A North Dakota man was given a 1% chance of survival after being hospitalized and on life support while requiring a double lung transplant because his oxygen levels dropped after years of heavy vaping.
Jackson Allard, 22, went to the clinic in October after complaining of abdominal pain and was admitted for low oxygen levels, where he was diagnosed with Influenza 4 and double pneumonia, while his condition worsened, and was later transferred to the University of Minnesota, according to the GoFundMe page.
“A doctor said he had a 1% chance of living and we said, ‘He’s fighting,'” Allard’s grandmother Doreen Hurlburt told Valley News Live.
After being hospitalized, Allard’s condition deteriorated so rapidly that doctors decided to put the Fargo native on life support to rest his body, according to the Wahpeton Daily News.
Hurlburt said her grandson developed his symptoms from his bad vaping habit, which at one point got so bad during a three-month hospital stay that his heart stopped beating, prompting doctors to give him a poor prognosis.
“He’s fighting for how many weeks we’re going to give him a chance to fight, we’re not going to stop any procedures or anything else’.”
In October, Jackson Allard went to the clinic with stomach pains, but was later hospitalized with low oxygen levels from Influenza and pneumonia that left him in need of a double lung transplant. Valley News Live/YouTube After being admitted to the hospital, Allard’s condition became so bad, doctors decided to put him on life support. Valley News Live/YouTube
Hurlburt said he told Allard to stop vaping because experts had previously deemed it worse than traditional smoking methods.
“You need to stop vaping, and we kept telling him over and over, and he was a heavy vaper. He vape all the time,” Hurlburt said.
Allard, described as “friendly, friendly, energetic and fun” responded to his family’s criticism with, “It’s better than cigarettes.”
His grandmother countered his argument with “well they say, with cigarettes in 50 years you will have lung cancer, in 5 years, if you vape they will see you have permanent lung damage.”
According to his family, Allard was an avid vaper, saying “He vape all the time.” Valley News Live/YouTube Allard, described as “friendly, outgoing, energetic and fun” responded to his family’s criticism of vaping with “It’s better than cigarettes.” GoFundMe
The US Food and Drug Administration and other health experts agree that electronic cigarettes are far more dangerous than traditional cigarettes, but some are calling for a surgeon general’s report that could help clear the air of the health risks of the modern smoking trend.
“There are so many confusing messages about vaping,” Lawrence Gostin, a public health law expert at Georgetown University said recently. “The surgeon’s report can explain everything.”
Sitting by the hospital bed, Hurlburt feared he would lose his grandson.
“I thought for sure we were going to lose him. I thought for sure he wasn’t going to last, but in my mind, I kept picturing him coming home,” he told KVLY-TV.
Allard’s heart had stopped beating at one point during his three-month hospital stay. Valley News Live/YouTube Sitting by her hospital bed, Doreen Hurlburt worried she was going to lose her grandson. Valley News Live/YouTube
Although a double-lung transplant saved Allard’s life on January 1, his life would be forever changed, in both the short-term and long-term aspects.
The former vaper and his mother will have to stay in Minnesota for the next six months for regular checkups.
Allard also couldn’t smoke or drink anymore and ended up needing another transplant later in life.
Although a double lung transplant saved Allard’s life on January 1, his life would change forever, in both the short and long term, as he could no longer drink or smoke. Valley News Live/YouTube
In a similarly heartbreaking scenario, doctors used breast implants to save a Missouri man who needed a double lung transplant after his organs began to shut down after a decade of heavy vaping.
Davey Bauer was saved last May after suffering a heart attack, with doctors’ only options being to remove a damaged lung and place a breast implant in his chest cavity to prevent his heart from dislocating.
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