Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Second Update Oct 16th
Jimm is still with us.
He had a large clot in his airway down near his lungs that shut off the air to both lungs for less than a minute, but long enough for him to code and his heart to be restarted. That means there is a likelihood of no permanent organ or brain damage. He seems to have dodged the bullet.
The family has left the hospital for the night believing that Jimm is stable, and will see the morning. In the morning, docs will have a meeting to determine how to get the clot out completely.. since they were successful in getting only some pieces of it out tonight. They will also try to figure out where the thing came from.
More as we get it in the AM.
Get some sleep.
He had a large clot in his airway down near his lungs that shut off the air to both lungs for less than a minute, but long enough for him to code and his heart to be restarted. That means there is a likelihood of no permanent organ or brain damage. He seems to have dodged the bullet.
The family has left the hospital for the night believing that Jimm is stable, and will see the morning. In the morning, docs will have a meeting to determine how to get the clot out completely.. since they were successful in getting only some pieces of it out tonight. They will also try to figure out where the thing came from.
More as we get it in the AM.
Get some sleep.