Michael Patterson Family Support Fund

The Celebration of Life for Michael Patterson will be held 3:30 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2024 at Eleven 22 North Jax Campus 418 Starratt Road.

The family asks, in lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the GoFundMe account for Michael’s family.

Overflow parking will be at Oceanway Middle School on Oceanway Avenue. Shuttle service will be provided.

Hi, we are Kim Adams and Kim Harvey. We are coming together to help support our dear nurse friend, Mylene and her family. They are currently navigating through an unexpected tragedy with her husband, Michael.

Micheal and Mylene are high school sweethearts and have two children, Lilly, 18 and Logan, 13.

They have a love for Christ. Michael was the drummer of Eleven 22 North Jax campus and several other community churches… Christ’s Church, Legacy, House and a drummer at First Baptist Church. He also was the co-founder of the Jaguars Drum Line. Mylene is a Registered Nurse at Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville.

This unexpected tragedy has put a financial strain on his family. Any support that you are able to provide at this time to help his family would be greatly appreciated.

Here’s is the most current updates from Mylene:

“❤️‍ Please pray for/send positive thoughts to Michael & our family. ❤️‍

I’m at St Vincent’s Southside with Michael. He is in the ICU and I’m waiting for him to start waking up and following commands.

He had another Vfib arrest at 0220 and I had to do another 11 minutes of chest compressions till rescue arrived at 0231 to shock him.

3 rounds of epi, 1 bicarb, 1 narcan and he was still asystole when they left the house.

They did 3 more rounds of epi & shocked him 3 times on the way & when he got to ED. He got put on Lidocaine & Epi to get his BP & HR stabilized.

He also went to Cath Lab and they didn’t find any blockages. (They never do )

He’s on propofol, intubated, and resting. Waiting to speak with the cardiologist about possible pacer/AICD placement. Hopefully by Friday, but might have to wait over the weekend.

I’m praying that my compressions were enough to perfuse his brain and keep his cognitive function intact…

Update: They’re keeping his core temp low for 24 hrs to help protect his brain function. They will start warming him up tomorrow morning and then see how he responds. The neurologist will also assess him to see how much damage has occurred to his brain. The initial CT showed edema and ischemia, but no midline shift or hydrocephalus. Please pray that the damage is minimal and he is “himself” as much as he can be. “

From Mylene

Michael update: 2/16/24

“0820: sent a text message to Michael this morning. More therapy than anything bc I know he can’t answer, but I just miss him so much I’ve texted him a little something each day

0930: Interdisciplinary Rounds - The ICU MD and Charge RN were amazing and hugged me and encouraged me to stay strong for Michael and to also take care of myself.

1004: Got a call about the V-Fib episodes on his loop recorder - 1st one was actually at 0211 on 2/14 I can’t believe he struggled for 9 minutes while I slept beside him

1143: Michael back from 1100 MRI

1234: Dr Mukherjee discussed MRI results: “Diffuse severe damage bilateral brain hemispheres with no hope of meaningful recovery.”

Ischemic Anoxic Brain Injury

He only has brainstem activity left

I don’t know what to say to Lily & Logan.

Michael said recently that he wanted to “live long enough to see Logan graduate and to walk Lily down the aisle at her wedding.”

I’m in shock right now, but I know I’m going to go through the stages of grief - I’m already mad at myself for not being awake when it started and not doing enough to preserve his brain function.

This year is our 22nd Wedding & 28th Together Anniversaries. Michael wanted to either go out West to see Yosemite or go on a Disney Cruise with the kids. I can’t believe I’m going to be a widow at 44.

We’ve been together since we were 16. I don’t know what my life is like without him.

I have all our notes & cards from High school and college. I guess I’ll go through those eventually…

I’m just rambling because I don’t know what to say or do right now. All that keeps going through my mind is that I don’t even know how to pay our bills. Michael talked about making me a spreadsheet with all the accounts and teaching me what to do last month, but we thought we had time. Now I have house bills, car bills, & upcoming hospital bills to learn how to pay. I feel useless and unprepared. I can only pray that God helps me and provides a way to take care of everything that needs to be done.

My life is lying on this hospital bed and I’m just praying for a miracle that he wakes up and calls me his Angel again.

Thank you for reading this far & for all your prayers

I’m fine with texts & messages, but please let the kids have some privacy. Thank you again for your prayers“