my brother.

Feb 05, 2007 22:11

I figured I would take this moment to update anyone who already knows about it and to inform anyone who doesn't. My brother is in the hospital. He's been there for 2 weeks now. The best thing to do is start at the beginning. Two weeks ago (a little after midnight) my brother noticed his heart was beating very hard. He could see it through his shirt. He went to my father's bedroom to show him. They rushed him to the hospital. When he got there his heart rate was very irregular and was over 180. He was given a fast acting shot that was supposed to drop his heart rate. Nothing happened. The doctors realized both his lungs had collapsed. We almost lost him that night. The doctors inserted chest tubes into his lungs. The tubes were supposed to help to re-inflate his lungs. They didn't. He was transferred to another hospital in Mass. The following day while doing some x-rays and a sonogram they discovered something even more frightening than the issue with his lungs. He had a hole in his aorta. He spent the night in intensive care and had open-heart surgery early the next morning to repair the hole. The surgery was a success and the hole was repaired. He slowly recovered from the surgery but unfortunately he was still having issues with his lungs. The doctors removed and added a couple more chest tubes. One of his lungs became fully inflated and stayed that way. The other refused to come back. He was given a deadline of this morning for the other lung to show signs of improving. When it didn't he had another surgery this morning to repair the bad lung. The second surgery was also a success and he is expected to make a full recovery. The last two weeks have been very difficult for my family. After some very frightening times things are starting to look up. The doctor told me tonight that As long as there aren't any other issues, he might be able to come home by this Friday. When he does finally return home the recovery process will be long. Hopefully this will be the first and last update I will have to do about my brother's condition. If anyone would like any further information about my brother or would like to contact him, please send me a message.
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