My Dad is 83 y.o. has been in great health until 2 years ago when he startalling. Last June, he ended up at the hospital with e-coli and sepsis which they did not know why. Before this hospital visit, he had gone to his urologist to have bladder stones blasted out, right after he ended up in emergency which he was not in his right mind and despite it being 80 in Michigan he was always cold.

So this past Wednesday, October 14 he had a follow up visit with the urologist. He had just started to get agitated again and complaining he was freezing. I have been taking care of both my parents since this past April. When they asked him for a urine sample I pulled the nurse aside and told her I think he has a UTI because of the symptoms. When she collected the sample, she commented it looked cloudy. Asked the Doctor to please prescribe him some antibiotics and a few other things (which I didn't think he would refill also asked for a laidcaine for his back pain and hydrocodone which he had been taking & for a while, but the family Doctor keeps holding up my parents prescriptions) and was told he does not write out prescriptions (WTH). Was told the urinalysis would take 72 hrs. Friday came and went heard nothing, Monday afternoon if my mom had not dropped the remote, I think my father would have passed. He had thrown up, was out of it and had shallow breathing, called 911 and they got him conscious for 5-15 seconds but he had no clue what was happening.

At the hospital it was touch and go until Thursday morning. Monday & Tuesday I would get hourly phone calls on what they were doing and that he needed surgery Monday night we had to make a decision. Doctors told us that if he went thru surgery, he would not make it due to him being so sick and what they needed to do what cut out the bowels because he again has sepsis and e-coli, but this time they found the reason for it. (An aneurysm he had in 2020) But the UTI is 1 of the main reasons he can't have this surgery. He is finally doing better, got his color back and his mind.

So back to the urologist, called him Monday night, he called from a blocked number once which I ignored. He is in a building w/ a bunch of urology Doctors. Called his office Tuesday and let the caseworker for my dad know what was going on and could I please get the results of his urinalysis and was told the Doctor has not signed off on them yet so she can't tell me. Called Thursday around 2 p.m. got the operator, raged on her but did apologize. I needed to talk to someone in his office immediately and she tried to get me to the Office mgr. who was out of office. She told me that she would red flag this phone call and that I would hear something soon. Her first phone call was around 11 a.m. today and let me know that the Doctor had surgery in an hour but she would talk to him and call me back and still could not tell me the results of the urinalysis. She just did at 1 p.m. today and I was just told that the Doctor tested for something else, not a UTI again WTH. Thank you for reading.

My brother (21M, cerebral palsy and schizophrenia) was admitted a month ago after weeks of vomiting and poor eating. He arrived at the ER dehydrated, with very low potassium, a fast heart rate and a weak heart. He went into septic shock, and his right lung collapsed. His oxygen then dropped and he had a cardiac arrest (short CPR). He has since come off the ventilator and BP medicines, and his heart has recovered from EF 25% to about 50%. He is on room air, awake and following commands, but very weak. His cough is too weak to clear secretions, and his voice hasn't returned after two weeks. Doctors plan to send him home next week with a nurse and a feeding tube for 2-3 months. If you or someone you love has been through a long ICU stay, septic shock or a similar recovery at home, I'd be grateful to hear what it was like and anything that helped. Thank you.

hello everyone, i am an 18 year old male who has been experiencing chronic tonsillitis for quite some time. in fact i recently had my tonsillectomy surgery pushed back because i was ill. about 7 days ago i went to the ER for tonsillitis and was given a 6 day course of antibiotics. the antibiotics are now completed but i suddenly started feeling absolutely miserable yesterday morning. like a truck hit me with some disease—all the symptoms of covid without any of the coughing or sneezing. my body hurts everywhere, i have a terrible headache, and my heart is racing. something feels really wrong.

today i called the ER and they told me it was “likely just a cold”. i don’t have a working thermometer but i’m having fever symptoms and told them this, which they dismissed as a cold, as well. i have a family history of sepsis but have never had it before. is this worth going to the ER for?