Results of investigation

After another round of poor communication this morning at Nijmegen, the investigation into Kay's condition started this afternoon. During the night Kay had had another temperature spike of 40.6C and was again sick, again resulting in the NB tube coming out. Her pulse was high, 150, and she needed a higher oxygen flow rate. The nature of the infection is that she has good periods when she's active and bad periods when she has fever and is knocked out. So she has been variously doing puzzles and sleeping a lot during the day, I gather.

The results of the various investigations have led to the conclusion that Kay has a variety of streptococcus (I forget what name Marion mentioned) that is very difficult to combat. The antibiotics that she has been getting should eventually deal with it, but it is likely to take 2-3 more days yet. We have been told to expect potentially increased pneumonia in the meantime, with the probability that she will be moved to the high-care unit (one step below intensive care). She will in any case be kept under close supervision and her blood will be tested for the infection everyday until she is fever free.

I'm not welcome in Nijmegen until my symptoms have disappeared, so I reckon it will be a few days yet before I can see Kay for myself. However Marion seems quite calm at the moment, which is a little reassuring.

Still, this remains a very worrying situation which is still slowly escalating. Let's hope that it starts to show a positive trend soon.