Got this text from Fred this afternoon. Date says 1/10, but several people got it when I did.
Belated Update: 1/10/22
Family and Friends, please pray for Zac he got real sick the 10th, Monday afternoon right after his first day back to PT in 4 months with a high fever, chills, and extreme weakness.
After spending almost 2 days trying to find a Covid tests anywhere in Parker Co. Jake found some around 3:30 Thursday and Zac tested positive with Covid. So we headed to the ER at Texas Health hospital in Willowpark and we where there till 1:00am they got him prepped and hooked up to an IV and oxygen and transported him to Harris downtown because he’s considered “high risk“ because of his history of 13 pneumonia’s and TBI.
When the Dr. came back in he said all the test results came back as “Covid pneumonia“. (Def: bilateral pneumonia with Covid).
We got to Harris ER about 2:30am and they where expecting him and because of his severe weakness and his speech was a lot harder to understand then usual they decided to let me stay with him so I could show them Zac’s needs and limitations. I spent the night sleeping in a chair in the ER, no shower or food. With the regulations on Covid (One family member for just 2hrs each day) I’m surprised they let me stay at all.
Friday morning: He seems to be feeling a bit better with being on IV fluids all night and his fever was down a little bit. But we’ve spent all last night and this morning getting through each of Zac’s needs and limitations, basically training them like I do new caregiver’s just as always when we have to go to the ER or have a surgery I have this battle with them getting his med list correct and they always screw up at least one or two things, this time it was the medicine we flush his catheter with so it got clogged up and soaked him in his bed because his bladder couldn’t drain after that they pretty much listened to me. It was kinda funny me teaching two RN’s how to change a super pubic catheter.
Zac really hasn’t slept well and today he had a pretty tough day he started coughing a lot and has a real hard time communicating cause the high fever has made him so weak he hasn’t been able to eat any solid food since we took him to the first ER in Willowpark Thursday so I’ve been giving him tube feedings three times a day.
A new Dr. came in today and informed us of his treatment plan, a heavy IV antibiotic for the bacterial pneumonia and the new Remdesivir medication for the Covid viral pneumonia he also had a slight UTI but the Dr. said the antibiotic for the pneumonia would take care of that and advised us that Zac would be in the hospital for at least 5 days.
Around 10:30 I left Harris ER headed home to shower and get a few hours sleep while they where going to transport Zac over to the hospital since they just got a room ready for him, he will be in Jones bldg room 347. I’m doing my best to keep everyone informed that has asked me to I can’t possibly text everyone we know and cares about Zac that list would be 4-5 pages long and I’m so busy with him when I’m there that I don’t get time to text much. Text back the word YES if you want me to keep you updated. I know that you all know how serious this Covid is and with both of us being high risk patients we’ve worked very hard to steer clear of it and we’ve been very blessed up til now and have no clue how Zac got it and I didn’t we’re always together. He had not been anywhere outside the house for over a week and me and the caregiver both tested negative.
You know we appreciate all the prayers and support that y’all have given us over the last 12 years but more than ever we really need you now with Zac’s history of 13 pneumonia’s and everything else. The infectious disease Dr. is extremely concerned but promised me that he and the staff would do there very best. So once again I ask you to pray for him, the Dr’s and nurses.
I have another latest update coming soon.