Krissi’s Story

Site created on November 9, 2021

On Tuesday 11/2/21 Krissi was taken by ambulance to Sky Ridge Medical center. She couldn't catch her breath after being sick at home for 10 days.  Her pulse ox was hovering around 50% so she was intubated and put on the ventilator. She was sedated and given medicine to paralyze her body so that it didn't work against the ventilator. She also tested positive for Covid-19 along with a double pneumonia.  That night she was transferred to The Medical Center of Aurora, south campus, and moved into ICU room 7. She is still there, intubated, sedated and paralyzed. She has a central line and arterial line and is being fed through a tube.  

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Journal entry by Derek Spohn

  Krissi is just rocking it at the Rehab facility. She's eating solid food, getting out of bed, walking more than 150 feet and going up and down 12 stairs. Her release date is December 2nd, which feels like a thousand years away for her. She is still only allowed to have one visitor per day, which is tough on her. If anyone would like to visit her this Saturday the 27th, or Monday-Wednesday next week, just text me at 720-771-1404 so I can keep track. 
  
  The boys and I continue to stay busy without wearing ourselves out. Yesterday while Vlad was at ABA Therapy, Edward and I took the dogs to the dog park to run off-leash, then had lunch and practiced our ice skating before picking Vlad up. Vlad then had a music lesson where he learned about the Key-Tar, that 80's band member requirement that looks like a guitar but has keys. He absolutely loved it. Edward is still fighting some nasal congestion so we took the day off today. Both boys enjoy drawing, and Vlad has really shown talent in sketching anime figures. Today, the Amazon man brought sketch books, pencils and a how-to book for them and they drew their first characters. 

   As always, thank you for the continued prayers, support, cards and food. This whole thing would have been insurmountable without you all. 

   For those of you that have texted or called Krissi, don't often expect her to return those. She is still exhausted most of time, has a scratchy voice and a nasty pneumonia cough. She has been saving her energy to talk with the boys and I each night and say goodnight. That means a lot to us for sure. 
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