I have a salesman here at our shop that I have known sense 3rd grade.. He caught the flu about 2 weeks ago and finally went to the doctor last fri they gave him some pills and sent him home. Went too the family doctor yesterday and he sent him to emergency room with pneumonia. He has pneumonia in both lungs and the flu that he has is really bad... High fatality rate...

He will need 7 weeks of breathing therapy in the ICU and the doctor said that the pneumonia is not an issue as compared to the flue he has..

He has been a friend for a long time and He needs all the prayer he can get

Thanks

Capt

Prayers to your friend Capt. Keep us posted

prayers sent

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You bet ya he has our prayers.

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thoughts and prayers for your friend.this flu is starting to scare me. usually don't get a flu shot but i will this year.

Sorry to hear. Hope he comes thru ok.

Our prayers are with him,,this flu thing is scary.
My daughter had the swine flu in july and turned into pneumonia she was sick for a whole month
in and out of the hospital it was 1 of the worst things i have ever had to go through with my daughter.

That's just terrible!

He is in a medically induced coma right now... temps are at 103 with an IV.... had him on Ice packs to bring the fever down. Time will tell.. Did I mention he is 36 yrs old? Wow... unbelievable.... I am optimistic on is recovery and think he will be ok with a little time..

His name is Dallas


Capt

Prayers sent

Oh my I am saying prayers for him and you and his family...so scary...please keep updating us,

Prayers sent. It's in His hands.

Prayers going out to your friend! Hope he pulls through this!

Our prayers are with Dallas and his family...

Dallas has a wife of about 5yrs a 3 yr old son with her. 2 older kids (16 to 19) and he takes care of his wifes son also

He is a very hard worker a straight up guy and a person of his word... which is rare these days. He was raised like me that a handshake is all you need.

He is a very vibrant person and fun to be around 24hrs a day lol he has like 5 brothers and many many friends and extended family.

I love him like a brother... will post up as we here any news.


A big thanks to all that are Praying I am confident in my God...cause his Mercy endureth Forever...


Capt

Thoughts and prayers for Dallas!

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God Bless your friend Dallas and his family. Our prayers are with him!

Our prayers are with Dallas and his family and friends. I didn't see which type flu he has. Is it the H1N1 or the seasonal flu?

Prayin for him

I think it is the H1N1... doctors gave him the test and it came back negative but it is only 60% accurate .. they are sending in some swabs and those test take 5 to 7 days for results

No change over night so he isnt regressing so Iwill take that as a good sign but we havnt heard from anyone yet to say any different.

Appreciate everyone praying and thinking of him and his family

Capt

Just made it home from visiting him for a couple hours.. he hasnt really changed but his fever has dropped 1 degree and they said it will take a few days for the meds to work..they said they had a 21 yr old come in to the hospital in worse shape than Dallas and he took 20 days of resperatory thearapy and IV meds to kick it and the guy just woke up and everything just cleared out.... so as it sits now.. .as long as he isnt getting worse I feel he is going to be ok.. stable and he has a cooling blanket on him to cool him down... So far so good


Capt

Great to hear!

Best wishes to your friend. Sounds like he is going through a hell of a fight.

Dallas you are in my Prayers - stay stong you have many people Praying for you.

saying a little prayer LORD JESUS we just ask you right now to put your hands on dallas as he lays there sick and in need of some healing. Father god we know you are our all mighty healer and we just ask let it be your will to heal dallas he has friends and family that need him so please father take this sickness away. In jesus name we pray AMEN

Im so sorry to hear this! I really hope he pulls through!


Side Note:
DONT wait to see a doctor. If you start to feel like your getting the flu...take the time to go to the doctors no matter how much you may hate going. This is nothing to mess around with!!

Many prayers for you brother, Dallas and his family. I hope that he comes thru this horrible illness! for you and him!

Like she said, if you or any of your family members are sick, esp with a fever, please go to the doctor/Urgent Care ASAP! Do NOT wait! All of my employees get no occurance for missing if they have the flu, as long as they go to the Dr! And as silly as it sounds, my co-worker's kid got the Swine Flu (she was fine) and my daughter got it, I went to walgreens and loaded up on 30.00 worth of lysol spray, wipes, hand sanitizer etc. I sprayed and wiped EVERYTHING in the office, down to the bathroom doors! Get rid of the germs! Same with the house.

Many prayers and well wishes sent your way for Dallas.

Da Queen and family...

I would have to agree... it happened so fast it was unreal....That H1N1 can live on any surface for a full 24 hrs without dying .... so it can be transferred real easy.


Thanks to all

His status hasnt changed but I think a couple more days and all the meds will kick in... his wife is heavy sick and there 3 yr old right now. She cant visit her husband at all till she clears up a little and they induced him before she was able to talk to him that morning so.. a lot of emotions right now..

She said she wishes she had 5 min before they put him under but she didnt and right now she is feeling very upset.. Keep her in your prayers

Capt

No more bacon for me..

