BigFred

I just came home from Swedish Hospital where I left Frederick, again. This time they have diagnosed him with pneumonia. He had been coughing a little last week but it wasn’t productive. He was sleeping so hard this morning that I didn’t want to wake him to go to church. He slept all morning till about 9 or 10 and only got up to go potty. He was weak and disoriented then. He laid back down and was making a gurgling noise in his sleep that was a little disturbing. Finally he vomited and started spitting up blood so I told him I was taking him to emergency. It took both Jerrold and I to get him to the car. Once we got to emergency and found his blood pressure down, oxygen level too low and he had a temperature of 100+, the doctor saw him right away. She didn’t even really examine him before she determined that he had pneumonia. The nurse was fussing at me because she said I should have called 911. I’m just glad we got him there when we did. He was settled in his room but still a little disoriented and his blood pressure hadn’t gotten back to normal when his mom and I left. She met us in emergency before he got to a hospital room. We sat with him for a while but really all we can do is pray. His brother Michael came up too and he prayed for his big brother.

Thank goodness for Ericka who was keeping a close watch on her dad and noticed that he had vomited. She’s becoming such a wonderful, caring young lady. Sometimes I don’t know who she is. Smile!

Please keep up the prayers. We don’t know why God has allowed this or why he has allowed it to go on so long, but we know that he is still in control and we believe he will make it alright.

Thank you for your care and concern.

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