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[crc21209]

Glad to hear you're OK timvp! You put a scare in all of us around here....

[timtang]

Welcome back, man, it's really good news.
Anyway, you should take more rest now.

[1369]

Y'all quit lying to the folks. The ONLY reason LJ is home is I brought over my "Yummy Chicken" to his mom and she said how good it was and LJ just had to get out to get him some.

/But it is nice to hear you're home...

[rascal]

Welcome back.
Just too much going for you to be beaten by a bacteria.

[katuso]

Good to see you are well!!!

[MannyIsGod]

I'll have to look up the name of the bacteria but the docs said it's extremely rare. Like there are only a few cases in medical literature. The bacteria was susceptible to penicillin but I had so much of it in my body by the time I went to the hospital, it took a long time to finally knock it out.

But yeah basically it was a huge fluke to get the bacteria in my body. And then it created a softball size abscess in my liver that had to be drained. Along the way I also got a bad case of pneumonia (which was also infected by the bacteria) ... plus it messed with my system so much that I got anemia and diabetes. I had to get five blood transfusions and they were shooting huge amounts of insulin in me to control my blood sugar. My heart rate kept going from like 140 all the way up to 180. Oh, and I had fevers everyday of at least 103.

The doctors really have no explanation on how I got sick in the first place. I guess it was just bad luck and I randomly came down with some ancient bacterial disease.

Thankfully now everything is a lot better. I just gotta pray for no setbacks and I should be good before too long.

I'm going to go ahead and blame it on the Mavs championship.

[MannyIsGod]

Oh and when are we playing ball again?

[Kori Ellis]

CPAP/BiPAP is one of the greatest inventions ever, and since they started putting portable CPAP devices on ALS (and some BLS) ambulances, paramedics have saved many lives and even eliminated many intubations. It's a huge facemask so i agree it looks pretty frightening, but you saw the value of such a device first person! Because of CPAP, (and the fact Timvp is young and a fighter), he was able to pull through w/o being intubated, which can carry other risks. CPAP is a godsend for bad CHF and COPD patients too.

That's awesome to hear it work again--in such a critical situation to boot.

He wore it for the first two days straight almost in ICU, then 4-7 hours a night all the way up til he came home. You are right -- it's just scary looking but really, really helpful.

[Ghazi]

praise Allah!

[blkroadrunners]

Welcome back, and get some rest!

[Pistons < Spurs]

Great to hear. So glad for you and the whole family that you're doing better and are back home. I was scared for the last 2 days that Kori was going to post some terrible news regarding your recovery.

Crazy how you can care and worry about someone that has only been a screen name on a message board!

Rest up and take it easy.

[xellos88330]

Good news! Welcome back!

[spurastic]

Great news! Recover completely soon! That prayer thing must work.

[Spurminator]

That's awesome news, welcome back!

[manufan10]

Good to hear. I'll continue praying for you guys throughout the rest of the healing process.

[Marcus Bryant]

Welcome back!

[jestersmash]

This is what saved your life





The culmination of 335 years of modern medicine and evidenced-based science (vancomycin, especially).

Good to know that you made it out alive. I agree it does give you a new perspective on life.

[Brodels]

Damn, that's a crazy story. Glad to hear you're feeling better. Take it easy and finish getting well.

[DPG21920]

How many times have I said it seems like Timvp is a human Ben Stiller movie.

[gameFACE]

Glad you're feeling better and recovering. Good to have you back.

Thanks to you and Kori for the Spurstalk community!

[Das Texan]

Welcome back to the living timvp

Guess your doctor is gonna get to pen a nice article for some medical journal now as a result of your taking that bacteria out back that had been waiting for you for some 4 centuries and kicking its ass.

[Spursfan092120]

Feel horrible..didn't even know you were in the hospital..Great to see you're ok though, man.

[Spursfanfromafar]

Dude.. welcome back and congratulations for battling that old enemy of mankind - disease. I am sure the little ones are the most pleased to have their daddy poking his nose in their lives again

[Spurtacus]

Welcome back. Glad you are well.

[florige]

Awesome news!! When Kori said "baby steps" I sorta had a feeling things were going to be positive from that point. Plus TimVP is a young punk.lol Most heal quick from random illness.