My grandfather is a champ

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loganwadams on July 19th, 2020 at 23:21 UTC »

2020 has been a brutal year, let me tell you. My grandfather contracted the virus from my grandmother. She was hospitalized due to extreme confusion. She had fallen back in April and suffered a brain bleed. She was supposed to die, but did not. We feared that the extreme confusion was something dealing with that, but turned out it was just a UTI. After being hospitalized, she was sent to a rehabilitation facility. She was there for a little over a week and then discharged and sent back home with my grandfather. We found out about a week later that her “roommate” in rehab had Covid-19. This prompted us to get my grandmother tested. First test showed up negative. Second test; positive. She was then quarantined in the hospital, where she still is. She has been asymptomatic thank goodness. My grandfather on the other hand did suffer some of the symptoms. Thankfully, they both have beaten the virus.

There is one last battle that is on our family’s hands... and that is for my father. Back in April, my dad was hospitalized. He wasn’t making any sense and had lost an insane amount of weight in a short amount of time. We found out that he had suffered a stroke. It was what caused the stroke that was terrifying. It was discovered that my dad had endocarditis. We did not know to what degree the bacteria had spread, but we knew it was serious. May 6th, my dad had open heart. After the procedure, my dad was given a 5% chance to live. I thought that I had seen my dad for the last time going into the CVICU with his chest still open and covered with gauze. There were about 8 nurses running all around him. It was far more bizarre than anything I’ve seen on television. Anyway, my dad beat those 5% odds. It was a tough fight, but he beat them. After 40 days post-open heart operation, my dad was sent to a rehab facility. After a short while there, my dad was very confused and wasn’t forming coherent sentences. He was then sent to the hospital. He had infections in multiple places throughout the body, which we thought was the cause to his confusion and incoherent-ness. After 2 weeks, there wasn’t much improvement from his neurological standpoint. They ran a CT scan and an MRI, and we were initially told by the hospitalist that he had suffered a severe stroke. This turned out to be false. The neurologist stated that my dad has herpes encephalitis. They gave him a spinal tap to get a confirmed diagnosis, and the neurologist was correct. It has been 2 weeks since my dad has been given the antibiotics for herpes encephalitis. He is starting to opens his eyes more, squeezes with his left hand, moves his legs, and answers some “yes” or “no” questions. This has taught me that patience is very important. I’m a very impatient person, so it’s hard to wait for the anti-viral medication to work. Herpes encephalitis is indeed treatable, in fact, highly treatable. My dad is the last one putting up a fight, but he has been through so much so far that I am confident he will pull through. All of his vitals look great, it’s just the mental state. We all just need to take it day by day!

flowercrownrugged on July 19th, 2020 at 23:45 UTC »

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dylho on July 19th, 2020 at 23:51 UTC »

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