Re: Eli/dad in hospital: sepsis + respirator (intubated)

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Hi Eli,

I don't know what to say, but my husband has had Sepsis twice and came out of

it, so there is hope. Last year, he was in ICU with Sepsis. I slept for 3 days

in his hospital room with him, not knowing if he would make it. He was in the

hospital for almost 10 days and then returned to the nh and Hospice accepted

him. Hospice was with him for 4 months and my husband day by day progressed and

got better and they said he didn't need them anymore. When the nh called me to

say that they sent my husband to the hospital they said he turned blueish and

his breathing was gasping and they gave him oxygen a lot of the details that you

describe of your dad's UTI symptoms sound like my husband's. My husband gets

UTIs frequently and I can usually sense when he has one and request a test

immediately and if he doesn't get a test immediately I will drive him to ER

myself to be tested. I am so afraid of them going beyond the UTI stage, but

those UTIs that turned to Sepsis

got by me.

You and your dad are in my thoughts Eli, I can understand how anxious you must

be over this.

Take Care........................Jan

P.S. It's good to see you here, even though it is not good news and I am sorry

for that.

dad in hospital: sepsis + respirator (intubated)

Hi All,

Eli in Jerusalem here

All: please read this and let me know if you have anything to share from

your experiences.

Bottom Line: My dad, 82, is in the hospital with Sepsis and is on a

respirator. The background is below

My dad has been diagnosed with LBD for about 3 years

Moved to a NH about a year ago; he has a separate apartment/unit and a

full-time male caregiver

Last 3 months has deteriorated a lot: lost almost all mobility, i.e., can't

even go from wheelchair to bed himself

In the last 2 months losing ability to speak: starts a sentence and then

gets stuck or repeats a word, or a nonsense word over and over

He was " out of it " on Monday - couldn't/didn't speak at all

On tuesday morning wasn't opening his eyes at all, high fever

The NH found that he had a UTI

His breathing was very belabored

They'd given him IV fluids the day before and thought it was the fluid that

hurt his breathing

Then they thought he also had pneumonia or Pulmonary edema

Finally the breathing turned to gasping and we called an Intensive Care

ambulabce

When he arrived at the ER he wasn't breathing and they intubated him

They found pus in his urine and said that he is septic (lungs were clear)

Started him on IV antiobiotics. They say it will take 48 hours to get

cultures and see if his body is responding

Last night the nurse was optimistic that they might be able to extubate him

this morning (wed morning)

Thoughts? Suggestions? Similar experiences?

Thanx in advance for all the love I know I'm going to get!

: )

Eli s

(please write to me directly as I am in digest-mode for this list:

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