A week after we all celebrated his grandchild's first birthday, Bobby was at work and collapsed in front of his coworker. Fortunately his coworker was able to start CPR until the EMTs arrived.
He was life-flighted to Boston and promptly placed in ICU with respirator as his brain activity was minimal. MRI didn't detect any blockages in his heart, lungs or brain. Doctors said the sudden loss of oxygen to his brain could take a long time to recover. For about a month he remained comatose and then slowly started moving and making noises. I believe he got the covid shots since he's a truck driver and travels across state lines.
It's been a few months since the incident and he's now able to have brief conversations and has regained full function of his body.
Unfortunately, he has very poor short term memory and gets angry if he doesn't get his way. Bobby was perfectly normal before this and had NO signs of Alzheimer's / Dementia.
Bobby is over 6 feet tall, late 50's and a strong active guy. He has gotten physical with medical staff which is NOT like him at all. They had to put a police officer outside his hospital room to help restrain him due to his outbursts.
His family is at a total loss as they do not know what to do. He can never drive trucks again and he was the family breadwinner.
Please consider him in your prayers.
Thank you. WMW
Thank you. This is tremendous information! Sorry that your FIL had to suffer for a bit, but glad you did your homework and fixed it.
Bobby is restrained during the night as he keeps trying to leave the hospital and will fight to get out. During the day, the police & security have to escort medical staff into his room.
I'll certainly look into it.
Thank you and God Bless! 🙏
You are welcome and so sorry for what Bobby is going through.
I would almost guarantee that he is being given Ativan (lorazepam). Definitely worth getting the list of his drugs and reading up on the side effects.
There is a terrifying case study of what happened to a person who was given it for claustrophobia during an MRI.
I had to fight the doctors to get them to stop the drug.