Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - Hospital Day 1

On Monday evening, Jeff visited with a former IBM colleague from Rochester, MN.  Dianne was doing fine before he left (cooked dinner & cleanned up), but was running a fever of 101.6 when he arrived home.  Then on Tuesday morning, she was unable to communicate & function.

We arrived at the ER around 7:15 am and they moved her to the ICU around 9:30 am.  They are unsure of the problem but started to treat her for sepsis.  Blood & urine samples were sent to the lab.

She wasn't coherent for most of the day, but started to respond sometime between 5-7 pm with short but understandable messages.