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Sleeping not so peacefully
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Thank you all for the prayers, thoughts and good wishes. You’re brotherly love has been a tremendous source of strength for us. You have our deepest, heartfelt thanks.
By now, you may have guessed the nature of this situation. For reasons I hope to understand, Matthew had taken 60+ of his grandmother’s pills. Everything from morphine based pain pills to drugs that lower blood pressure and some that slow the heart and we’re still trying to determine what else. By the time they got to pumping his stomach, they had all been absorbed into his system. His BP dropped to 60/30 and his heart rate was as low as 20 bpm.
The fact that he’s still with us miraculous and high praise goes to his girlfriend. He had apparently told her that he was going to do something, so after calling 911 this little 5’3, 106 lb linebacker kicked in the back door and dragged him into the front yard to the paramedics as they were arriving.
His BP has finally been stabilized, his heart appears to be ok and he’s been transferred out of ICU, but now I’m fighting with the hospital staff to get him into the right inpatient facility. He’ll need to be hospitalized for several weeks so please continue to keep him in your prayers.
By now, you may have guessed the nature of this situation. For reasons I hope to understand, Matthew had taken 60+ of his grandmother’s pills. Everything from morphine based pain pills to drugs that lower blood pressure and some that slow the heart and we’re still trying to determine what else. By the time they got to pumping his stomach, they had all been absorbed into his system. His BP dropped to 60/30 and his heart rate was as low as 20 bpm.
The fact that he’s still with us miraculous and high praise goes to his girlfriend. He had apparently told her that he was going to do something, so after calling 911 this little 5’3, 106 lb linebacker kicked in the back door and dragged him into the front yard to the paramedics as they were arriving.
His BP has finally been stabilized, his heart appears to be ok and he’s been transferred out of ICU, but now I’m fighting with the hospital staff to get him into the right inpatient facility. He’ll need to be hospitalized for several weeks so please continue to keep him in your prayers.
