What's happenned to Sam ??
On Sunday October 4 Sam went into Critical Care at Southwest Florida Childrens Hospital. The original pneumonia, at first low in one lung, spread very rapidly on Sunday to most of the lung and into part of his other lung. Even with the antibiotics and Oxygen Sam was having difficulty breathing. Late Sunday afternoon Sam was intubated ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intubation.) This required a drug (vecuronium) to immobilise him so he didnt reject the breathing tube, a drug ( fentanyl ) for the pain and a drug (versed) to put him into a dream state from which he will come out without memory of this trauma. During Sunday and Monday Sam worsened . He had high temperatures and low blood pressure and fluid balance complications but by Monday and through Tuesday he remained stable. Still very very sick but at least the disease had halted .
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