It has been a long two weeks since the last post. Jesse has had to endure incredible pain that the pain killer meds only partly helped abate and then he went through 5 straight days of nausea last week. He goes back to the hospital tomorrow for a post surgical evaluation and to have the… Read More »
What a week. Jesse’s surgery was over 8 hours. We were with him at 7am on his way to surgery and in the surgical preop room, then with him at 8pm when they brought him to his ICU room where he was until today. We were surprised by the size of the scar they left… Read More »
From his Dad’s accounting of the past several days: On December 26 and 27 the hospital did every test and culture they could do on Jesse. Each one seemingly putting him in more pain than the previous one. On December 28th the doctors delivered the results – he had an abscess the size of a… Read More »
This is his Dad’s account of the last 6 weeks: As I read what I wrote on 11/13, it leaves me with a sick feeling. So much has happened since then, I am going to have to be brief. Soon after the 11/13 update, Jesse was deemed pneumonia-free and moved out of the ICU for… Read More »
Since the day of the accident things have not gotten any easier. A second surgery to fuse his C2 to C7 vertebrae together was completed on October 23rd. He has experienced fevers up to 106 and had a day where his fever was over 105.5 for six hours! He had another night where his heart… Read More »
October 15th, 2013 This is the day that Jesse’s life and the life of his family was changed forever. This is the day that he jumped in a friend’s car to go visit another friend in central Illinois. This is the day that he could have died, but somehow survived. This is the day he… Read More »
Jesse’s Life Before the Accident Jesse Sternberg had a pretty typical life prior to his accident. At 18 years old he was out of high school and wrestling with what to do next in life. Never really liked the schooling aspect of school, but got an A in being everyone’s friend. His athletic ability… Read More »