[JustAmy]

Hi, All, thank you for your continued prayers.

UPDATE .........

Latest update from Chris:
The VA let me in to see my dad. and to also talk to his doctor. The doctor said he has sepsis caused by the pressure sores, and are giving him an IV of antibiotic. They did a procedure to remove some of the infected tissue from the pressure sores as well. Right now, they are keeping him mainly for observation. He’s very tired and weak.

Jim talked a little bit and told Chris that he is still in pain.

Chris let him know of all the love and support he’s receiving on FR.

[Tired of Taxes]

Thank you for the update, JustAmy. Continued prayers...

[TomServo]

Thanks Amy. Continued prayers for Jim.

[mass55th]

Amy, you have been awesome with these updates, and I want to thank you very much for sharing them with us. Jim will be in my prayers each day.

[Big Red Badger]

Thumbs UP Big Jim!

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

Thanks for the update!

[novemberslady]

Thank you for the update
More Prayers

[David Chase]

Thank you Amy.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Thank God they let Chris in!!!

Prayers!

Hang in there, Jim!!!!

[McGavin999]

Praying for Jim’s comfort and healing. May he feel Gods presence every minute as he heals.

[MomwithHope]

Thanks for the update. Sepsis is very serious. Hubby had it. After he came home he still had to do antibiotic injections. Prayers will continue.

[Parley Baer]

That is good news. We are all pulling for him to make a full recovery.

[spacejunkie2001]

Hopefully there’s a way Chris can push them to get him on high dose vitamin C.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33094466/

Early use of high-dose vitamin C is beneficial in treatment of sepsis
Shi-Jin Lv 1, Guo-Hu Zhang 2, Jin-Ming Xia 1, Huan Yu 1, Fei Zhao 1
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PMID: 33094466 DOI: 10.1007/s11845-020-02394-1
Abstract
Purpose: Vitamin C has shown benefits in patients with sepsis in addition to standard therapy recently. However, further evidence is required to verify the efficacy of vitamin C in clinical practice. This study aimed to investigate the effect of adjunctive intravenous high-dose vitamin C treatment on hospital mortality in patients with sepsis.

Methods: One hundred seventeen patients with sepsis in our department from June 2017 to May 2019 were randomly divided into two groups: the control group (56 cases) and the vitamin C group (61 cases). The control group was treated by the routine and basic therapy with intravenous drip of 5% dextrose and placebo (100 ml/time, 2 times/day), while the vitamin C group was administered intravenously by 3.0 g vitamin C dissolved into 5% dextrose (100 ml/time, 2 times/day) based on the control group. The mortality and efficacy were statistically analyzed and compared between the two groups.

Results: The 28-day mortality differed significantly between the control group and the vitamin C group (42.97% vs. 27.93%) (p < 0.05). The changes in the sepsis-related organ failure assessment (ΔSOFA) scores at 72 h after ICU admission (4.2 vs. 2.1), the application time of vasoactive drugs (25.6 vs. 43.8), and the procalcitonin clearance (79.6% vs. 61.3%) differed significantly between groups (p < 0.05).

[Lazamataz]

Sepsis is not good.

I hope and pray this turns around.

[floralamiss]

Thank you, JustAmy... prayers continuing for JimRob. God bless.

[nwrep]

Thanks Amy.

[griswold3]

God bless.

[FryingPan101]

Sepsis. Not the best news. Pray hard that the antibiotics do the job.

[Fungi]

TY for the update, will continue to pray....

[cmj328]

Praying for all of you!

[kiryandil]

Thanks for the update, JustAmy! More prayers on the way for Jim and the family.