The Lund Family
Our Story
My husband, Jamie, and I have two spunky boys. Dempsey is 9 and Elwood is 6. In March of 2021, Dempsey started having seizures and we have been on a long road to figuring out why and how to control them. This included ambulance rides to other towns and even a life-flight to the Children's hospital in SD. As we have been dealing with the stress of an ill child and the financial issues associated with his eventual epilepsy diagnosis, my husband contracted Covid19. He ended up being hospitalized with 98% of his lungs infected with Covid-pnumonia. He was admitted on October 25th and remains in the ICU, in isolation. The boys and I have not been able to see him at all. He is still on the highest amount of oxygen, so they cannot move him from ICU and we cannot see him. The boys have returned to school and I have been trying to provide them with all the normalcy of life, but they miss their daddy terribly and I am trying to navigate all that comes with running a household with one parent. Covid recovery is a long, slow road and we do not know when Jamie will return home to us.
Family Updates
Jamie is home and healing. Lots of doctor appointments but he is doing great! His strength is slowly returning and we are all so happy to have him back. Thank you to everyone who has helped us throughout this process.
Jamie came home in time to celebrate Christmas as a family. Unfortunately the next day he started not feeling well. Monday he had an appointment for labs, so I also had him seen in the clinic and they told us he was fine and that it was all part of the healing process. That didn't sit well with me as I could see he wasn't himself and fortunately we already had a follow up appointment with cardiology Tuesday afternoon. His tests showed very high white blood cell counts so he was admitted to the hospital for testing. The next morning we were told he had a lot of fluid around his heart and it needed to be removed. My noon he had deteriorated so badly it became urgent to drain the fluid. After the procedure, he could immediately feel the relief. The cause was most likely the anticoagulants along with the blood thinners. So, we are still in the hospital, still draining fluid and will have a repeat echo tomorrow to verify if the fluid is gone. This felt like a major set back, but it was caught on time and hopefully he can get right back to healing and home in time for the new year.
Jamie's surgery went well and he is still in the hospital recovering. He is still having some insulin level issues, but we are hoping that will work itself out as his heart adjusts to it's new hardware and his body recovers from the trauma of surgery. Modern medicine is truly a miracle. He is supposed to come home tomorrow, just in time for Christmas.