I'm up with the dad tonight.
The infection spread to his son's other lung, despite stem cell therapy. Necrotizing pneumonia is apparently on the rise in the world, along with other signs of antibiotic resistance.
I've been doing a *lot* of reading into surgical interventions during this emergency operation. He has so many high risk factors for morbidity: late admission, incomplete vaccine schedule, malnutrition...
Poor brother at home, too. So much for starting school tomorrow. What a world.
@ACG2 Thank you for these kind words, ACG2 - and for your presence. Everyday striving to do the best we can is often a greater challenge than we realize. I hope your own week is starting on a wonderful note, and that you're still riding high on good vibes from that lovely recent reprieve!