joy
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I just found out today that my nephew, Sidney is in the hospital, for the second time in just a few days. He is 18, and just graduated.
Let me tell you as briefly as possible about his history. When he was an infant, they found out that he had alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency, and would someday need a liver transplant. Well, that someday can two days after christmas when he was ten years old. Since then he has been on anti rejection meds. Because of them he lost all of the hair on his body when he was just starting high school. He dealt with that. Now just a couple of days after he graduated, he ended up in the hospital with some form of bacterial pnuemonia, I don't know what kind, though. They sent him home, but had to have someone with him 24 hours a day for ten days. My brother, who is in the army, and in fact at training in Virginia, flew home and was set to leave again tomorrow. he's not going, obviously. At 3AM this morning, Sidney was gasping for breath, so they rushed him back to the hospital, and they told my brother that he has an enlarged heart and fluid around the heart. It is either a viral thing(myo something) or something with his autoimmune system. Either way, I am scared for him. It seems like he can't catch a break. My brother, who rarely cries was just bawling this morning, he had to go to his truck to hide it from Sidney. Please keep him in your prayers! He needs them!
Let me tell you as briefly as possible about his history. When he was an infant, they found out that he had alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency, and would someday need a liver transplant. Well, that someday can two days after christmas when he was ten years old. Since then he has been on anti rejection meds. Because of them he lost all of the hair on his body when he was just starting high school. He dealt with that. Now just a couple of days after he graduated, he ended up in the hospital with some form of bacterial pnuemonia, I don't know what kind, though. They sent him home, but had to have someone with him 24 hours a day for ten days. My brother, who is in the army, and in fact at training in Virginia, flew home and was set to leave again tomorrow. he's not going, obviously. At 3AM this morning, Sidney was gasping for breath, so they rushed him back to the hospital, and they told my brother that he has an enlarged heart and fluid around the heart. It is either a viral thing(myo something) or something with his autoimmune system. Either way, I am scared for him. It seems like he can't catch a break. My brother, who rarely cries was just bawling this morning, he had to go to his truck to hide it from Sidney. Please keep him in your prayers! He needs them!
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