Thanks folks. It was great to see your responses to my post below. They mean a lot. I just needed to not feel adrift and alone.
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My wife came down with some sort of possibly viral, gastric problem. She had some vomiting and then went to sleep for a bit. I woke her a few hours later to try to get some fluids into her and she was floppy, altered, and most frighteningly she had labored breathing with no rales at all. I carried her out and got her to the ER.

She was in full organ failure. They worked on her for 4 hours setting 3 lines and then a central line and pushing 8 liters of fluid into her along with a whole bunch of stuff to try to flush out toxins and get her blood chem back to something manageable. Then a full CT scan and a transfer to an acute facility. She is quite a bit better after 24 hours. They keep saying it's remarkable they got her back to some stability as she would have died in another 20 minutes had I not got her in when I did.

So we have gone from standing under a 5,000 lb. anvil tied with a thin rope to standing under a 500 lb. anvil with a somewhat better rope.

Best guess at this point is the virus caused vomiting and the vomiting dehydrated her. The Metformin she takes for mild type 2 diabetes without benefit of a full fluid and blood volume attacked her kidneys and renal failure caused all her organs to go into shutdown all in about 12 hours.

So please if you catch something that causes you to not eat or drink enough or causes diarrhea or vomiting and you are taking ANY meds at all please go to a doctor, clinic or ER quickly. It's crazy how fast a drug can become toxic when you are dehydrated.

Much love and thanks.