My sister, who is 62, is being admitted to the hospital this afternoon.
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She has been running a fever for the past 2 days and she started dialysis about 2 weeks ago. She had some post surgery pain in the port put into her neck and they think it may have gotten infected.
They are also testing for covid19. The household has been on self quarantine since March because my sister, my daughter and I are high risk but with grocery shopping and her Drs appointments, who knows.
Waiting for results on that.
Extremely worried right now and I can't even visit her.
Please send positive vibes. I'll keep you all in the loop.
Update 1: As of 9:30pm my sister is still waiting for a room to become available. She is trying to rest as well as she can in the emergency room. She had dialysis done there at the hospital and a blood clot was found by the machine during. I guess it's the one positive thing about going to the hospital. She didn't have any symptoms of a clot.
Update 2: Not a lot of new information. They are still running tests but she got a room and got some sleep. They are talking about maybe sending her home tonight if fever gone and no other issues (a big maybe). The blood clot it seems could have been from the dialysis itself as clots can form during the procedure (scary in itself).
Update 3: My sister is coming home this afternoon after dialysis. Turns out she has a bad kidney infection and will be on antibiotics. Some additional tests are pending but I'm glad she will be home. A hospital isn't the safest place right now with the rise in covid19 cases in our county.
P.S. Although I'm trying to respond to each of you in person, if I miss anyone, my love and appreciation is still there. Thank you.
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for your sister. I can imagine how worried you are.
And, yes, please keep us updated.
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Good wishes for everything to turn out ok....
Hang in there, and let us know what happens.
And a truckload of good vibes.
Sounds serious....especially already having kidney disease....antibiotics can be hard on the kidneys....I sense they may need to put a fresh line in...Keep us posted... and sincere prayers.
The port leads right to the heart.
I will keep DUers updated.
That line will need to be pulled..blood cultures and catheter cultured.
I hope they can pull it safely.
Positive vibes headed her way.
Hold on as best you can.
Please keep us posted.
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This is such a shitty year. 
I hope your sister will be on the mend pronto!
Take good care of yourself and continue to take care of your family, 
Sending you and your sister good vibes and hoping for the best for you and your family!
I hope she feels better soon.
under hospital care. Emotionally also. That port line has to be protected of course.
I have a photo I took over a month ago, when I was being ruled out in a Covid ward, of two very nice and wonderful nurses who look like aliens in their masks and shields. That photo is guaranteed to make me smile, but it was taken about 2:30 in the morning as they were busy doing their thing, so I'm guessing your sister won't be sleeping all through the night no matter how well she's feeling. But hopefully you are.
Over 12 hours now. She had dialysis done at the hospital but her blood pressure crashed (she's been having problems with it being low) and they had to stabilize it as well. They are talking about at least 2 days in the hospital but this could change at any time.
Thank you for your kind words.
That BP crash! Thank goodness she's at the hospital.
Tomorrow.
Sorry to hear you and your sister are going through this. Please do keep us updated.
this stressful time. It's good your sister's in hospital and monitored. Please keep us posted and try to get some rest.
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A sister had stage 2-3 esophageal cancer (non-smoker & non drinker) but had many colds, flu and bronchitis hell bouts after years of teaching young kids. Three times she went to the ER for severe pneumonia and was put on respirators.
She made it through those crises, endured treatment and chemo and is doing well, three years later. Fortunately she had an excellent team of doctors.
The woman was always a fighter, a real 'mountaineer' ha! and still is..
and willpower to hold off dialysis that long. An excellent sign, she is courageous and a fighter.
Again, all the best to your sister, you and family in this very difficult time. Many positive thoughts to you all.
The second test was positive....sending more positive vibes.
the dialysis machine itself but I'm still very worried.
Thank you for caring.
and taking precautions but that chance of something slipping though is always there.
Really hate all this and hate that so many are suffering because of the inaction of an evil man-thing and his minions.
Thank you so much for caring.
and because of your careful masking, isolation and hand washing, a lesser chance of Covid. Yes I’m a retired nurse so I have some medical knowledge and background if that helps, but I’m not diagnosing, just opinionating.
Hope she’s home soon and doing better.
an infection.
Another possibility that came up was our cat Taz scratched her ankle deeply about a week ago and it was still very red. I had asked her about it a couple days ago and she said it was still painful but said it was nothing. But she doesn't heal quickly any longer. The doctor said it was a possible source of an infection.
Who would have thought it could be actual 'cat scratch fever'. 
Thank you for your well wishes.
I hope she was able to get in a room. I know how hard that wait can be. I went through that with my mom.
I hope you got some rest.
Stay well!
last night.
