brother--ncc

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HI,

I had told about my brother who had mengitis and was on life support in the last

two weeks. It is amazing how he is doing and i get overwhelmed with so much

negitive i forget to tell about the good things.

 

I went to see him last week and was nerveous because i knew what i was going to

see. I had a friend go to fresno with me, who knows me pretty well and has some

medical knowledge.

 

My brother was on the ventilator but was moving a lot. They said his respitory

was to high and he failed the tests to come off  yet. They said not to stimulate

him to much because it agitated him, but he didnt seem agitated but seemed like

he wanted to talk but couldnt because he kept moving his hands up and his feet,

I just talked to him and rubbed his head and hands and tried to talk like he

could hear me. I said a prayer to have him come off life support by morning and

at 10 the next morning i had a call my brother had pulled his breathing tube off

of himself and was breathing on his own.

 

I went bac to see him and he was on a oxygen mask not really awake but

responding correctly to everything i asked him by shaking his head yes and no.

He kept taking his mask off so i told him to take a deep breath when he felt it

itching his face. I told him it was his glasses and needed to keep them on. 

 

My friend told me when he would wake up, he would do it quick and just be awake.

This occurred the next day and he improved so much he came home last sunday.

 

What had happened is he was given an overdose of oxicotton when he had been sent

home the first time, and suddenly developed toxic septis pheunominia.

 

He is actually off the oxicotton after being on it for 2 or more years because

he has 3 fracatured verterbre in his spine and severe osterprosis. I hope they

dont restart it and help him with other ways of treatment.

Joyce