Jim ripped my heart out tonight. He kept begging me to take him home, just for tonight, or he would be dead by morning. I was sobbing, and had to leave.
I asked the nurse about the ICU protocol about a patient's death. He said that if the nurse felt Jim would not survive, they would call me in, regardless of the ICU visiting hours.
Jim's platelet count is still virtually nonexistent--4--even though he seems to be bleeding less. The nurse said that on Wednesday the DRs sent a blood sample to an outside lab, thinking that maybe Jim has some autoimmune condition that is eating up the transfused platelets and hemoglobin.
Friday, October 27, 2006
Thursday Evening
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Venita this must be tearing you up! It's hard to say any of the feelings I get reading about your journey, since I'm afraid they'd make you sadder or angrier! But I'm thinking them anyway!
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