I am sick over this situation. Her situation is very likely compounded by the fact she has crohn's. I had a similar life-treathening situation and know how scary this can be for her family.

All well wishes and prayers for Carol will be forwarded on to her. I am visiting her again on Monday night...

 

[Jeff D.]

I will keep you, her and her family in my prayers. Best wishes Carol

 

[Guest]

really sorry to hear about your friend - what a horrible and scary time for her family and friends. i'm thinking of her and sending positive thoughts, & hope you post some better news soon.

 

[butt-eze]

Thank you. I will keep you posted...

 

[BWS1982]

That's awful, at least you are feeling a positive trend ButtEze...my thoughts go out.

 

[butt-eze]

Ok, so here are some better details from Carol's husband who is medically trained (i.e. dentist).

http://sccsdecker.blogspot.com/

I'm still scared for her. Can anyone read this and help me worry less???

 

[jed]

my thoughts to her, her family and yourself

(and i cant read blogs like that at work, if its emotional i may get a bit teary here)

 

[Guest]

i read it - although it was hard to do, knowing that the words were about your close friend, and what a beautiful lady she is.

it seems to me she is holding her own, and there are tiny but sure signs of hope. keep hoping - she's obviously surrounded by an excellent care team, and a lot of love from her friends & family.

thinking of you all (((x)))

 

[Kev]

Best wishes to Carol N family. all the best..

 

[butt-eze]

I will visit Carol after work today. Today's blog by her husband does sound slightly more upbeat...

 

[butt-eze]

The latest blog from Carol's husband...

Carol is doing good again today. Her dialysis machine began leaking again this morning at 4 am. This is the 2nd time this has happened, and all the nurses are a little baffled by it. The decision was made to stop the dialysis. This has seemed to be beneficial becuase she is peeing very well now, which was the worry that she wouldn't.

Temp good, circulation good. the vascular surgeon came in this morning and moved the dialysis line just in case they needed it, and got some special topical burn cream for skin for her, and come special vascularizing gel for her fingers and toes, that may help with some of the gangrenous fingers and toes.

Doing a little research of my own, since I could finally get to a computer, this morning. I really think this all has started with a spleen problem. A hypofunctioning spleen (not working). This is not too uncommon in a patient with ulcerative colitis for 10+ years. Hyposplenic patients have a high incidence of septic strep pneumonia infections. It would would be very rare for an otherwise healthy individual to aquire an infection of this type. So I suggested that they check that out this morning, so they are going to take a ct scan (which might not really show anything), and check her blood for some chemical that would indicate a spleen problem. I really think this is what has happened, all the symptoms seem to match up, plus her going to the ER the week before with severe left posterior flank pain........who knows...we'll see

scott

 

[Nancy Lee]

Keeping your friend Carol and her family close in positive thought and prayer.