Harrowing Day….
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Harrowing Day….
Hey Taverneers, This morning I went to wake Trish to give one of her morning meds, and found her completely unresponsive. She was taken by ambulance to the hospital ER, where a CT scan revealed what one neurosurgeon termed “a massive brain bleed,” and “a blood clot in the brain.” They rushed her into surgery where she remained a good part of the day. By God’s grace, I’m thankful to report, she pulled through; they relieved the mounting blood pressure in her brain cavity (which pushed her brain against the opposite side of her skull,) and were able to remove the clot. She remains in a medically induced coma in the ICU until her brain is healed enough to wake her. The neurosurgeons felt good about the surgery, and she will have CT scans every two hours throughout the night. I will meet with the postoperative physicians in the morning to see what’s next. We don’t know the cause, but we “suspect” she may have gotten up during the night and fell. The surgeons said the color of the blood in her brain cavity indicated the injury was within the previous 24 hours. If Trish did fall, she did not make me aware of it, and I never heard it, so unless she remembers upon awaking, we may never know. Your prayers are coveted. Thank you.
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