Sad news. Prayers for Jim and family.
TFT, My family is in need of PRAYERS BIG TIME.
As some of you may recall my son (Richard) and DIL were just over in France etc;. Just before going to France he saw his pulmonologist because of having to use his emergency inhaler a lot. He has COPD and mild asbestosis and STILL smokes. The doctor finally prescribed oxygen at least when up walking around. I bought him an Inogen Portable Oxygen Concentrator so they could still go to France. They were over there for 10 days.
The morning after they got back 6/14 he started having an episode of not being able to breath and confusion, agitation etc;. Now he has had a few of these episodes before but it was according to my DIL, REAL SCARY this time.
My DIL took him to the ER and they did a C-Scan, MRI, Lab work. His lab work showed high levels of Co2. He was becoming more agitated because of not being able to breath so they gave him Fentanyl & Propofol then put him on a Ventilator. He started breathing on his own on the (next day) 15th but before they could remove the tube he pulled it out himself at 3:00p.m.. He was then put on a Bi-Pap for a short while.
He also had spiked a fever later on the 14th and he tested Positive for Covid. My DIL gave the Ok to start Remdesivir. He also had Sepsis but they think it is because of the Covid.
In the hospitals eyes he was doing much better so they DISCHARGED him yesterday 6/18 BUT! when I read the lab reports for that morning he had HIGH results for 5 areas of which the Co2 was still high and 2 areas that were LOW. MORE areas then when he was admitted. It also stated on the discharge he was at HIGH risk of a return.
NOW lets go to my Son-in-Law (Mike). Recently he went in for a routine check-up and they said it had been a while since he had, had, an x-ray of his lungs. They spotted something there and then a C-scan was done which they did see a spot of some sort (quite small) Another C-Scan 5-6 months later showed it had increased, so a PETT scan was ordered. This took place the same day my Son went into the hospital on the 14th. The PETT scan showed ACTIVITY.
Tomorrow morning they will be doing a BIOPSOY on his lung. Please pray that it is not malignant.
Sometimes I feel like I am going to fall to pieces with all that has happened since 2020.