Friday, July 15, 2005
THIS IS IN HONOR OF TIM HINES
It is with the utmost sadness that I am informing you all of the passing of my husband Tim (PFC HINES). After a very long struggle God has decided to take him to a better place. Early this morning I was rushed to the hospital bc I was told Tim needed some new lines put in and my consent was needed. I hurried over and when I got there I was given devastating news. Tim was extremely extremely sick, the sickest he's been since he came to Walter Reed. His heartrate was up to about 152 (normal is 60-100), he was having some kind of problem with his heart, and he had to be put on a powerful blood pressure medicine to keep his blood pressure up. His blood gases were once again way off, he had a fever of 103 and they were trying to figure out if there was some source of infection causing it. Shortly after I arrived they figured out that his body wasn't in septic shock (which would be caused by an infection) but I believe they called it a hemoglobin shock meaning he had lost a lot of blood somewhere and it was causing major problems. He was rushed into the OR where they found about a liter and a half of blood in his abdomen. They thought they'd found the >source of it, but the blood was old (it was clotting) and it wasn't still >bleeding out so they couldn't be 100% sure it was the source of the bloodloss so they left his abdomen open and planned to go to the OR again on Sat. or Sun. to make sure. When he came back from the OR he was doing so well for his condition. His heartrate was down to about 105 (which is really good for him), his blood gas levels were the best they'd been all day (I was told they were in the normal range), his blood pressure medicine was slowly being weaned off, and the oxygen level on his ventilator, which >had been up to 100%,was down to 70% which is also very good. The echo EKG that they did yesterday on his heart came back fine so they thought his heart was doing okay. Overall the doctors were very happy (excited even) >with the progress he'd made since this morning. Unfortunately it didn't last. They had to change out some lines (including the ones they use for dialysis) to make sure he didn't have any kind of blood infection from the lines. Shortly after that they were getting ready to do a chest xray and thats when everything went downhill. As they lifted him up to do the xray blood started pouring out of his trachea. I was told he went into cardiac arrest. They rushed him to the OR and worked on him for over an hour, but they couldn't find the source of the bleeding so they couldn't stop it and so he bled out and they were never able to get another heartbeat. I know that everyone must be in shock, I can tell you that I still cannot believe >that this has happened and I don't want to believe it. I just wanted everyone to know from me what happened and that he has passed on. He's the love of my life and he was an amazing husband and father and I know he tried so hard and fought like crazy to stay here with us. It just wasn't a battle he could win. I don't know what else to say and I have no idea what >to do. I just needed to let everyone know what was going on. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. They meant the world to Tim and I. Katy
It is with the utmost sadness that I am informing you all of the passing of my husband Tim (PFC HINES). After a very long struggle God has decided to take him to a better place. Early this morning I was rushed to the hospital bc I was told Tim needed some new lines put in and my consent was needed. I hurried over and when I got there I was given devastating news. Tim was extremely extremely sick, the sickest he's been since he came to Walter Reed. His heartrate was up to about 152 (normal is 60-100), he was having some kind of problem with his heart, and he had to be put on a powerful blood pressure medicine to keep his blood pressure up. His blood gases were once again way off, he had a fever of 103 and they were trying to figure out if there was some source of infection causing it. Shortly after I arrived they figured out that his body wasn't in septic shock (which would be caused by an infection) but I believe they called it a hemoglobin shock meaning he had lost a lot of blood somewhere and it was causing major problems. He was rushed into the OR where they found about a liter and a half of blood in his abdomen. They thought they'd found the >source of it, but the blood was old (it was clotting) and it wasn't still >bleeding out so they couldn't be 100% sure it was the source of the bloodloss so they left his abdomen open and planned to go to the OR again on Sat. or Sun. to make sure. When he came back from the OR he was doing so well for his condition. His heartrate was down to about 105 (which is really good for him), his blood gas levels were the best they'd been all day (I was told they were in the normal range), his blood pressure medicine was slowly being weaned off, and the oxygen level on his ventilator, which >had been up to 100%,was down to 70% which is also very good. The echo EKG that they did yesterday on his heart came back fine so they thought his heart was doing okay. Overall the doctors were very happy (excited even) >with the progress he'd made since this morning. Unfortunately it didn't last. They had to change out some lines (including the ones they use for dialysis) to make sure he didn't have any kind of blood infection from the lines. Shortly after that they were getting ready to do a chest xray and thats when everything went downhill. As they lifted him up to do the xray blood started pouring out of his trachea. I was told he went into cardiac arrest. They rushed him to the OR and worked on him for over an hour, but they couldn't find the source of the bleeding so they couldn't stop it and so he bled out and they were never able to get another heartbeat. I know that everyone must be in shock, I can tell you that I still cannot believe >that this has happened and I don't want to believe it. I just wanted everyone to know from me what happened and that he has passed on. He's the love of my life and he was an amazing husband and father and I know he tried so hard and fought like crazy to stay here with us. It just wasn't a battle he could win. I don't know what else to say and I have no idea what >to do. I just needed to let everyone know what was going on. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. They meant the world to Tim and I. Katy
# posted by Sunell Vincent @ 4:01 PM 
