Asking for prayers or good vibes again for my friend, Tom.

Update:

My friend Tom has finally been moved out of the hospital into another rehab facility. (The second one in this process). He is still very weak, but actually spoke to me on the phone, so I know he is a lot better.

He was moved from the hospital to a nursing home, originally, and there he caught the flu.

He had the flu, which segued into pneumonia. During THAT escalation, he had an outbreak of COPD. THEN he caught C Difficile, (a super bug), but the doctors found that very early and nipped it in the bud.

During all of this, he had to have the fluid drained from his lungs every three days, which is extremely painful.

One of the nurses at the rehab told him to allow himself time to recover, because he has really been through a LOT.

His family are finally, FINALLY stepping up and they are going to go into his mobile home and clear out the living room area, so that a visiting nurse will be able to enter and drain fluid from his lungs after he is released from rehab.

Different members of his family have been in to see him at the hospital and at the rehab almost every single day...and I am so relieved. At times I felt as though he REALLY needed them and they were just totally absent.

Update: Tom is in a rehabilitation facility now, where they can drain his lung regularly. It keeps filling up. He is very weak, but says that they will probably give him physical therapy to try to strengthen him. He does not know when, or if, he will be released, but has been told that they can keep him there for up to 100 days.

I also once had to go through fluid removal from chest. In my case it was tuberculosis. There is also a possibility of flaring of TB if you had it before and you abruptly withdrew from steroids. It happened in my case as I discontinued steroids without doctor prescription.

There can be many reasons for pulmonary edema(fluid in lungs). Like, Pneumonia and other infections can inflame lung tissues, causing fluid buildup. There can also be many reasons in which it can be difficult to find out the root cause, like, exposure to certain toxins or drug reactions which can also contribute to fluid accumulation in the lungs.

I hope doctors will soon be able to rule out the cause, and he will be better again. If he has the +ve attitude towards life, he can recover fast.

UPDATE #2: The rehab facility doctor thinks the cancer is back and is causing the fluid in his lungs. His doctor at Dana Farber in Boston ghosted him, and they have now found him a new oncologist, also at Dana Farber, but closer to his home. He has an appointment on Monday.

Prayers out 🙏

Update: More fluid removed. One more Liter.

Sending healing prayers 🙏🙏🙏

I’m so sorry. I will. 💛

UPDATE: Tom says the doctor at the rehab thinks his cancer is back, and that is causing the fluid.
She told him she is looking into obtaining an oncologist for him since his old oncologist has ghosted him, and says she thinks he should go back to Dana Farber for treatment.

He is not thinking correctly, and told me he plans to die now. I yelled at him. That's my specialty, and I told him that if he doesn't call the American Cancer society and get some help, I am coming down there and I will yell at everyone!!! 🤣🤣🤣 Not really. But I am thinking about it. 😉

I really really hope that whatever is wrong with your friend Tom, that the Doctors can figure it out and that he recovers from this ailment.

Wishing the docs a successful life-saving process and to Tom a rapid and steadfast recovery! ❤

Of course. Prayers and good vibes to Tom and Doctors.

I know how much this friend has meant to you over the years. I am praying for him.

Prayers for healing and for God's peace to be with you.

Sorry to hear this. Prayers for Tom, and his doctors.

I'm sorry.

Prayers and good wishes.

Prayers heading your way Good luck!

Prayers for Tom 🙏🙏💜

You got it, lovely one.💖

😢🙏🏻🤞🏾. I hope he gets well.

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Sending good vibes.

My prayers 🙏