Well... here we go again.
Over the weekend, Dad developed a high fever. As the days progressed, he started to show signs of an infection. The facilty ran some tests and decided to send him to the ER down the road for more tests and observation. Long story short, Dad is now in ICU (as of 3/30) where he is being treated for a serious infection. He is septic, which means his blood became infected, his blood pressure also bottomed out, and his heart rate went through the roof. All of these things combined made for a very scary night.
As of this posting time, Dad's blood pressure has started to stabalize and his fever is under control. The heart rate is still up, but is better than what it was yesterday. He ate a little something for lunch, which made him feel somewhat better. The past 24 hours has taken a lot out of Dad, but he is resting more peacefully now. We (April, Mom and me) are operating on about 5 hours sleep, as we didn't get back to VA until early this morning and woke up early to return today so we could meet with the doctors. Unfortunately, today is the day the doctors decided to be late, so we are waiting for them to arrive so we can find out the name of the bacteria causing Dad's infection and how long he might have to stay before is able to return to his rehab facility.
So we would appreciate as many prayers as possible right now to pray for Dad to get over this infectino fast so we can start back on the path to recovery.
Team Jerry all the way!!!
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