Post by bondoman2k on Jul 5, 2010 8:20:10 GMT -7
Hi guys. I've been absent from here for a little while, and the reason is my wife has become very ill again. Some of you may remember last summer when my wife contracted a MRSA infection in her bloodstream. We almost lost her 3 or 4 times when the infection spread throughoput her body. She ended up with kidney failure, her lungs shut down, and she had to have a heart valve transplant and a pacemaker put in. Was on a ventilator for almost 4 months and had dialyses every day. Altho she got off the vent, and her kidneys recovered, she never fully recovered from that, and has been in a wheelchair and on oxygen ever since. Three and a half weeks ago, she went back into the hospital and was immediately put back in ICU. She has now contracted a fungal infection in her bloodstream, and yesterday, Sunday, she had to be put into an induced coma and put back on the ventilator. Her lungs tried to stop. She also has had to be on blood pressure meds to kep her bp up, without that it drops to almost nothing. There appears to be a hole in her heart from either the patch coming loose, or the infection has gotten in there again, like last time. This infection however, appears to be worse. There is also the possibility that the heart has been bleeding out, and has caused pulmomary adema, meaning she has gotten fluid in her lungs (pnemonia). This is NOT good and even more scary than last year. Docs won't operate on her heart if there is a problem, because of the risks involved due to the 'catastrophic illness' from last year.
She is already a 'walking miracle' and her odds last time were 20 percent chance of survival. Docs say this time, NO chance. I am SOOOOO scared for her. It doesn't look good at all. Her daughter and myself have been at her side 24/7 thru this whole thing. We are sleeping in shifts, so we both don't just pass out from exhaustion.
She really needs ALL the prayers she can get. We are truly hoping for another miracle, but as I said, it doesn't look good.
So PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, pray for her, however you pray. I believe in the power if internet prayer completely, but I myself am really starting to lose my faith. And I do NOT want to do that. She needs me now MORE than she ever did. So I'm hanging on, at least for now.
Thanks
Ron (Bondo)
She is already a 'walking miracle' and her odds last time were 20 percent chance of survival. Docs say this time, NO chance. I am SOOOOO scared for her. It doesn't look good at all. Her daughter and myself have been at her side 24/7 thru this whole thing. We are sleeping in shifts, so we both don't just pass out from exhaustion.
She really needs ALL the prayers she can get. We are truly hoping for another miracle, but as I said, it doesn't look good.
So PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, pray for her, however you pray. I believe in the power if internet prayer completely, but I myself am really starting to lose my faith. And I do NOT want to do that. She needs me now MORE than she ever did. So I'm hanging on, at least for now.
Thanks
Ron (Bondo)