- Feb 27, 2015
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Hopefully Mods are OK with this, if not I understand.
Toward the end of August my dad called me to tell me my Brother and his Wife have Covid, didn't think to much about it at first since they where just quarantining at home (and both my parents had and recovered from it last year), then Friday (4 weeks ago this coming friday) I wake up to finding out my Brother was admitted to the Hospital in the middle of the night and by Saturday afternoon the Hospital had him on a Ventilator. Then I find out one of my Sisters has it also, then a few days later one of my Nephews (he's a teenager), my Sister, my Brothers Wife and my Nephew have all recovered but my Brother is still in the ICU on a Vent, he's had 3 pneumothorax's and his heart stopped for a few minutes one day, he's still with us and the doctors are doing everything they can and he has made some significant progress since the last pneumothorax, the vent is running at much lower settings then they needed before, but he's starting to suffer from the longterm side effects of being on the sedatives they have him on. We keep praying he will recover and asking everyone else to pray for him.
In the mean time, folks from his Gym are putting together a fundraiser, if anyone is in the North Georgia Area and wants to participate or just wants to donate see the attached flyer. I know a good bit of money is being spent on Hotel Rooms so his wife can stay nearby the hospital because every time she's gone home (about 2 hours away) the hospital has called her to come back, so she is staying down there until he gets stabilized.
He's a fighter, we aren't giving up, but recovery will be a long road.
Toward the end of August my dad called me to tell me my Brother and his Wife have Covid, didn't think to much about it at first since they where just quarantining at home (and both my parents had and recovered from it last year), then Friday (4 weeks ago this coming friday) I wake up to finding out my Brother was admitted to the Hospital in the middle of the night and by Saturday afternoon the Hospital had him on a Ventilator. Then I find out one of my Sisters has it also, then a few days later one of my Nephews (he's a teenager), my Sister, my Brothers Wife and my Nephew have all recovered but my Brother is still in the ICU on a Vent, he's had 3 pneumothorax's and his heart stopped for a few minutes one day, he's still with us and the doctors are doing everything they can and he has made some significant progress since the last pneumothorax, the vent is running at much lower settings then they needed before, but he's starting to suffer from the longterm side effects of being on the sedatives they have him on. We keep praying he will recover and asking everyone else to pray for him.
In the mean time, folks from his Gym are putting together a fundraiser, if anyone is in the North Georgia Area and wants to participate or just wants to donate see the attached flyer. I know a good bit of money is being spent on Hotel Rooms so his wife can stay nearby the hospital because every time she's gone home (about 2 hours away) the hospital has called her to come back, so she is staying down there until he gets stabilized.
He's a fighter, we aren't giving up, but recovery will be a long road.