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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Thank you for your updates, and here's wishing your brother strength in the face of these complications. I have been very lucky since COVID hit; I have not had a no-other-option reason to be hospitalized. So my mental image is that it is like it used to be, but of course, it must not be, even when there is no COVID involvement. I guess COVID protocol means no visits for now. That's terrible all the way around.Sooo, we just had a big step backwards. Doctors were doing exploratory surgery to find the source of all the pus that's flooding my bro's thoracic cavity and they found a lot of tissue damage, possibly even necrosis. They're thinking they might have to remove part of his intestine but it's hard to confirm because things are so rotten that they bleed at a touch.
Making matters worse, he's now in CoVID protocol because one of the people working with him tested positive for CoVID.
Did I mention my brother only had 1 CoVID shot before all this happened? So that bit of nervousness piled onto the other.
Also for the third time doctors had to get his heart going again. I'm beginning to fear the big guy's body is giving up the fight.
Updates?Sooo, we just had a big step backwards. Doctors were doing exploratory surgery to find the source of all the pus that's flooding my bro's thoracic cavity and they found a lot of tissue damage, possibly even necrosis. They're thinking they might have to remove part of his intestine but it's hard to confirm because things are so rotten that they bleed at a touch.
Making matters worse, he's now in CoVID protocol because one of the people working with him tested positive for CoVID.
Did I mention my brother only had 1 CoVID shot before all this happened? So that bit of nervousness piled onto the other.
Also for the third time doctors had to get his heart going again. I'm beginning to fear the big guy's body is giving up the fight.
I would happily except sass from the crankiest of medical curmudgeons if it got my bro back on his feet.Improvement is good.
Man, this whole thing is like an episode of House. Well, hopefully except for the interpersonal skills of the lead physician.
The hospital officially lists my bro in Stable condition. He's on antibiotics, antifungals, and they're considering adding a diuretic, and he's still on a ventillator and feeding tube, but he's not actively dying anymore. So that's a good thing I guess, but he's still in rough shape.
We just got the call.
You know the call. The one where the dotors admit they don't know what else to try and the patient isn't improving.
That call.
The one where the fungus infestation and the diabetes and the kidney failure and the necrosis all combine, one after the other, to create an unsurmountable hurdle for the medical team
I thought he was doing better, but now he's developed a pneumonia to go with everything else, and the doctors don't think his body can fight any more. Also his immune response is WAY short of what they were hoping it was.They're asking us the question you never want to be asked when you have a loved one in the ICU. The question that goes "how much are you willing to put him through?"
Yeah, THAT call.
The family network is beginning to rally around us. People are calling in from literally all over the country as the family realizes that it's actually the beginning of the end. We're probably going to make the call to pull the proverbial plug. This is not what any of us wanted.
I know it. I lived it just over a month ago.We just got the call.
You know the call. The one where the dotors admit they don't know what else to try and the patient isn't improving.
That call.
The one where the fungus infestation and the diabetes and the kidney failure and the necrosis all combine, one after the other, to create an unsurmountable hurdle for the medical team
I thought he was doing better, but now he's developed a pneumonia to go with everything else, and the doctors don't think his body can fight any more. Also his immune response is WAY short of what they were hoping it was.They're asking us the question you never want to be asked when you have a loved one in the ICU. The question that goes "how much are you willing to put him through?"
Yeah, THAT call.
The family network is beginning to rally around us. People are calling in from literally all over the country as the family realizes that it's actually the beginning of the end. We're probably going to make the call to pull the proverbial plug. This is not what any of us wanted.
So sorry to hear, hoping for a miracle.We just got the call.
You know the call. The one where the dotors admit they don't know what else to try and the patient isn't improving.
That call.
The one where the fungus infestation and the diabetes and the kidney failure and the necrosis all combine, one after the other, to create an unsurmountable hurdle for the medical team
I thought he was doing better, but now he's developed a pneumonia to go with everything else, and the doctors don't think his body can fight any more. Also his immune response is WAY short of what they were hoping it was.They're asking us the question you never want to be asked when you have a loved one in the ICU. The question that goes "how much are you willing to put him through?"
Yeah, THAT call.
The family network is beginning to rally around us. People are calling in from literally all over the country as the family realizes that it's actually the beginning of the end. We're probably going to make the call to pull the proverbial plug. This is not what any of us wanted.