Back in Sept 2016 Rachana’s chemo was going on schedule and she was feeling good most days of the week. Then in the first week of Oct she had sepsis, and as you all know, spent 100 days in ICU and fought back from what most doctors thought was a pretty bleak prognosis. The visible… Read More After 10 months, back on track
Early in the week Rachana was discharged from Clements University Hospital and admitted to Zale Lipshy Hospital, both part of the UT Southwestern system, which has a PMR (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) unit. Each day has a regimented schedule which includes one hour of PT (Physical Therapy) and one hour of OT (Occupational Therapy) in the… Read More In Physical Rehab
Around noon on Christmas day, Rachana was discharged from the ICU to a regular floor. The last three weeks have been nothing short of a miracle. The nurses and doctors in the ICU have said, time and again, that this was one of the toughest case they’ve seen and are amazed at her resilience. They said… Read More ICU Day 85 – Discharged from ICU
50 days in the ICU, in one room, on one bed, and barely moving a few inches – let that sink in……….. well, the reality is much more difficult than what you perhaps imagined. Rachana is stable but in critical condition, and the doctors think it’ll be like that for a while. Until she is on the ventilator she’ll… Read More ICU Day 50 – Stable but critical
Rachana is still sedated but off the paralytic meds. She looks calm and her vitals (heart rate, BP, oxygenation) are ok. She developed a fever last night and we hope it’s just the existing bacterial vegetation on her heart that is causing this, for which she is getting antibiotics. The doctors are still focusing on her… Read More ICU Day 40 – Lungs first
There is too much happening every day; each morning brings new information and results, and her condition changes throughout the day. Here is why the glass is half full… Positives She’s been off pressors for 3 days now. Pressors are meds to elevate low blood pressure. She is able to maintain the BP by herself. All blood test,… Read More ICU Day 10 – Glass half full
Rachana is keeping up her fight and is getting better, but very very slowly. The doctors had told us that clearing this infection will be a marathon, not a sprint. The chest x-ray don’t show any improvement in her lungs from yesterday, but the doctors are happy that she is off the BP regulating medicines and holding… Read More ICU Day 8 – Baby steps forward
Rachana's recovery from Leukemia 