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AllansGirl
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This is Jessica, Allan's girlfriend. I've lurked here but have never posted, and I wish my first post didn't have to be this one. Allan is extremely ill.
Since the g-tube insertion a week ago, his lung function has sharply declined. He nearly died two days ago. They put him on bi-pap, but it wasn't working well enough--the level of CO2 in his blood was dangerously high, and his O2 sats and heart rate were fluctuating wildly. He's now on a ventilator.
The infection seems to be in his lungs only. The g-tube site is not infected and blood tests so far haven't shown a blood stream infection. He's still fighting fevers--yesterday's was 102 before they knocked it down with tylenol.
Sputum cultures, though, have shown b. cepacia, and his doctors think he may have picked up something else during this hospitalization that may be contributing to this. Right now he's heavily sedated and unconscious. They had him on five antibiotics initially but added a couple more yesterday, and put him back on prednisone as well. The level of carbon dioxide in his blood was dangerously high when they tested it shortly after they put him on the ventilator, but it improved somewhat by last evening. Other than that, though, there has been very little change in his condition over the past two days.
I love him so much. His family is here with him now, too. I know he has friends on this site and that you are all worried about him, so I'll try to keep you updated when I can. I'm going to head back over to the hospital now, though, and I won't often be near a computer.
I'll tell Allan that all of his friends are pulling for him.
Jess
Since the g-tube insertion a week ago, his lung function has sharply declined. He nearly died two days ago. They put him on bi-pap, but it wasn't working well enough--the level of CO2 in his blood was dangerously high, and his O2 sats and heart rate were fluctuating wildly. He's now on a ventilator.
The infection seems to be in his lungs only. The g-tube site is not infected and blood tests so far haven't shown a blood stream infection. He's still fighting fevers--yesterday's was 102 before they knocked it down with tylenol.
Sputum cultures, though, have shown b. cepacia, and his doctors think he may have picked up something else during this hospitalization that may be contributing to this. Right now he's heavily sedated and unconscious. They had him on five antibiotics initially but added a couple more yesterday, and put him back on prednisone as well. The level of carbon dioxide in his blood was dangerously high when they tested it shortly after they put him on the ventilator, but it improved somewhat by last evening. Other than that, though, there has been very little change in his condition over the past two days.
I love him so much. His family is here with him now, too. I know he has friends on this site and that you are all worried about him, so I'll try to keep you updated when I can. I'm going to head back over to the hospital now, though, and I won't often be near a computer.
I'll tell Allan that all of his friends are pulling for him.
Jess