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Anyone else have a friend who is really, really ill?

I have a friend with stage 3b inoperable lung cancer. He just finished his first round of chemo and radiation, did that for 6 weeks, and then went home where he became ill with pneumonia. He was hospitalized again, and then released to a rehab facility because his muscles are beginning to atrophy, and 4 days ago came down with a galloping case of C. Difficile. The rehab where he is staying is filthy with it, and the unsanitary practices are to blame.

I don't know how a weakened man, with lung cancer, is supposed to survive pneumonia and now this.

He sounds okay, on the phone, but I am afraid this will be the end of him.
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ABCDEF7 · M
Yes, one survived and happily married now.

I lost the other, she made me feel a fortunate brother. I still miss her sometimes.

I pray God, he survives this phase.
4meAndyou · F
@ABCDEF7 Thank you, my friend. And thank you for those words of encouragement.
ABCDEF7 · M
@4meAndyou Hugs. We can only wish from our hearts for everything to be ok.
4meAndyou · F
@ABCDEF7 ❤️