As Day Twenty-Four ends, Jenny’s white blood cell count has dropped from yesterdays 14.8 to 12.8 today which means the antibiotics have been cooperative and working against her infection. Unfortunately, the blood work and urinalysis report have not come back yet so we don’t know what the exact infection is so she’s still on general antibiotics. This morning the staples in her left arm were approved for removal and have been removed with no issues. I have posted comparison pictures below of her arm from Day Three in the SICU to today so you can see how far her left arm has recovered. Jenny has new red stains on her cozy mitt, and upon carefully examining I notice it is dried up blood. I went to go check her body for any signs of blood but saw nothing but as I checked her face I noticed there are dried up patches of blood in her nostrils, the area around the N.G. and her philtrum (the area between the nostrils and upper lip).As I examine the dried up blood patches, I begin to see fresh blood begin to leak out. I go to grab some napkins to clean it up and by the time I come back there’s even more blood pouring out her nose dripping into her mouth and even down her neck. I hit the call button for the nurse as I try to prevent the blood from dripping further. As the nurse comes, we continuously clean up Jenny together and eventually a blood clot falls out her nose. The nurse asked Jenny if she was in pain and she responded yes, so she was given pain medication. I asked Jenny if she could feel her right arm at all and she said “no.” Lastly, the T.B.I. (Traumatic Brain Injury) team is set to come see Jenny in 2 days time to administer a test to see if she’s ready for the next step of their recovery process.

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Warning: Images of Jenny’s left arm progression from Day Three to Day Twenty-Four below

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