NOTE TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY - MARIA IS IN THE HOSPITAL AND HAS TEMPORARILY MOVED OUT OF MARLBOROUGH HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER.
After Maria's small seizure on 7/29 and the subsequent trip to the ER, Maria returned to the nursing home. That next day Maria slept for the entire day. She was very tired. On Thursday, 7/31, Maria was still very tired, and as a result, we brought her back to Hartford Hospital for an admission.
Over the following week Maria had many tests. Her energy levels were not the same as they had been on 7/28. She had many difficulties transferring from the bed to the chair and back again. The Neurology team and the other supporting doctors were unable to find anything wrong with Maria's blood, heart, or lungs to explain her lack of energy and her changing vital signs. i.e. her heart rate kept spiking, and her oxygen levels kept dropping. They had also performed an EEG to check her brain and did not find any issues there either.
On 8/9 Mara was due to discharge. Unfortunately Maria had another seizure that morning. She was unstable for much of the day. Throughout the course of the day the doctors performed many of the same tests as the week prior. On her chest CT the doctors noted air in her abdomen. A subsequent abdomen CT validated that there was in fact air in her abdomen and there was suspicion of a perforated bowel.
That evening the surgeons at Hartford Hospital conducted emergency exploratory surgery to look for the cause of the air. A small portion of Maria's ascending colon was compromised, and was resected during the operation. Maria also had a portion of the ileum resected as well. As a result of the procedure, Maria has a temporary Ileostomy.
