Journal entry by Penny Wright —
Nov 18th 6 pm-ish -->Lyle texted indicating they were moving Vickie:
Vickie is being admitted into the hospital. Moving her from swingbed to ICU. Her O2 stats dropped to 80 on room air. At dialysis they had a tough time keeping it running hover completed a full session.
When Vickie came back from PT she had chest X-ray. They picked her up to give her a c-scan of lungs and an ultrasound of her legs to see if she any clots in them. She has a blood clot in her lung.🙏🙏🙏🙏
Nov 18th 9 pm-ish -->
Has clot in both lungs & left leg. Hospitalist not sure if they'll put in a screen or not. He's confident they caught them in time. Moved her to ICU tonight. She getting heparin bolis. Labs every 6 hours monitoring blood. Know more tomorrow.
Has clot in both lungs & left leg. Hospitalist not sure if they'll put in a screen or not. He's confident they caught them in time. Moved her to ICU tonight. She getting heparin bolis. Labs every 6 hours monitoring blood. Know more tomorrow.
Nov 19th 8 am-ish -->
Ok. The nurse said she rested well last night & her breathing was better. I better finish dressing go in see her.
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