Anyone hear from Brad?? <--- (Mythias)

Mugen Mike · Post by **Mugen Mike** » June 19th, 2006, 12:38 pm

Get well soon, Brad. :vodka:

Jon D · Post by **Jon D** » June 19th, 2006, 2:23 pm

whoa... Brad is alive, and not in jail. Dood i had $100 on jail and not sickness. Glad you are feeling better and no longer in the hospital. Get well soon man.

splat · Post by **splat** » June 19th, 2006, 3:01 pm

Damn Brad! Hope you get back on your feet soon.

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » June 19th, 2006, 6:15 pm

mythias wrote:I will be okay. My first few days home I had a RN that would check in on me, and I have friends in town that have been helping me with whatever I may need. It will still be another week or possibly close to 2 before I am completely back to normal.

Daym dewd, I'm glad you're feeling better, try to take care of yourself a little better

mythias · Post by **mythias** » June 19th, 2006, 9:08 pm

For those who are still unaware of the situation, here are the cliff notes:

I started getting quite ill on May 31st. On june 5th, I was diagnosed with pneumonia in the ER. I was only kept there for a short time and was discharged in about half of a day. I was given antibiodics, a breathing treatment machine, cough medicine, and so on. Against the doctors orders, I continued to go to class so not to fail my courses. I also remained physically active and drank as well.

Thursday night I was hanging out with m yfriends Tracy and Tara. I kept feeling worse and worse, and started getting dizzy. Very late that night / early friday morning, they called 911 when I lost conciousness. Aparently I had a dangerously high fever. A combination of my physical activity, alcohol, and the fact that the infection seemed resistant to the particular antibiodics perscribed lead to a very serious situation. I dont really remember much at all of the following few days, which I am partially thankful for because ice baths were used to lower my temperature.

I was kept in the ICU Friday and Saturday, and moved to an isolation room on Sunday where I spent 3 more days. Durring the entire time I was on a strong combination of antibiodics and steroidal medications to aide in breathing.

After that, I was discharged and basically been stuck at home since. I am getting a bit better each day, and I actually got some fresh air on saturday. I should be back to my old self in due time.

Post by **Dave-ROR** » June 19th, 2006, 11:01 pm

mythias wrote:After that, I was discharged and basically been stuck at home since. I am getting a bit better each day, and I actually got some fresh air on saturday. I should be back to my old self in due time.

Sorry to hear about all that

Good that you'll be back to drinking soon though

mythias · Post by **mythias** » June 19th, 2006, 11:33 pm

Thanks everyone for the good wishes. It really does mean a lot to me.

As for drinking, my liver is liking this nice long break from alcohol. Another benefit is that I have now quit smoking from this incident-- something I have needed to do for a long, long time.

R1366 · Post by **R1366** » June 19th, 2006, 11:36 pm

Glad to hear your ok Brad. Hope you feel better soon.

get RIGHT · Post by **get RIGHT** » June 20th, 2006, 12:15 am

Glad to hear you are ok and getting better. Pneumonia is very serious and sounds like you had it bad.

splat · Post by **splat** » June 20th, 2006, 12:30 am

Damn Brad

The only experience I've had with any sort of pneumonia is when a friend was diagnosed with "walking pneumonia." He was told bed rest for a week plus all the drugs they gave him, stupid fucker was back at work 18 hours later.

Glad to hear you're on the mend, scary to hear it was a close call.

Dawn, Destroyer of Worlds · June 20th, 2006, 12:35 am

Since everyone else is posting here, I will too! I hope you feel better soon, you FSM lovin' mofo!!

Take it easy bud, and feel better soon.
Dawn

Dave_B · Post by **Dave_B** » June 20th, 2006, 7:34 am

Glad to hear your recovering fool. We missed ya at expo!

Dave_B · Post by **Dave_B** » June 21st, 2006, 11:56 am

Please. Or at least create another thread. This is in the middle of Brad's not so good health thread.

KayOs · Post by **KayOs** » June 22nd, 2006, 1:46 am

Wishing you a speedy recovery.