My wife took a nasty fall in our dining room and split her head open on the hardwood floor.
Luckily, I was home when it happened. When I got to her, she was face-down, totally unresponsive, and bleeding badly from a large laceration above her eye. I called 911. By the time the paramedics arrived (maybe 10 minutes later), I had her sitting up on the floor and sort of talking, but I could not stop the bleeding. She didn't want to go to the hospital and said she just wanted to lie down and that she'd be fine (in shock, concussed, or both, I assume).
The Kaiser ER stitched up the wound and did a CT scan, which revealed a serious brain bleed developing. She was moved to the ICU the next morning and given a blood platelet transfusion. She has been getting CT scans every six hours, with a neurosurgeon monitoring the results. If the situation gets worse, she will need immediate surgery to relieve the pressure.
Every time I think Kaiser can't get any worse, something really serious happens, and they reveal just how on top of it they can be when the shit gets real... She (we) have been surrounded by truly wonderful people!
This hits me hard, as it's the same scenario that took out my Dad- a fall, followed by a brain bleed... even though he was 20+ years older and had other health issues.
Luckily, Krissy is one tough old broad!
I'm totally running on fumes, but trying my best to hold myself together. I gotta walk this dog, then get back to the hospital... I'm operating on pure adrenaline for now.
I'm thinking everything can change in a split second.
