Please support Jay my miracle my inspiration
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- Hi my name is Sherri and I am writing this story about my husband Jay and his 4 month battle in the hospital where he still remains. On December 1st 2023 Jay was admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of Covid Pneumonia and influenza during this time we found out that Jay needed open heart surgery to repair one of his heart valves he had been telling me for months that he felt like his heart was going to explode and the amazing man that he is he would still get up every single day and regardless of how he felt he would put on his work boots and go work 12 hours a day 6 days a week never taking a day off in 10 years after 12 days in the hospital Jay came home and went right back to work until December 19 2023 he walked in the door after a 12 hour day I took one look at him and called 911 his O2 levels were so low and he was brought back to hospital and admitted immediately it turned out that he picked up a very rare infection the first time he was in the hospital within days he was declining and moved into the Intensive Care Unit on December 23 2023 his oxygen levels were so low that the Intensive Care Doctors told us if Jay did not agree to go on life support he would die we were both so scared but we agreed the Doctors said that he just needed to go on the Ventilator for a few days and let his lungs rest. Christmas Day went by then on December 27th 2023 they made the decision to transfer Jay to the Heart Center because the infection had now spread through his bloodstream making him septic and it also began attacking his heart The nurses told me before he was transferred that they would give me some time with Jay because they were not sure he would survive the transfer. They wanted to do his heart surgery on December 28 2023 I received a call that morning from the Cardiac Surgeon he called me to let me know that my husband had developed a bleed in his brain overnight so the surgery was put on hold. As I watched my husband decline for weeks he was running very high fevers he had this bleed on his brain and the infection continued to spread. During this time Jay's blood pressure was very low so they had to give him a medication called norepinephrine and there was a very bad side effect every single day I watched my husbands toes turning dark and darker to the point that they were all dead they have a saying in the Intensive Care Life before limbs. Finally on January 10 20 2024 Jay went for his open heart surgery he was on the operating table for 12 hours it turned out that he needed 2 Valves replaced and a very big abcess in the middle of his heart repaired. The doctor called me and said that Jay's lungs were not working very well on their own so he was placed on a machine called ECMO he said that he did everything he could now the rest was up to Jay. After 3 days Jay was taken off ECMO and his heart and lungs were doing better he remained on life support until the beginning of February after 37 days on life support he woke up he had a trach in now but still was not able to speak after about a week Jay worked his way to getting a speaking valve I finally heard my husband's voice after 6 days with the speaking valve they reversed his trach. He remained in the Cardiac ICU until the middle of February because his Journey was still far from being over after being transferred to the Cardiac Floor my husband now had to have surgery to amputate half of his right foot also his left foot was amputated and his left heel is all he has. Jay is now having to learn to walk all over again because his amputations are very unique the pain he endures just to take steps is so hard on him but he continues to fight every day never complains and always has a smile. It will be much easier for him once he is able to get his prosthetics made. After 4 months in hospital 37 days on life support open heart surgery bleeds on his brain bilateral amputations we are really working hard to get Jay home. During Jay's hospital stay his work benefits were cut off on January 30th and that has left us without any coverage at all and in order for Jay to come home we will need to get him a wheelchair along with a walker special shoes bars for the shower compression socks and he will require prosthetics for both feet . I admire my husband so much after everything he has been through he has such a positive attitude. With Jay being off work for an undetermined amount of time and I will be Jay's primary care giver when he comes home we are hoping to ease the burdens that arise trying to navigate bills and the other expenses that come with a life changing event such as this. If you are not able to donate its completely understandable however it is really important to me to get the message out to share my husbands story because Jay really is a miracle and my inspiration he has shown me hope that I would like to share with others. I wanted to do this go fund me for my husband because I want him to be able to heal properly without that financial stress on him I don't want him to try to work until he can walk again and that will take him some time.
Update
March 30th
Organisator
Sherri McRae
Organisator
Edmonton, AB