I had posted a few months ago that my brother had a stroke and was in the hospital. He made some progress with recovery in the hospital. Was then moved to a stroke rehab place and was there for a few weeks but caught an infection which turned into sepsis and was moved back to the hospital ICU. He was given various drugs to deal with sepsis and put on a ventilator. I thought we was making progres with sepsis.
His family felt he was going through hell and had the ventilator disconnected and he passed soon after.
I think they acted too quickly to disconnect the ventilator and should have given the antibiotics for sepsis a chance. But I was not part of the decision process.
So both sad and upset.
He was 74.
He lived on Nantucket during the school year and taught at the public school. So getting medical treatment for a heart attack or stroke means being flown to Boston which will certainly delay getting the proper treatment.
I sincerely hope he is in a better place.
His family felt he was going through hell and had the ventilator disconnected and he passed soon after.
I think they acted too quickly to disconnect the ventilator and should have given the antibiotics for sepsis a chance. But I was not part of the decision process.
So both sad and upset.
He was 74.
He lived on Nantucket during the school year and taught at the public school. So getting medical treatment for a heart attack or stroke means being flown to Boston which will certainly delay getting the proper treatment.
I sincerely hope he is in a better place.
