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Prayer requests for 21-year-old West Bend man who has been hospitalized with the flu

 

Feb. 15, 2018 – West Bend, WI – A special request from friends and family of Josh Petty of West Bend who is currently in the ICU at Froedtert Medical College of Wisconsin  in Milwaukee. Early reports had Petty on life support as he battles symptoms of the flu and now pneumonia.

 

Below is an update on Josh’s condition from his sister Ashlee

 

Posted on February 15, 2018

UPDATE from Josh‘s sister, Ashlee.

Well guys, in all honesty I’ve been reluctant to give a update because I wanted to make sure I had something positive to throw in there as well. And, for a while there we really didn’t have anything to cling to again. We started the day off waiting for Josh to wake up. He had been off of sedation meds since last night. He started waking up this morning. We went through a 30 minute period of enduring a extremely ticked off Josh. He wanted the tube out and he made it very clear that he didn’t want to wait on anyone to remove it. At that time he was responding to most commands but he also still seemed rather disoriented.

 

He was squeezing my hand like crazy during this time. When the Dr asked him to move his feet it did take him a couple times but we were clearly able to see both feet move once. The tube was then removed shortly after this. The tube was out for a short period of time before we found out Josh was pulling in CO2 as well as oxygen. During this time the CAT scan taken earlier was also pulled up and it became clear that there was more fluid in his lungs (pneumonia) than what there was the previous day.

 

So, all in all he was very quickly re intubated. During all this he was not given any additional sedation meds. The Dr ordered that Josh be hooked up to a EEG machine to monitor his brain activity because Josh is not responding to commands. And he is not sedated in any way at this time. I have seen him grimace and clench his eyes shut as the nurse does things that he isn’t crazy about.

But at this time he isn’t opening his eyes or squeezing our hands when we need him to. I’m not sure how to ask for any more out of you guys than what we already have, but we need the prayers continued. We need our prayer warriors at the front line ready for battle!! We couldn’t have made it this far without you guys! You keep us going! You are giving us the fight that we need! We will never give up! We are here and ready to fight whatever is sent our way! ??????

 

Click HERE for more of the story from his family and during this Lenten season if we could take a moment and offer a prayer for Josh.

 

6 COMMENTS

  1. Father God in Jesus name I speak Life over Josh. Spirit of infirmity & death must leave now in Jesus name. We thank you Jesus for your love, healing & strength for Josh now. Amen

  2. Josh was a cool guy! He was in to nutrition, working out, so he was healthy. Just shows this virus can attack anyone. We use to work together, he was a hard worker! Prayers are being sent up for him, his family.

  3. Prayers said for Josh for complete healing in the name of Jesus Christ. I also pray for comfort and strength for Josh’s family as they keep a vigil over him while he heals.

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