Sam Klear

Pray for Sam. Do you remember Sam, our friends' son who had the heart defibrillator put in due to him being diagnosed with Brugadas disease (basically the heart races and goes into arrest.) He's in PICU again tonight. His defibrillator. has fired three times tonight trying to get his very fast heart rate to come down due to his high fever. PRAY that the Lord would intervene and restore Sam to full health. I am so sad right now for Sam. I am so sad that he has to go through this. My heart aches for Bill & Teesa, his parents and our friends. I cannot imagine the pain and worry they are experiencing. Pray for the Lord to sustain & strengthen them. Here are a few pictures of one of his hospital visits when his defibrillator was put in.

Here is a detailed post from their blog:

Sam is in bad shape. He had a shock from his defib earlier today at home, with NO warning that he was even sick. Apparently he had a high fever and we didn't know it. He was playing when his heart started racing and got to just over 300 beats per minute.We called 911 and came to the hospital. It was here that we learned he had had a couple events before and after the shock that his heart was racing and his body was able to get out of the bad rhythm on its own. (Of course, God is watching over him.)Once we were transferred to Wake Med's PICU to observe him overnight, he had another event where his heart rate went up to above 250bpm and then the defib shocked him. I observed that he had a few more events where the defib did not shock him, but he was scared and crying and I can't describe how horrible those events were for us.He had a THIRD (you read that right) event while I was holding him about an hour and a half later where the defib shocked him again.
All of these have been APPROPRIATE shocks.They are now trying to determine what is causing the high fever. Remember, any fever above 102 for Sam is going to get his heart racing and has potential to cause problems. He is obviously feeling bad now and looks bad too.
pray for Sam's fever to get down and stay down
pray for the doctors to know how to treat him
pray for us, because we are greatly concerned
I will update the blog as I know more. We are in great distress right now, and we ask that you will think of our family as you go about your day and night.
Teesa and Bill

Monday, January 21, 2008

Morning
It's about 7:20am right now. We made it through the night. Sam is a testimony to the power of prayer.I held him in my arms until about 4:30 this morning, when I switched off with Bill. It was then that I realized his fever had broken - my arm was soaking wet where his head was resting. The nurse took his temp and it was 99F. As I said, it's a testimony to God's hand in all of this.All of his labs came back fine. They are assuming that he has a viral infection. As long as we can treat it with Tylenol and Motrin (alternately), Sam should be fine. My eyes have been glued to the external EKG they've had him attached to. When he's awake, his heart rate is around 130bpm, when he is asleep it hovers around 100bpm. That's where it is right now. Anything below 250 is a good thing.They have a little "hotel" room downstairs where Bill and I have traded places getting a couple hours of sleep. I just returned from my shift and I haven't spoken with the nurse or Bill yet, but Sam is sleeping in his daddy's arms right now. All is well with the world.
pray for no more fever
pray for a quick recovery
pray for wisdom for the doctors
pray for Bill and I, who are on an emotional roller coaster ride
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