Post by Les Brewer on Aug 10, 2013 5:54:26 GMT
Nita Mermoud is a member from the F.O.J Facebook group.......
We are ever so much needing your prayers for my husband Bob! He was admitted to the hospital July 23. Bob was diagnosed w/. Guillain-Barre' syndrome. He has lost all muscle control in his body. He is not being able to move. The only thing he can move are his eyes so he communicates by blinking once for no and twice for yes. He is also able to move his chin & tongue slightly. He was having trouble breathing due to secretions so they moved him to ICU and put him on a ventilator. He also had to have a feeding tube to keep him safe while recuperating. Guillain-Barre' syndrome basically the body's own defense that usually helps u recovery from the virus, actually attacked his nervous system, destroying the myelin, a cover protecting the nerve, which causes it to lose signals from the brain and thus no muscle movement. The myelin restores itself & then the nerve is new again and good to go but it takes a long time for each single nerve to do this.
Bob has already gone through the phase of all medications needed to fight this syndrome/ now it is the phase of keeping him safe from any other illnesses while his body recuperates and he goes through rehab. Our neurologist ran a test called Nerve Conduction and Bob got a good report on not having hardly any nerve damage. Some people with this syndrome recover quickly from this and others more slowly. Please pray for Bob's wellness and a speedy recovery thank you all so much!
We are ever so much needing your prayers for my husband Bob! He was admitted to the hospital July 23. Bob was diagnosed w/. Guillain-Barre' syndrome. He has lost all muscle control in his body. He is not being able to move. The only thing he can move are his eyes so he communicates by blinking once for no and twice for yes. He is also able to move his chin & tongue slightly. He was having trouble breathing due to secretions so they moved him to ICU and put him on a ventilator. He also had to have a feeding tube to keep him safe while recuperating. Guillain-Barre' syndrome basically the body's own defense that usually helps u recovery from the virus, actually attacked his nervous system, destroying the myelin, a cover protecting the nerve, which causes it to lose signals from the brain and thus no muscle movement. The myelin restores itself & then the nerve is new again and good to go but it takes a long time for each single nerve to do this.
Bob has already gone through the phase of all medications needed to fight this syndrome/ now it is the phase of keeping him safe from any other illnesses while his body recuperates and he goes through rehab. Our neurologist ran a test called Nerve Conduction and Bob got a good report on not having hardly any nerve damage. Some people with this syndrome recover quickly from this and others more slowly. Please pray for Bob's wellness and a speedy recovery thank you all so much!
We are ever so much needing your prayers for my husband Bob! He was admitted to the hospital July 23. Bob was diagnosed w/. Guillain-Barre' syndrome. He has lost all muscle control in his body. He is not being able to move. The only thing he can move are his eyes so he communicates by blinking once for no and twice for yes. He is also able to move his chin & tongue slightly. He was having trouble breathing due to secretions so they moved him to ICU and put him on a ventilator. He also had to have a feeding tube to keep him safe while recuperating. Guillain-Barre' syndrome basically the body's own defense that usually helps u recovery from the virus, actually attacked his nervous system, destroying the myelin, a cover protecting the nerve, which causes it to lose signals from the brain and thus no muscle movement. The myelin restores itself & then the nerve is new again and good to go but it takes a long time for each single nerve to do this.
Bob has already gone through the phase of all medications needed to fight this syndrome/ now it is the phase of keeping him safe from any other illnesses while his body recuperates and he goes through rehab. Our neurologist ran a test called Nerve Conduction and Bob got a good report on not having hardly any nerve damage. Some people with this syndrome recover quickly from this and others more slowly. Please pray for Bob's wellness and a speedy recovery thank you all so much!
We are ever so much needing your prayers for my husband Bob! He was admitted to the hospital July 23. Bob was diagnosed w/. Guillain-Barre' syndrome. He has lost all muscle control in his body. He is not being able to move. The only thing he can move are his eyes so he communicates by blinking once for no and twice for yes. He is also able to move his chin & tongue slightly. He was having trouble breathing due to secretions so they moved him to ICU and put him on a ventilator. He also had to have a feeding tube to keep him safe while recuperating. Guillain-Barre' syndrome basically the body's own defense that usually helps u recovery from the virus, actually attacked his nervous system, destroying the myelin, a cover protecting the nerve, which causes it to lose signals from the brain and thus no muscle movement. The myelin restores itself & then the nerve is new again and good to go but it takes a long time for each single nerve to do this.
Bob has already gone through the phase of all medications needed to fight this syndrome/ now it is the phase of keeping him safe from any other illnesses while his body recuperates and he goes through rehab. Our neurologist ran a test called Nerve Conduction and Bob got a good report on not having hardly any nerve damage. Some people with this syndrome recover quickly from this and others more slowly. Please pray for Bob's wellness and a speedy recovery thank you all so much!
