Tuesday, March 22, 2005
It's been 96 Hours...
...since Terri has received food or fluids. That's a long time for anyone. Her kidneys will start shutting down about now. Her urinary output has likely fallen to no more than 100 cc's in a 24 hour period (usual 800-900 cc's every 24 hours). Her lips are dry and cracked. Her eyes are dry, no longer able to produce tears. her skin turgor is poor, dry, and ashen. Her blood pressure is beginning to fall and the first low grade temperatures have started, coming from a living body that is overheating.
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"Where is the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? They have passed like rain on the mountains, like wind in the meadow. The days have gone down in the west, behind the hills, into shadow. How did it come to this?"--Theoden
# posted by Joe Florida @ 11:40 AM 
