Heard from my nephew, and yes, my brother-in-law was put on more oxygen than I first stated... 10 liters then it went up to 15 liters, then later on it was down to 6. By the time he went home he was off oxygen completely.
Brother-in-law almost died back in 2000. He thought he had the flu for a couple of weeks while working down in Jacksonville, Florida, lived in SC at the time. He wasn’t getting better. Guy he was rooming with got him to the hospital. All his organs started shutting down, he was given 48 hours to live at one point. My sister drove down from SC while my husband and I drove from NJ to SC to stay with her kids, 4 of them, the youngest was 16. It happened right before Christmas. No idea what caused it, hep C was a possibility, then not. Might have been something he ate in the shellfish dept., still never confirmed. He had blood coming out of his eyes once my sister was there. She stayed in his room and helped take care of him. Miraculously he survived, needed kidney dialysis for a while once home and became temporarily diabetic. Years later he became insulin dependent diabetic. He had low kidney function prior to this episode and still does to this day.
At the end of November of 2019, he cut his dominant right hand on a table saw and lost 3 fingers, had to be amputated. He’s also a drummer. He’s retired but was doing construction work of his own. Somehow he resumed doing side jobs and playing his drums despite being minus 3 fingers.
Every horrible thing that happens to him seems to be right before or around Christmas.
WOW! so sorry to read about his traumatic experiences.
In the meanwhile cherish the healthy days we are blessed with many times. I know I am. Soon to be 81, I have zero health problems, which I credit to pure luck, inherited genes, daily exercise.