Change of plans.
Penny's blood pressure dropped very low last night after I posted. It was so low that the nurse thought her machine was broken. She was moved into a bigger ER room with a bigger team.
She had a center line put in (no easy task) to stabilize her until they could find the bleeding and try to stop it. As I'm sure you can imagine, it was a very long night for all of us. The line finally went in (to bone marrow, as her veins were too constricted), and they located the source of the bleeding: her colon. Just before we left the hospital, they moved her to the ICU, which is where she currently is.
To my current knowledge (1:20pm), they haven't been able to completely stop the bleeding, but they've given her coagulants and have managed to slow it down. We just got to the hospital, and Matt was told that her heart rate and blood pressure are pretty close to her normal. I don't actually remember the numbers at the moment.
Things are ok for the moment. Thank you for reading, and for your support.
Cristina
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