MAJOR Awesomeness thread!

We already have the minor win thread. This is the one for the life-altering, major-league successes and happenings. 

This post is about a friend of mine named Scott. Scott's wife is one of MrsRecon's ASL interpreters. Scott and family are amazing people and we love them and their kids (2 boys, hearing, and 2 girls, deaf) like they are ours.

Scott has been in the hospital since early Sunday morning. He had been feeling ill all week and finally wound up in the ER when his mental status started deteriorating. Upon arrival in the ER, everything promptly went to hell in a hand basket. I got a text from his wife at 0545 asking if I could come in and give him a blessing, as he was not doing well. 

Scott had become septic and developed necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating bacteria) in a wound that had been slow to heal. 

His first surgery was Sunday morning. They loaded him up on antibiotics, cut out a significant portion of his thigh, and got him into recovery. Monday, they went back in and finished cleaning out the wound. The sepsis was still wreaking havoc on Scott's blood pressure and heart rhythms, so much so that they had a cardiologist consulting on his case to keep his heart beating. Yesterday morning, there was significant conversation about cardioversion (zapping his heart back into a normal rhythm) and even the possibility of externally pacing his heart (think pacemaker, but on the outside).

As of yesterday afternoon's update, Scott turned the corner on the road to recovery in a BIG way. His blood pressure stabilized, his heart was maintaining its rhythm on its own, he was starting to be able to move around, and the process to get him out of the ICU was discussed. The doctors anticipate getting him into a regular room will occur today. 

Today's major win is my friend's survival. I am incredibly grateful for Scott's medical team and the work they have done to keep him with us. 

Please share major awesomeness in this thread as you are able. It's part of what keeps GRM a family, and not just a collection of car nerds.

Nothing personal to add, but I'm glad to hear that Scott is pulling through!

Scott is out of the ICU!

Man it is just amazing the things that can be done with modern medicine.  Fantastic news sir.  Pulling for a speedy recovery for him.

In reply to Recon1342 :

Thanks for sharing Scott's story. This really hits close to home for me. My younger brother Neil who currently lives in Singapore has had eczema his whole life. Last year he got married in July and about a month and a half after his wedding, he went wading in the water at the beach while he had some eczema on his calf. That night, his leg swelled up and was extremely painful. His wife took him to the hospital where he was diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis. He was in hospital for close to 2 months, part of which he was in a coma. This was accompanied by various organ failures while he had a breathing tube down his throat. 

A team of 6 specialists were able to save his life, but he ended up having both legs amputated below the knee. He also needed skin grafts to deal with flesh that had been cut away. Last month, I got the chance to fly out to Singapore to see him for the first time since losing his legs. He has a great attitude and is doing amazingly well on his road to recovery, and has recently been fitted with prosthetics.

Here is a video of him sharing his story (click on the unmute button to hear the audio):

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5XJrlZynf0/

In reply to mainlandboy :

Yeah, NF is no joke... 5-10 years ago, it was basically a death sentence.

A positive frame of mind is essential for recent amputees. Send this along to your brother, please-

Davey Lind

I served in the Marines with Davey, and spent a lot of time working with him after his injuries. Perhaps his story will help motivate your brother further still.