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Thread #153972   Message #3609862
Posted By: GUEST,MCP
15-Mar-14 - 10:10 AM
Thread Name: BS: Encouraging Thoughts for Zany Mouse
Subject: BS: Encouraging Thoughts for Zany Mouse
Zany Mouse has been in hospital for the last few weeks and could do with some cheering thoughts.

She collapsed a few weeks ago with a heart rate of 160 and was taken into hospital. The next day her blood pressure dropped to half it's normal value (bad enough for them to call me in) and she spent the next three days in intensive care. (She'd had an eye problem caused by her lupus and nearly lost the sight in her right eye over Christmas. That was being treated with massive doses of steroids and the eye recovered, but they think it effectively shut down her body's own production of steroids and lead to an Addison's crisis. They also think she either had or was very near to a heart attack; they don't seem sure on that point).

Anyway, she's medically stable now but still hasn't enough leg power to stand and has to spend the next three to six weeks in a care home getting physio to fix that. Consequently she's feeling a bit disheartened at not being able to get home yet and could do with some cheering up. If you could post and encouraging thoughts for her she'd be grateful.

Mick