[NFB-Idaho] Update regarding Katy Pirnie

[Helping Human]

Hi

Thank you for your honest report. I appreciate the update. You and Katy will continue to be in my prayers.
Yiska

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> On Jan 4, 2021, at 8:37 PM, Kevin Pirnie via NFB-Idaho <nfb-idaho at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Friends,
> 
> As several of you know by now, My beloved wife Katy has been hospitalized
> from the effects of Covid for eighteen days. Until Saturday night she had
> been making slow but good progress, though there have been ups and downs
> along the way.
> 
> Saturday evening she began having significant respiratory distress. The
> doctor ordered a new treatment protocol to address her declining condition
> and was able to keep her on high flow oxygen successfully throughout the
> night.
> 
> She had called me around 3:30 the following morning and wanted to share
> with me that she was feeling better. I was so glad to hear that and
> encouraged her to try and get more rest and suggested that she call me when
> she woke up again, if she was up to it, or send a text if not.
> 
> It was almost 8:00 on Sunday morning and I had not heard from her, which
> was highly unusual as we had always stayed in touch by phone  or text by
> that time. My phone was in my hand to call her nurse to make sure she was
> doing okay when my phone wrang. It was the on call doctor, and he explained
> that her lungs went into serious distress and that it was necessary to put
> her on a ventilator and move her to ICU.
> 
> Katy is stable but still in critical condition. She had a pretty good night
> last night and they were able to reduce the O2 flow significantly
> throughout the night. She again had more difficulty this morning, but has
> recovered groundagain. Her vitals and labs are pretty good overall and
> still waiting on culture results to see if there are any secondary
> infections. She is sedated afair bit to make her comfortable and relaxed
> enough to allow the machine to do the breathing for her. Katy is aware of
> the nurse and doctor making eye contact and nodding in response to
> questions.
> 
> This is more information and detail than you may want but I have been
> getting questions bout these thing so thought I would go ahead and share
> them.
> 
> I and humbled and grateful for the outpouring of prayers and love from so
> many of you. I continue to let Katy know about them all. Progress is
> expected to be slow at this point and continued prayers are very much
> appreciated.
> 
> Blessings to all.
> 
> Kevin
> 
> 
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