He is a little etter today per say... temps were normal most of the day and 50% oxygen ... late after noon temps went up and they turned up the oxygen to 70 %.. still better than the 80% he has been... skin and overall look is getting better also... still induced also

Not leaps and bounds but I will take it in the least amounts right now... Thanks to everyone that is Praying and thinking of him and his family.. He appreciates it

Capt

In our prayers, get well soon.

Hang in there Dallas....Praying to the MAX....

Keep fighting dallas and never give up. We'll continue to pray for healing hands to be laiid upon you.

Well the Culture tests are back and it is Influenza B... they can now treat him specifically for that...

Now they have a direction to go in... I guess it is the rarest and most contagious form..

He is in good hands right now so Time will fix it I feel


Capt

sounds like it's a turn for the better! Get well!

Times two. great words. Amen

Prayers sent. Sorry brother.

Been waiting till I was able to decipher through the info to make sure I had it all correct..

Rough morning...8 am he had a blood clot break loose and go into his lungs causing him to crash... all systems failed....

They were able to save him and get him going again.... they have sense put him on Carbon dioxide(not sure which gas it is) so his lungs can take a break and a machine is now pumping his lungs for him to give his body some needed rest. They were hoping that the blood thinners would have caused the clot to dissolve but it did not and broke loose...

They have also hooked him up to a machine that causes his veins to open up wider so that anymore clots can run through without causing issues.

All systems are stable as of today. The family was able to meet with all 5 doctors and his nurse on duty and were able to get all questions answered today. Sorry.. when I went to the hospital tonight I didnt ask to confirm the cause of infection... to much other stuff on my mind

Doctor is supposed to be the best in the state and he is very optimistic on his full recovery.. so that is good news... I am optimistic also.

Given no more failures or supprises I think he will be ok.

All I have for now but please keep praying .... I know God is not deaf....


Capt

Sounds like they put him on an ECMO machine. We've got a few kiddos at my work with the flu who have been put on ECMO. Essentially a heart/lung machine so the lungs don't have to work. That's the problem with this damn H1N1...it effs up the lungs and essentially causes you to die from drowning. I pray and wish for the best for your friend.

Hey Capt, Prayers for Dallas continue, thank you for the update.

Dallas keep up the fight, many are Praying for you.

sorry to hear about your friend, prayers sent

Again thanks to all your prayers....

Fri night they took him off his blood thinners so they could do dialysis... got 4 hrs into it and he started clotting again.. 2 pints of new blood.. went down on sat (I had a call he wasnt doing good).... they have turned all lights off and sound off in his room.. no stimulating at all(no washing cleaning noise of any sorts) so he can rest.. Doctor said his body is real tired and that the only reason he is alive right now is the PRAYERS and that God has his hand on him.. I am tearing up as I think about Gods Mercy and how he has kept his hand on Dallas and how good he has been to us all..

News today is he is doing better... more dialysis today and everything is been good... the doctor is being very OPTIMISTIC about his recovery and is very pleased as of today.

They are still not sure what is wrong with him.....but.... they found a doctor in northern Nevada that said he has all the symptoms of a tick disease that gets on dear up there and when bit it has this effect on people.. they are running tests to see if that is what he has..

All in all I would say a descent weekend for him hope he continues to take forward steps..

Thanks again everyone

Capt




PS when this is over I am going to print this out for him to see....He has never been dunning but I promise to get him out and break him in when this is all said and done

Wow, amaizng that it may be brown deer tick disease!

Many prayers for Dallas and more for his family!

I have been through a rough family surgery with my daughter (scoliosis caused her to have 6 upper vertebrea in her spine fused, but they had to collapse her right lung, cut out a rib, and her lung decided not to reinflate! It was a scary 9 days in ICU) and the GD.com family pulled behind us with lots of prayers and she is great today!

Many well wishes, prayers and sent their way!

I know that we are far away, but is their anything we can do? I know that if he was a major source of income, then does the family need some help paying the bills? Do they need some help? It is the "holidays" but for them, not the best time, can we do anything? Food, paypal, support, babysitting for the little ones so Mama can have time with her husband, anything?

He may not be a duner (yet) but he is a brother to a duner, and we need to circle the wagons and help this family. Please let us know what we can do.



Da Queen

Hope things go better prayers are going out.

Just prayers ...Yes he is the big bread winner of the house.. they have money set aside that should last for about 6 to 8 months maybe longer and he will be better by then .... Thank you for your generous offers...


Capt

I have not been able to visit him because of my back this last week... but I am feeling better today so I was thinking of going down and seeing him and Grimace maybe tonight..

Long story short he is doing good, stable... Slow recovery but a recovery none the less.. everything is doing what the doctors feel it should do right now so it is looking up for him finally... 1 week no incidents MBdance.gif MBdance.gif MBdance.gif MBdance.gif ban-split.gif ban-split.gif ban-split.gif ban-split.gif ban-split.gif


Capt