[NFBWV-Talk] update on Bruce

[Sheri Koch]

He is surely in my prayers🙏


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Sheri Koch, President
NFBWV
304-209-8779
SLK8332015 at gmail.com









On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM Karen Swauger via NFBWV-Talk <
nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> please keep him in your prayers they said he only has 10% function of his
> heart and it is enlarged. now this could have been a case for several years
> you know we don't know but my dad has only 25% use of his and he still is
> you know living somewhat after 7 years almost 8 years. so although 10% is
> very low and they said there's nothing they can do but I've read there's
> medication that can increase it so I'm going to look into that. but he
> still should be able to you know function as he was. he has a fractured hip
> broken ribs and his pelvic ring bones are broken but they're not going to
> do any surgery so pray for him on the pain level. I am so happy he's off
> the ventilator, I can't wait till I can hear his voice when he gets out of
> ICU and into a room hopefully within a few days. he is on oxygen and
> medication for the pneumonia. he's resting comfortably and the nurse has
> relayed messages to him from me and he has responded accordingly so he is
> you know coherent and everything after coming off the ventilator. his
> family, which is his brother-in-law and I'm sorry. his family that means
> his brother and sister-in-law are on their way up to visit him from
> Oklahoma. I don't know if they're driving or flying they're not really
> forthcoming with any information to me so I just text them if they ever
> want to they respond. now his brother is 80 years old so I don't know if
> he's trying to drive or what they're doing I have not heard anything. thank
> you for your prayers keep them coming. I had a horrible night the other
> night when his sister-in-law told me they weren't giving him any hope I
> don't know where she dreamed that up from but it just about sent me into
> cardiac arrest! but when I called ICU the nurse said they don't know where
> anybody got something like that that was not the case. but when his
> sister-in-law called and told me that she was ready to take him off the
> ventilator and let him die the way she acted but anyway thank goodness she
> was wrong.
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