Sunday, July 6, 2014

Day +70, ICU Stay #3

“May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face shine upon us.

Psalm 67:1

On the evening of July 4th Clif spiked a fever of 101.9 and was having a problem breathing.  Protocol on transplant patients is to order blood cultures when a fever exceeds 101.5.  This is a very good plan.  Because of this plan Clif was diagnosed very quickly with a blood infection called Gram Negative Bacteria which caused Sepsis.  There are many strains of this bacteria and treating it is not usually that easy.  He was actually diagnosed with 2 seperate strains. The antibiotics used are effectively treating and reducing the infection.  The origin of these bacterias is not exactly known; could be from the bowel, the picc line or the bed soar, for examples.

Early morning July 5th at 2am Clif was transfered to the ICU unit.   At about 3:45am he went unresponsive.  I am assured this was not cardiac arrest.  However, do to a very low to no pulse reading, CPR was administered.    

Since this event, Clif is improving.  He was never sedated but because of the toxicity of bacterias in his blood, it acts as a natural sedative and he is slowly coming out of it.  There is some fluid around the heart but they are not concerned and feel it is from the chest compression performed when the initial "Event" occured.  

Please continue to pray for his total recovery, again, Nothing is impossible with The Lord!



2 comments:

  1. Dear Doreene,

    Thinking of you and praying for superhuman strength for you, your kids, and Clif. You are always on our minds and in our hearts.

    Love, the Lewis Family

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  2. Praying!!! I tried to leave a comment in response to your last post, but was unable to after trying a few times! This is now my second time trying to leave a comment on this post, so hopefully it will go through! Holding you all in prayer! Thanks for the updates, Doreene!!

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