About 3 hrs ago I received a call that my youngest brother(56)is fighting for his life in a hospital bed in New Haven Ct..... seems he has pneumonia in both lungs and his white cell ct is 82000, normal ct is between 6000 and 9000......He is on vacation in CT visiting his wife's family.......He hasn't been feeling well but sluffed it off........Initial tests indicate leukemia....but now they must get the cell count down......This comes as a total shock to us........Jim retired from serving 24 yrs in the Navy a couple of yrs ago and now teaches Navy ROTC in Palm Bay Fl.......His wife just told me he is in critical condition tonight will be very touch and go.........Please keep him in your thoughts......
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Prayers sent Joe.
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Thought's and prayer's for you and your family.
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Done. Best of luck my friend.
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Same, prayer sent. Good Luck
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Not even sure what to say...the words just dont exist....man upstairs doesnt listen to me much I dont think but I will send him one just in case. Good luck to you and your family.
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Thanks all for the Thoughts and Prayers......
Update: The doctors are about 90 % sure that my brother has Acute Myeloid Leukemia. They have him isolated because his immune system is no longer working right because its trying to fight the AML. They are keeping him in New Haven, Ct until he is more stable to transfer back home to Florida. They are going to start him on immediate Stem Cell and chemo/radiation. The doctors are continuously pulling fluid off from him and him WBC has now reached 86,000. They also have him on antibiotics. His blood is also extremely thick. We are now awaiting more test results. Please continue to keep him in your prayers. Thank you everyone for everything so far........This is just mind boggling 3 weeks ago we were playing golf he seemed a little under the weather but sluffed it off as a cold or allergies........
Update: The doctors are about 90 % sure that my brother has Acute Myeloid Leukemia. They have him isolated because his immune system is no longer working right because its trying to fight the AML. They are keeping him in New Haven, Ct until he is more stable to transfer back home to Florida. They are going to start him on immediate Stem Cell and chemo/radiation. The doctors are continuously pulling fluid off from him and him WBC has now reached 86,000. They also have him on antibiotics. His blood is also extremely thick. We are now awaiting more test results. Please continue to keep him in your prayers. Thank you everyone for everything so far........This is just mind boggling 3 weeks ago we were playing golf he seemed a little under the weather but sluffed it off as a cold or allergies........
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Prayers are going out right now. Be the rock, Joe. And keep us in the loop.
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Prayers sent my friend.
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Joe,
I realize we don't know each other yet, but I want you to know I sent out a prayer as I began to read this thread. Best wishes to your brother.
Dave S.
I realize we don't know each other yet, but I want you to know I sent out a prayer as I began to read this thread. Best wishes to your brother.
Dave S.
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all of you are in our thoghts and prayers, we don't know each other and I mostly lurk but I had to pass along our concern.
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Prayers not just for him but for the entire family in this time of trial.
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Prayers sent, best of luck to him and his family....