Leroy Jackson

On Sunday, September 9, 2018, my mom and daughter visited my 91-year-old dad, Mr. Leroy Jackson, as they normally do each Sunday after attending worship service, at the nursing facility where he had resided since January 2016. My dad had no chronic medical health problems. He had severe kyphosis that put him at risk for falling. Upon arrival to his room, they greet him; he’s sitting in his wheelchair eating lunch (independently-feeding himself). After eating his lunch, they had continued on with a wonderful visit with him laughing and talking. As usual, my mom and daughter placed his clothing from the laundry in his closet/chest of drawers, gave him kisses and headed home. My dad was still up in his wheelchair watching television and doing just fine when they left.

Four days later on September 14, in the late afternoon, the nursing facility called my mom and told her that my dad was being transferred to the ER via EMS because “he’s not doing good.” This news was a complete shock because when she saw him last on September 9th, he was doing fine and she nor I had being notified of any changes in his health status. Upon arrival to the ER, he was evaluated and the sepsis protocol was activated.

Despite the quick/wonderful care he received in the ER, my dad passed in less than 24 hrs from sepsis. His manner of passing was extremely alarming to us. First because we were not aware that he was sick. Secondly, the other resident in his room was taken via EMS to the ER the same evening and diagnose with sepsis. He was hospitalized for two weeks and required the insertion of a gastric tube for feeding. Also, we learn that at least three to four other residents living on the same hall where they resided had been hospitalized because of sepsis too. We were not aware/never notified of this outbreak by the nursing facility. The organism identified from my dad’s blood culture was klebsiella aerogenes. (Sepsis and Bacterial Infections)

Source: Marie Jackson Cliatt (daughter)