Karen has been getting weaker over the past several days (we believe from anemia) and this morning while we were getting ready to head to dialysis, she fell down in the house. She said she felt wobbly and her knees buckled under her. She hit the wall and hurt her right shoulder/back and skinned her leg pretty badly. She also thinks she hit her head, but we haven’t found any sore spots or bruises there. We were able to get her to dialysis and get that treatment done and then headed over to see the transplant doctors. They have admitted her to the “Day Hospital” at Baptist. This is a floor at Baptist where they send transplant patients for blood, IV fluids, special tests, etc. but you are not officially admitted to the hospital. They plan to do head to toe scans of her to check for broken bones as well as internal bleeding. Since she is on blood thinners they have to be careful with bleeding. After the scans they will be giving her two units of blood to treat the anemia. We expect that she will spend the night (even though they call it “Day Hospital” it is a 24 hour operation and you can spend the night).
Right now the biggest concern is her shoulder. She uses her arms a lot to help her get up/down stairs, and it hurts when she uses her right arm. We are hoping nothing is broken. That would complicate things significantly. Also we are hopeful that once she gets the blood, she will begin feeling better. Please pray for a positive outcome about her shoulder and increased strength from the blood transfusions.
Rusty
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It's kinda spooky. Something told me to check the blog... Bless her heart... I hope everything checks out ok from the fall. A ((BIG)) HUG for both of you from all of us in Atlanta... Love, Dobbie, Ken and Mama Dobson
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