Long Night....

[catwoman7 11,221]

oh no - I am so sorry to hear this. What an awful situation for her and you and your whole family. I hope she pulls through Ok.......

[4MRB4PHOTO 3,900]

I am sorry. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

[Djmohr 6,965]

@@kblanc

She is still on life support and they have been testing all day. When you need a transplant they want to make sure that there are not other diseases that you might have like cancer, heart disease...basically anything that might cause you to lose (waste) an organ that someone healthy would do better with.

So, today they have been running tests all day long. They did a heart catheterization as well as many other tests.

They are watching the pressures in her brain and we are hoping that they do not rise any more. If they do, they will have to put a monitor into her brain to monitor the pressures and that can cause bleeding issues.

When you are in liver failure, your blood does not clot so they want to avoid that if possible.

They are still saying that she is not stable and we are taking one hour at a time right now.

It is so weird because I knew this could happen but I did not realize how many people have lost their lives from acetaminophen overdoses. By the time they get symptoms it is too late to do anything about.

They think that she actually overdoses approximately 4 days before based on her billy ruben scores. She is very yellow. She didnt feel well but the night before she walked into the ER is when she really began to complain about feeling crappy. When she woke the next morning she had alot of pain in her gut. Apparantely this is when things started to get really bad, hours later she was down and incoherent.

Very very scary......I cannot tell you how many times I have taken more tylenol than I am supposed to trying to get rid of the pain in my back. Of course this and being so overweight was why my own kidneys got so bad.

My husband wanted to come home and throw out the bottle until i educated him. I literally went on line and read out loud about acetaminophen overdoses and how they can happen. He gets it now but is scared.

[j16 166]

I'm so sorry! Sending prayers for you and your family.

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[ladyslim2015 74]

God bless you and your family.

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[MissJDVSG 129]

I'm sorry to hear this. Sending prayers and good vibes your way.

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[victorande 20]

I'm so sorry. I'm sending my prayers your way.

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[sc101071 398]

So sorry what you are going through.

[mrsNilla 304]

@@Djmohr

How are you and your family doing? I have been thinking about you.

Nilla

[Djmohr 6,965]

@@mrsNilla

Thanks for asking. I was going to send out an update so here goes:

It has been a rough week but this morning we actually got some very good and hopeful news. Up to this point they did not think Mary would survive and it was up to her and God to turn things in the right direction.

They have had her on both kidney dialysis and liver dialysis as well as full life support. Supposedly there are only 10 liver dialysis machines in the state of wisconsin and they have had her on it since Sunday night.

Well, as of this morning, her liver is trying to repair itself and things are improving. They took her off liver dialysis this morning and are hoping that her liver repairs itself enough to get her kidneys working. Right now, they are not functioning at all but supposedly that happens.

She is still on a ventilator but she is awake and aware of what is happening now. She can even communicate with nurses somewhat. If things continue to improve, they will likely try weaning her off the vent.

They did say that it will be a very rough and scary road as things improve. There are significant roadblocks to get through but she is fighting hard.

Thank YOU everyone for all of your prayers. The medical team did everything that could and she has been fighting for her life but as the doctors told us on sunday, monday and tuesday.....It is in Gods hands.

[genn 460]

That is awesome that there is such improvements in her condition. I will still keep u and ur family in my prayers. I pray for nothing but the best outcome. Especially during this time of the year it's so hard to be going through something so tragic. Thanks for the update and god bless!!!

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[Egammage 15]

I will be praying for you and your family.

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[Who'sThere 331]

@@Djmohr, I'm so glad to read your update. Continued prayers

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[Djmohr 6,965]

Latest update. Her liver is improving, her kidneys are not functioning at all still. They say they could come back yet.

She has developed an infection somewhere in her body, her white cell count is now up. Also, they had to put in a chest tube tonight, apparently one of her lungs has alot of Fluid.

And, she is very weak so they put in a feeding tube tonight as well.

They still say with all of this she is improving and they are watching her very closely.

[genn 460]

Thanks for the update and continued support and prayer still going ur way may god bless u and ur family.

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