05/11/2026
Dominique has one son and loves spending time at home with her family and enjoying good food. Dominique returned home from her scheduled dialysis session and developed profuse bleeding from an AV fistula (a surgically created access point for dialysis) that did not resolve with compression from family members. On the way to the hospital, she went into cardiac arrest.
She was immediately transfused with two units of packed red blood cells and two units of plasma. A surgeon placed sutures at the AV fistula site to control the bleeding. Her hospital care was complicated by acute blood loss anemia, lactic acidosis, and respiratory failure requiring tracheostomy and mechanical ventilation. A feeding tube was also placed.
Dominique was transferred to Kindred Hospital Ocala for ventilator management, medical optimization, and rehabilitation. The respiratory team was instrumental in her care, assisted by the wound team, dietitian, nursing, and rehabilitation. She received aggressive treatment and was liberated from mechanical ventilation and decannulated. She made significant progress with therapy to the point of being able to sit and stand multiple times and participate in exercises. She also received feeding tube management and dialysis.
Dominique was excited to get back to the comfort of her home, where she was discharged after her stay at Kindred.
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