[NFB-Idaho] Update regarding Katy Pirnie

[johnsusanford at earthlink.net]

Kevin, 
My computer is up and down every couple of days. I thought I would send you a brief message before it quits again. Tell Katie that lots of people are thinking about her and praying for her. 

Susan Ford 


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Sent: Monday, January 4, 2021 9:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [NFB-Idaho] Update regarding Katy Pirnie

Hi

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

Sent from my iPhone

> 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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