I have been extemely sick, and in the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital since Thursday night. I had a biopsy (tissue samples) taken on my prostate to check for cancer on Wednesday afternoon (July 20), and during the procedure they contaminated my blood with E-coli bacteria, and that spread to all parts of my body. That infection caused my internal organs to shut down, and I almost died. Thankfully, I called 911, and was able to get an ambulance to my house to bring me to the emergency room in time because my kidneys and liver had stopped functioning, and my lungs and heart and gallbladder were all affected. But because of the fact that the hosptal and doctors are modern and knowledgable, they have been able to save me. Little by little they have been able to get my blood pressure back from the 50/80 that it had fallen to, and brought my platelet count back to a moderate number, and now my organs are all getting back to normal, too. I had severe hemmoraging for 5 days, and I've had numerous blood transfusions. My heart went into an irregular beating pattern until yesterday morning when it somehow changed back to a normal and regular beat.
All I can do is to thank God for his mercy, and to thank the hundreds of people who have been praying for my recovery. I am not out of the woods yet, but I am doing much better. I am still in ICU, but I may be moved to the intermediate care ward tomorrow . I am not sure how long I will have to remain in the hospital, but they want to continue treatments on me until they are positive that the infection is cured.
For this reason I have not been able to answer any emails from friends, or to give out any addresses. I do not have the List here.....only accessable on my home's desktop pc. I apologize to all of those who have been asking for contact information, or wishing to post their profiles.
A special thanks to everyone on the forum who has been praying for me, and for all of your well-wishes.
Thanks for you concern and God bless you all.
Michael