| Shay's illness progressed to a final conclusion on the fourth of July, but her cardiologist |
| believes that her illness started on the 2nd of July, which was a Saturday; |
| Saturday July 2nd 2005: At noon Shay was sent home from her workplace at noon because |
| of Dizziness, and loss of vision, that evening she continued to have the same symptoms and |
| a restless night with little sleep. |
| Sunday July 3rd 2005: Listlessness and lack of appetite and stomach discomfort, total lack |
| of sleep that evening. |
| Monday July 4th 2005: Normal day with fair appetite, Shay ate french toast at a local diner |
| and then went to a local job site, while at the jobsite at about 2:30 PM Shay was experiencing |
| severe abdominal pains and it was decided that she should go to the Emergency Room for |
| a check over. |
| Upon arrival at the ER Shay was admitted to a room and was tended to by 2 nurses, she was |
| fairly distressed, which was not unusual. After a short wait the Doctor came in, he listened to |
| her heart, took her blood pressure and felt her abdomen he made note of the swelling and |
| the fact that she had rebound tenderness of the abdomen. The doctor order some blood tests |
| when these came back the doctor was quite concerned, he checked her abdomen again and |
| then the tone changed in the ER, Shay was taken to another room in the ER, this one was |
| set up with an EKG and they transferred her to another table. |
| It was at this time that things changed, Shay was given a catheter, and was started on IV's |
| and a Doctor came down that explained that they thought Shay had Paritonitis or an infection |
| in her abdomen from a ruptured colen and that she was in septic shock. The doctors concern |
| was Shays lack of a spleen due to a Splenectomy, they believed that if she did have an |
| infection in her belly that she would die if they tried to just treat it with Medication and not |
| get proactive with her treatment. It was at that time that a laparotomy was scheduled and that |
| if anything was found that they would repair it such as a ruptured intestine etc. |
| Another doctor said that they were going to take her and put in a tube and put her on a |
| ventilator, and install a heart monitoring catheter in her neck, she was started on medication |
| to get her stable enough for the surgery, the last thing she said was "I'm Scared" |
| The laparotomy was scheduled for 10:00 PM Monday and ended at 2 AM Tuesday the |
| 5th of July. The Surgeon said that they didn't find anything as far as infections but that they |
| did find a bunch of clear fluid around her organs, and an enlarged liver, Shay was taken |
| back to ICU. |
| Tuesday July 5th; That day set the standard for the next few days, they were keeping her on |
| the ventilator and asleep, they had her pretty poofy from all the fluids they were putting in |
| her and she was sedated and asleep on a drug called Propofal. The nurse in attendance kept |
| referring to her as Critically Ill, and the doctors couldnt find anything in her cultures that would |
| lead them tword an infection of any kind. Continued (Click Here) |