Yesterday (Thursday) was a rough day for mom. She got progressively worse. She did not hardly move or talk and she started running a fever. Her oxygen levels started to decrease so around 5pm Heartland called her surgeon to report the worsened condition and they decided to transport mom to Winchester ER to see Dr. Roberts and have him "tap" her so they could drain the fluid they found on her chest the day before. When the ambulance came to get her, she could barely walk and was very quiet and unresponsive. My sister and I followed the ambulance to Winchester - while many of our family came to dad's side at Heartland to comfort him - he was in tears when she left by stretcher and very worried. They ended up having quite the "fun time" in there when all the Kisner clan showed up to cheer dad up!
Around 8pm, Dr. Roberts performed the procedure on mom right in her room and when we saw her again around 8:45, it was an amazing difference. Amazingly, they removed 1500ccs from her chest which was the equivalent to more than an IV bag full of fluid. . . which was gross mom said. . . the doctor said there was some old blood and other fluid. This was just putting so much pressure on mom's heart and restricting her oxygen flow that she became very weak and sick. She had a very high heart rate and low oxygen level for a while, but she did finally stabilize and was able to rest well. I got up here this morning to her room (323) around 9:15am -just in time to help her bathe. She is still very weak and tired, but she is resting and I think she will feel much better later in the day when she finally recovers from the trauma of yesterday. Right now, the plan is to keep her a day or two here so she can regain her strength and appetite (she's barely eaten for days now). . .then they will either release her back to Heartland or possibly even straight to home (which will be Pam's for now).
Dad seemed better today when I talked to him on the phone - he had a terrible day at therapy yesterday because he was so worried about mom. He said he couldn't concentrate and he got sick to his stomach - so I am hoping today will be better for him. I am planning to go by there at lunch time and check in on him.
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