Update about my brother

Good evening, all! Yesterday I received these updates about Dave but decided to wait to post them here so I could share as much as possible. These were written by my sister in-law.

A bit of an update overnight, Daves ok but his back in ED but not by choice. We received a call from a JHH Dr at 9pm explaining one of his tests from Monday has come back positive for Ecoli in his blood. He asked Dave a series of questions and explained since he still isn’t well he needs to go back to ED for further treatment, we got up there about 9.30, he got a bed in ED maybe about 1am, bloods again, ECG, Xray and IV antibiotics, their waiting for the Respiratory team to start at 7am to see if his to stay in hospital for IV antibiotics or if he can go home on oral antibiotics. I’m heading back up there now after leaving at 3am to get a few hrs sleep so I can be there for when the Respiratory team is there. I’ll keep u all updated!

His had some sleep and pain relief, he asked for O2 just to make the alarm stop lol O2 is 93-96% ED Dr said from what he could see he thinks the Plural Effusion might be a bit bigger but wants to wait till he speaks to the team to see if he goes for further scans.

ED Dr has just come in, they’re going to do an ultrasound to see if there’s enough to drain so they can test it, then that may change the treatment and how long he stays in hospital.

Ok it is now 12.30pm and I just had a visit for my sister Sandy; she came to tell me the latest about Dave and it’s not good. He is going to have to have surgery to remove the fluid at the base of his lung which has increased from 1cm’s on Monday to 3cms now, the fluid is in bubbles at the base of his lung and Sandy said the area looks like a spider web.

This is not good in anyway at all and both me and Sandy had a cry, he will be in hospital for around 3 weeks, how soon the surgery will happen we don’t know yet.

After telling me Sandy went and told Sue and she also Jeannie, I am really concerned about him.

Monday update from Sandy

Respiratory team just reviewed him, Aiming for surgery tomorrow but could keep getting bumped due to other emergencies, they will try keyhole but may have to convert to open, will have chest drain post op for a few day, will be in hospital for a few days after the chest drains are removed then long term IV antibiotics but can be done as an outpatient everyday through the JHH. They are investigating his diabetes and waiting for a renal ultrasound to investigate his and manage his high blood pressure.

Me and Sue went and saw him today and we both felt better as he looked and sounded ok, he was in good spirits joking that he will be operated on tomorrow and home on Friday, but that’s not going to happen he should be in between 2 & 3 weeks.

I will end this with a big thank you to all who have prayed for Dave, it is very much appreciated by me.