Jim

Once again, I’m the bearer of bad news. I’m very sorry to report that Jim is once again in the hospital on life support. On Saturday, July the 16th, I took Jim to the hospital because of chest pain. As you might expect, he was admitted to ICU and a series of tests were run. Unfortunately, the doctors were not able to find a cause for the pain. However, he was unable to maintain blood oxygen saturation levels. After several days, he had improved to the point where the doctors felt that they needed to do a surgical procedure in order to correct a narrowing in his trachea that had been caused by two previous tracheotomies. After he was put to sleep, but before the procedure began, he developed a severe case of pulmonary edema (fluid in the lungs). The doctors performed another emergency tracheotomy, and placed him on life support.

At this time, he is in critical condition and there is not a whole lot that can be done except to monitor his condition and give supportive care. The doctors are hopeful that his lungs will be strong enough in several more days to remove him from the ventilator; at which time he can once again begin the long road of physical rehab.

Please pray for Jim’s recovery and that the Lord would provide the physical and emotional strength that we, as a family, need in order to support Jim.