Face Time With Cousin in ICU

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Updating a few who have asked about my cousin. She has been in ICU on a ventilator for over a week now. She is over 500 miles away and no visitors allowed due to COVID. She is negative for COVID. Got a call last night that she coded twice. But is stable now. The ventilator has been off and on a few times over the past few days. Still no exact reason for what is going on with her breathing. Her sister, the one I talk about often who is blind, was able to go see her today. Her daughter as well. The nurses allowed the visit due to her condition. She started to improve when she saw her sister. The nurses were amazed. They allowed me to face time with her. She couldn't talk, on the ventilator. But she saw me and I could talk to her and she would nod her head back and forth. She understood what I was saying to her. We were both crying. But they were good tears. That face to face communication is everything. Even if it was on the phone, it made my day. And hers as well. We all think she was giving up when she coded. She has a condition called Metabolic Acidosis that causes her breathing to stop, and her heart rate to rise. They are still running tests to rule out anything else. I had my name added to the list to call and speak to the doctors and nurses. Another relief. I will call Monday and try to find out more from the doctor. A very sad situation but maybe it will improve.