Kathleen is in the hospital at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California.
She, Mike, and Daniel went up to California 10 days ago to see Coury as
Che Guevara in a production of Evita and instead
she wound up in the hospital with a bleeding spleen. She’s had two surgeries;
they’ve removed her spleen and are now monitoring two pulmonary embolisms. After 10 days in ICU, she was finally moved to a regular room yesterday.
We are grateful that so much of the family has been there to support Kathleen and each other: Mike, Tiff, Coury, Daniel, Jessica, and Coury's girlfriend Cassie were all there initially to support her in so many ways (Cassie is a doctor at the hospital where Kathleen is). Daniel has now come home to Nicaragua and Jessica has returned to her kids in MA, but the others are always close by and Mike hasn't left the hospital yet.
Since the surgeries, each day has been a battle with one sort of complication or another. Kathleen has been extremely uncomfortable with all the tubes, but they are beginning to remove those and we hope she'll be able to rest better. They still have her on oxygen and she still has fluid in her lungs.
We hope she's now beginning the long process of recovery. Yesterday she was able to walk a lap around the ICU - the first successful walk since the surgery - and she is now able to eat a little food. But it's going to be a long road. We expect Mike and Kathleen to remain in CA over the next several months as she gets better.
We are immensely grateful for the excellent quality of
care that Kathleen has received. We are also grateful for the prayers and good thoughts everyone has been sending, keep them coming!
If you'd like to write a note of encouragement, you can send it to jhc@jhc-cdca.org. Thank you! -- Becca, for us all
UPDATE 6:30PM FRIDAY 10 JULY: They released Kathleen from the hospital late today! Wonderful news!
UPDATE 22 JULY: Kathleen remains under daily supervision as an out-patient of UCDavis Medical in California, while their clinic team works to get her blood thinner stable at a therapeutic level. Keep those prayers coming, the recovery is slow. Kathleen and Mike will need to stay in the Sacramento/SF area for three months.
UPDATE 6:30PM FRIDAY 10 JULY: They released Kathleen from the hospital late today! Wonderful news!
UPDATE 22 JULY: Kathleen remains under daily supervision as an out-patient of UCDavis Medical in California, while their clinic team works to get her blood thinner stable at a therapeutic level. Keep those prayers coming, the recovery is slow. Kathleen and Mike will need to stay in the Sacramento/SF area for three months.
