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Originally Posted by megansmomma  Great post!  Let me add, IMO all of the doctors and nurses that were working on Mr. Duncan must be devastated that he lost the battle with this horrible deadly virus. Unfortunately, there is still a HUGE learning curve in the treatment of Ebola. |
Opportunities missed and responsibility enough to go around to many people. I can't help but think that medical team did all they physically could to cure their patient. I heard a local reporter who talked to or personally knew one of the team - I can't remember which - who said they were all sad, dispirited and grieving over losing their patient. The hospital issued a statement today saying they consulted constantly with the Ebola experts at Emory University Hospital, where Brantly and Writebol were treated, as well as the CDC Ebola experts, for case-management guidance, gave the experimental medication the minute all the experts decided it should the time had come and get it delivered here, even though its safety in humans and effectiveness with Ebola is totally unknown. You know those Emory and CDC physicians they consulted with will be deposed in the malpractice suit discovery to verify that, though no doubt Presby's liability carrier will settle as early as possible.
Presby said Duncan didn't have a blood type that would allow him to get a transfusion from former-Ebola US patients able to donate blood, even though I think I heard on TV that Writebol, and I think Brantly also, offered. The other US former Ebola patient was sick himself so he was out as a donor.
I know his partner, Louise Troh, niece and 3 or 4 young kids and young men who were around him when he was contagious, are probably so scared and sad right now. Not only have they lost a family member, they've got to know, that even if they are 11 days out with no symptoms, the odds are not with them to avoid getting just as sick as he did as contagious as direct contact is during Duncan's contagion. Troh's niece(not sure which) has said her kids kept kissing and hugging him during the visit(s). I'll bet they regret having those kids around anyone directly from an epidemic-ridden land. Wonder why they didn't see the risk ahead of time?