mild pneumonia they give her the usual treatment of antibiotics and all's good but then her condition starts to worsen on day six she develops what's called tachycardia that means in medical speak her heart rhythm has accelerated dramatically she then has trouble breathing on day seven she experiences septic shock that means her body is in crisis incidentally mortality in shock is one in two now it's only at this point that the doctors get really concerned and they transfer her to the intensive care unit I see use other units where the most