it never rains it pours

[al from Canada]

Thank you all for your support. Today they actually gave her washroom privleges (no bed pans), which means a huge improvement and although she is not out of the woods yet, she may be sent home sooner rather than later. We found out she has a number of clots which obstruct the function of the upper right lung. She vitals have improved tremendously which means the clots are disolving. The trick seems to be to get her clotting factor down and stable.... then she will be on oral thinners for 6 mos to a year with monitoring.
It seems the reason this was misdiagnosed was because she was missing all the other warning signs like deep vein thrombosis in her extremedies etc. and she had no real risk factors. Because of her age and lack of other symptoms, they were stunned to find numerous clots magically appear in her lungs. I will post when she comes home.
Again, you guys are magic..... Al