Calif. Dad of 3 Fighting for His Life After Contracting Bacterial Blood Infection & Flu on Work Trip

A Southern California community is rallying behind a father of three who contracted two severe illnesses while on a business trip overseas that have now left him fighting for his life.

Byrne said Jonathan, who works as a Business Unit Manager at Hartwell Corporation, was first admitted to Saddleback Medical Center in Laguna Hills before the “staff quickly realized that Jon’s severe condition warranted more care than their facilities could provide” and he was transferred to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Despite the progress with his heart, Jonathan still had a “very difficult uphill battle” in front of him with the streptococcal infection and Influenza B. Byrne said doctors were having trouble determining which he contracted first.“We’ve all heard of [strep] or even had it. Who knew such a common bacterial infection could turn into something so deadly??” Byrne wrote on the GoFundme. “Unfortunately Strep A’s severe consequences are one of the biggest hurdles Jon’s body has to fight and overcome.

“Using the bloodstream, bacteria from the infection ‘set up camp’ in several areas of Jon’s body, [and] as a result, his system went into septic shock and basically shut down,” Byrne explained, noting that his feet were one of the affected areas where bacteria was multiplying.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

If it were not the happening of this epidemic, I might not have known what ECMO is. Anyway, you are such a tough dad, and your family is still waiting for you. I am praying for you! Come on!

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I will light a candle at church for him. Please Heavenly Father wrap your love and healing arms around him and help him heal. Those precious babies sure do need their daddy and his lovely wife needs her husband. 🙏❤️🙏🙏❤️❤️Amen.

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