Hi everyone! I just wanted to send everyone an update. I am home now and resting. I know you all heard a lot of different things that were wrong so here is what really happened. I was felling really horrible and went to the emergency room on Sunday night (6th) and they told me I had a kidney stone. On Monday I started feeling even worse. I had the shakes and chills really bad and couldn’t quit vomiting. Tuesday (8th) I had an appointment with the urologist and we planned to take the stone out on Monday. By Friday (11th) all of the symptoms had gotten worse and I was running a high fever. I though it was just the stone so I called Dr. Waters and he decided to admit me to the Bellevue hospital. I had my procedure done on Saturday morning. They did a complete work up of my blood to make sure there wasn’t anything else going on. After my procedure the nurse told us that my blood work came back and I had 2 blood infections and I was septic. This was really bad news. They decided on Sunday morning to put me in ICU because I was so septic. I started complaining of tightness in my chest so they took an x-ray. They found a blood clot on my lung. So now even more bad new. My mom and rick and dad and sally came up to be with me. I was in ICU until Tuesday. They moved me once the blood infections were under control. So after a TON of medicine and a lot of prayers I got to come home on Thursday. I will be on blood thinners for a couple of months and Brent has to give me shots 2 times a day. It will take up to 6 months to totally get over everything.
All of this was a really scary experience. The doctors told us not once but twice that I could have died from this. The blood infections making me septic and the blood clot. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. This has really shown us how many people love and care for us.
Love,
Brent, Baranda, Emily & Mason
Hi Baranda! Glad to hear you are feeling better!
Comment by katie — April 21, 2008 @ 7:52 pm
Hey! I am so glad to hear you are home and doing better. Did Matthew tell you I tracked him down to find out more info? Well, you definitely had me worried. I will keep praying for you. Love you!
Comment by Amanda — April 24, 2008 @ 1:42 am