My commuting partner got taken out.

[7rider]

Unfortunately, not so good. Evidently, he had a rough weekend, and it was pretty much all about his lungs.
His wife seems to put on a brave front when I talk to her...barely.
She said taking him off the ventilator was "too much, too soon." He wasn't expanding his lungs fully, the upper right lobe by the rib and collarbone breaks collapsed and he's developed a bit of pneumonia. The "gunk" in his lungs is a gram negative bacteria and Staphylococcus aureus. That worries me. A lot. His wife feels they are treating it appropriately. So, he's back on the ventilator. She said she got to "speak" to him for about 8 minutes on Saturday. But "speaking" when you're on a ventilator is pretty one-sided and ultimately he was uncomfortable enough that they knocked him out again.
But saturday was the last CAT scan they felt they "had" to do and the brain injury appears to be on the mend.
Thanks for the continued good wishes. I really hope we all see a light at the end of this tunnel really soon.

[Tuckervill]

I hope they beat the pneumonia quick. My father-in-law went in for a procedure, but ended up with 6 weeks in the ICU because of his lungs and pneumonia like that. Wouldn't have had it if he hadn't been in the hospital!

Continuing hope for a speedy recovery!
Karen

[wackyjacky1]

My prayers and best wishes for a full recovery go out to your friend.

My dad contracted pneumonia while in the hospital a couple of years ago. It was really bad, but they gave him massive doses of several kinds of antibiotics and that did the trick. He got over the worst part of it in about a week.

[imdeanna]

7Rider...

Have they been able to find out if he was struck by a car? or if it was some sort of medical issue that caused this??



My thoughts are still going out to him and his family!

[7rider]

Have they been able to find out if he was struck by a car? or if it was some sort of medical issue that caused this??

My thoughts are still going out to him and his family!

Thanks, imdeanna.

They ruled out a stroke. Actually, we have no idea if he got hit by (or hit) a car or if something else happened. He could have hit a rock, a squirrel, a deer, had a rear tire blowout. Anything. I tend to favor the car-theory for several reasons (no road rash, and he may be slow, but Terry's an excellent bike handler and I can't imagine him being taken out by an errant rock in the road or even a blowout - especially with such dire consequences.) Terry hasn't been able to talk. Most of the discussions with him (that I know of) have been of the "Are you in pain?" "How badly do you hurt?" sort of things.

[mimitabby]

I guess in his case, the fact that he's still alive is good news at this point. My husband is a great and strong rider, but when he hit a rock at 20mph, there was nothing he could do; in fact, he didn't know anything was wrong until he collided with the jersey barrier and broke 3 ribs.
Even great riders make mistakes. Thanks for the periodic updates, we're all routing for him!

[7rider]

Yeah, Mimi. I know you're right, of course.
I keep coming back to the "But where is his road rash?"
And kicking myself for not being there with him...but that's a different story.