Urgent prayer request for ex-BU softballer

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I know this is an Texas board, but figured y'all would understand how this type of issue transcends all of that.

Last Tuesday, 25 year old ex-BU softballer Cristin Vitek went into a hospital in Pasadena (Tx) feeling very ill. She was given antibiotics and sent home. Her condition got increasingly worse over the next 18 hours and she went to Memorial Hermann in Katy.

They diagnosed her with acute kidney failure and did not think she would make it through the night.

Over the next 24 hours, they put her in an induced coma and put her on a ventilator. They diagnosed the cause as an unusual strain of Strep-B.

Once being diagnosed, they treated the infection and her condition improved until Sunday. She has declined since then as her kidney function has fallen to approx. 10% of normal use.

Cristin was placed on full dialysis in hopes that the strain would be taken off of her kidneys. She has since fallen into an unplanned coma and is not responding to stimuli.

Please keep her and her family in your prayers and ask God that he will guide the doctors to do the best they can in this critical time.

Thanks for your understanding.

Brandon
 
That is terrible and a reminder that illness and sickness can happen to even healthy, young persons such as Ms. Vitek. This is not a Baylor issue, it is a Texas and human issue so I totally give my thoughts and good vibe for the family, friends and the community involved.

A big Hook'em coming your way from Austin not in a rival way but a compassionate one.
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Thanks for posting this BH. Cristin is good friends with my daughter and her family has been in our thoughts and prayers all week. At last report, we heard she was on 50% oxygen, dialysis (with something like 13 L of fluid drained out of her) and still being kept under heavy sedation. The threads on the Baylor site and Ultimate College Softball are being kept fairly up to fate by friends and family. Prayers are definitely needed for this young woman from every source available.
 
Absolutely not a problem. The more troops we can rally, the better.

Yesterday was a good day for Cristin. As lost mentioned, they drained somewhere around 13L (25 lbs) of fluid over the course of two dialysis treatments yesterday. This will hopefully clear up the log jam at her kidneys and help flush much of the infected and hazardous fluids that her body just can't do on its own.

Reports seem to be that she was awake for a brief period yesterday and spoke with her mom. Obviously, not a ton of communication took place as she is still heavily sedated.

Also, as lost reported, she was less dependent on the respirator, probably as a result of the dialysis helping to clear up her lungs.

Anyways, these are only small steps, but they are definetely in the right direction.

They were planning another round of dialysis at 7am this morning. Haven't heard a report since then.
 
An update from yesterday on the Baylor site and Ultimate College Softball. Please continue your prayers. Cristin is far from winning this battle yet.
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She is in my thoughts and prayers, as I knew her in high school(I graduated from katy taylor in 2001). Plus my younger sister played softball at taylor and my family followed the program closely.

Get well soon Cristin.
 
Great news, lostman. We'll continue to pray; please keep us updated. And when she does recover fully, we all need to thank God for hearing and answering these prayers.

HornHuskerDad
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As a father of two children that have spent a combined six weeks in pediatric ICU for different reasons I do understand how important prayer is. Miracles do happen!!!

I just said one and will say another one each day until she is out of the woods. I will have my Sunday school class say one tomorrow morning too.

God Bless and my prayers are with her!!
 
Thank you so much lostman for keeping this going. I looked for it several weeks ago and lost it somehow. I must've been looking in the wrong spot.

Either way, things are looking up with Cristin and I thank you for your prayers. We still need those kidneys to kick in, so please pray for that.

And thanks again lostman.
 
No trouble at all BH. Cristin played with and against my daughter for many years. They also went to the same pitching coach for a time. They are friends and it hit me almost as hard as if it were my own. I can not begin to imagine what they are going through. Let's keep the positive thoughts and prayers going. She is not out of the woods yet.

Her aunt is making fairly regular posts on this board: Ultimate College Softball

And here is an update from this evening already:
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Lostman, thanks for posting the updates. Sorry I've been away from the PC for a couple of days, but it's terrific to see this GREAT NEWS!!! Thanks to God for the answer to prayer - and continued prayers for her recovery.

HornHuskerDad
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