Posted on 09/03/2018 10:18:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Miller Timber Services says he was part of a hand crew who dug fire containment lines and helped with fire mop-up duties. He was contracted out to Garner Complex Fire in southern Oregon in July; he even spent his 20th birthday on the fire line.
Most recently, he battled the Horns Mountain Fire in south Washington before returning home last Monday. The next day, his parents say his roommates found him unconscious in his apartment. He hasn't woken up since, leaving his parents with an impossible decision.
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His parents say when Eric came home, he developed pneumonia which then became septic, but he didn't realize the severity of it at the time.
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He's an organ donor, and his parents are making sure he lives out his dream of helping others.
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His parents have set up a memorial fund in his name; they want to make sure all firefighters get a checked by a doctor before they go home.
They don't blame the company, but says having that resource would've saved Eric's life.
(Excerpt) Read more at katu.com ...
How sad!
The Garner Complex fire was close to where I live.
Bless this yoing man’s heart.
A co-worker’s brother in law got pneumonia from the bad air and he’s in the hospital in Bend with sepsis + the pneumonia. Very scary!
My sorrow and sympathies for his family. That had to be one of the hardest decisions they’ve ever had to make.
Strangely enough, when it comes to pneumonia, I have heard that young, very healthy people are often at greater risk than older, less in shape people. The reason being that the older ones have usually been exposed to various viruses or bacteria and have built up an immunity or tolerance to these invading toxins. Most the younger ones have not, especially, if they spend most their time around other unexposed people.
I’m not sure if pneumonia is the same as flu, but below talks about why strong healthy people can die quickly. This happened a lot in the 1918 flu epidemic.
From the net:
Flu stimulates an immune response in everyone’s body, but for some people, this natural response can be “overwhelming,” noted Schaffner. “Young robust people can have such an overwhelming response that it’s called a cytokine storm.” Cytokines — proteins that are created as part of the inflammatory response — create a “storm” in the body, explained Schaffner: “And this cytokine storm can actually lead to sepsis in the person.”
Also from the 1918 Spanish flu, there was a terrible misuse of aspirin. The AMA recommended the equivalent of 25 of the standard 325 Mg tablets per day. Many doctors far exceeded even that.
It very likely caused a large amount of the lung hemorrhaging and the resulting deaths. They thought it was a miracle drug that fought fever.
“The AMA recommended the equivalent of 25 of the standard 325 Mg tablets per day.”
Well - doctor knows best, that’s what I always say! /s (That is crazy. Stuff like that makes me wonder what they will be saying about our treatments in 100 years.)
From the net (two reports from 2008 and 2009 discuss this):
“In summary, just before the 1918 death spike, aspirin was recommended in regimens now known to be potentially toxic and to cause pulmonary edema and may therefore have contributed to overall pandemic mortality and several of its mysteries. Young adult mortality may be explained by willingness to use the new, recommended therapy and the presence of youth in regimented treatment settings (military). The lower mortality of children may be a result of less aspirin use. The major pediatric text of 1918 recommended hydrotherapy for fever, not salicylate....”
Read another article that said that similar rates of death occurred in countries where aspirin was NOT used, “so the debate continues”. But obviously, massive overdosing with aspirin was happening, and no doubt had terrible effects.
““Young robust people can have such an overwhelming response that it’s called a cytokine storm.” Cytokines — proteins that are created as part of the inflammatory response — create a “storm” in the body, explained Schaffner: “And this cytokine storm can actually lead to sepsis in the person”
I own a smidgen of stock in a company called Cytosorbants (CTSO) They have developed a blood filter cartridge that works in line with current Dialysis equip. Currently it is only approved in limited overseas markets for use in open heart surgery to prevent Cytokine storm. It is very effective. Of course it is going through the foot dragging FDA testing process for use in the USA. The companies end game is ultimately to get this product approved for Sepsis treatment. Total game changer if that happens.
I really don’t get the thread subject changes around here sometimes. Here’s a young guy, first responder type dying but lets’s talk about a 100 year old flu epidemic and aspirin.
Can I continue with the tangential nature of this thread?:
Elderberry is accepted as a thing that lowers the body’s production of cytokines. It can decrease the suffering and misery associated with the flu
You make tea with it. The taste is a little reminiscent of cranberries.
Have at it. Once a thread is 60% not about the original subject, I just shake my head and leave.
That reminds me. It’s just about time to order trees from the State Nursery here and elderberry is on my list this year.
So maybe the sidetrackedness isn’t such a bad thing after all.
Oh, and you can make wine with it too.
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