It wasn't the other kidney stone causing the issues...

Janet is okay, but she had a rough night.  She and really everybody could use your prayers for strength and stamina as this is the beginning of hospital week number two. 

After talking to the nurse and trying to put all the pieces together, here is what I know so that we can continue to pray and not take anything for granted.

About midnight last night, Janet's blood pressure and heart rate began to drop.  They did labs in the middle of the night that showed her red blood cell count had dropped as well.  Janet had had some right abdominal/back pain that was increasing.  The nurses were becoming more concerned after they saw the lab results when Janet became non-responsive.  They couldn't find a pulse and called a code blue.  It was quite a flurry of activity as they worked to find out what was causing her to suddenly decompensate.  They gave her medications for her blood pressure.  Janet quickly responded to the medications and awoke to the nurse standing over her beginning chest compressions.  Very scary for poor Janet.  After that, they started blood transfusions, and that is when things began to even out and Janet's heart rate and blood pressure came back into a normal range.

Janet is back in ICU and is receiving more blood transfusions today.  Part of what they have been watching for from the beginning is that Janet is not bleeding anywhere she shouldn't be.  She was at risk for this due to the heparin therapy she has been receiving.  Last night, as I said, her abdominal/back pain increased and her blood pressure and heart rate dropped.  Basically, after a bunch of tests, a CT scan showed that Janet was bleeding from a pelvic vein that burst.  The blood pooling near her ovary was mimicking the kind of pain she had with the kidney stone.  (She does have another known kidney stone that they have been monitoring).  At this point, they are thinking that the bleeding has resolved itself now that she is not on the heparin drip and that the pooled blood will naturally be absorbed without surgical intervention.  The blood transfusions should make her feel a lot better and have more energy.  They are closely monitoring her blood count to make sure it stays stable.

Janet is really tired today, but she is awake and knows everything that happened last night.  I found some hospital earplugs for her.  We're hoping she can find some good sleep somewhere tonight.

This is all I know for now.  Janet has a ton of different doctors rounding on her, each giving their own two cents worth.  Keep praying... Pray that the doctors have wisdom as they tweak her medications and her treatments.

With love and prayers for Janet,
Chandra