wednesday.
waiting for news about coline, my friend in sf who is not doing well in the hospital. from what i can the past 2 weeks has been a chain of events roughly like the following:
1. very close to giving birth (kid #2)
2. baby was beginning to get distressed, so they induced.
3. baby ida was born healthy 1 week before due date. she was like 7.5
pounds.
4. three days later coline went to the doctor bc she said her back was
hurting and she was feeling sick.
5. she was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia.
6. surgery was required to repair lung damage due to the pneumonia.
about 20% of one of her lungs was removed. doctors advised that she
may need a new lung; was placed on donor list.
7. tracheotomy performed to help breathing.
8. three days ago, although sedated, she was responsive and taken off
the external oxygenation of her blood. now on a ventilator.
9. two days ago she had a hemorrhagic stroke.
10. she also was being monitored for a blood clot that was moving
towards her heart.
11. the chaplain was called to talk to all the friends and family that
are now living at the hospital. prognosis not good per him.
12. last night she had surgery to install a filter in some vein to
prevent blood clots from happening. it actually went well and i talked
to bruce and ugi last night after it.
so now i am waiting to hear what's next.
i wish i was back in sf.
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illona 64 months ago | reply
big hugs.
Xiobhan 64 months ago | reply
Holy sh*t. That's crazy. I am so sorry. Buzz me when you land.
nashthebean 64 months ago | reply
how did this happen? omg! this is scarey.
thinking about you. it is always hard to be so far away.
marcijo33 64 months ago | reply
sending plenty of thoughts and prayers her way.
eustacia42 64 months ago | reply
oh no. sending good vibes.
Perfecto Insecto 64 months ago | reply
thanks you guys.
update as of wednesday afternoon:
stable since last night. that's good!
that's all i got.
marcijo33 64 months ago | reply
how's your friend doing now?
nashthebean 63 months ago | reply
yeah, how is she? just came back for an update.
Mindful Mum 23 months ago | reply
Great image, thanks for letting us use it here - www.mindfulmum.co.uk/2011/safe-pregnancy/safe-labour-birt...
Mindful Mum
sunrader2000 21 months ago | reply
I would like to use this image on the cover of a Kindle book about a self-help technique for dealing with anxiety. I know the image is Creative Commons, but are you the model as well? I want to make sure it's ok with the model.
Perfecto Insecto 21 months ago | reply
i'm the model; it's a self portrait. you can use it, please make sure i get a credit. and send me a link to it? thanks!
sunrader2000 21 months ago | reply
Absolutely we will give you the credit. Your name will be on the copyright page of the book and in the hover text when the cover is used on websites. Thank you very much. It's lovely.
sunrader2000 20 months ago | reply
Here you are, Kenna. This is the first place the book is appearing. You are mentioned in the text of the page as well. Thank you again. We think the cover is beautiful. I hope you like what we've done with your photo.
www.dbepub.com/rr/
Perfecto Insecto 20 months ago | reply
awesome! thanks so much and good luck with it!
marcijo33 20 months ago | reply
How cool!
Perfecto Insecto 20 months ago | reply
i know, right! :)
sunrader2000 17 months ago | reply
Kenna, we would really like to send you a copy of the book. If you'd like to contact me through my website with a mailing address, we'll be happy to get one to you. www.dbepub.com/rr/