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Begin forwarded message: > From: "Emily McGowan" <[email protected]> > Date: July 29, 2013, 6:52:46 AM CDT > To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> > Cc: "'Steve's IPhone'" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Texascavers] Mallory update 7/28/13 > > From Mal's mother, Vickie: > > Sunday Update, July 28, 2013: > > Mallory is still unconscious, but moving more, particularly her legs whereas > she used to just move her arms. Tonight after they put in a new line, and > did other things, she actually opened her eyes halfway, and then she blinked > a few times. She still has fever, is fighting infection and they have > determined she has a bacterial infection for one thing. So people now have > to put on their disposable gowns. It's better not to touch her. They scared > me when they came to do a test to check if her brain is also a source of > infection. It struck me as one more scary problem. They wanted to stick a > needle in her spine and draw out fluid. It's all one system. But she did not > do well, her heart rate went too high so they did not do it. They just upped > the antibiotic. Let's just hope she does not have infection in her brain. > Four days ago, she did not. Tomorrow they will do the trachea tube. It's not > impossible the breathing tube she has now is causing some of this infection, > according to the doctors. > > It may be just a reflex or a mother's wishful thinking, but when I held her > hand and told her I had to leave, it just felt like she was resisting me > letting go of her hand. > > Vickie > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >
