oh the fun of family at christmas
So my dad is dealing with yet another cancer and was scheduled for surgery this morning
In the middle of the anesthesia his heart rate tanked dropping below 20 bpm so they immediately stopped recovered him
I picked him up at 4:45 am this morning and still here running on just a single cup of coffee
In the middle of the anesthesia his heart rate tanked dropping below 20 bpm so they immediately stopped recovered him
I picked him up at 4:45 am this morning and still here running on just a single cup of coffee
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Crooow:This music would work better with women in bikinis shaking all over the place. I guess that's true of any music really.
Mike
I hope everything comes out for you both and you have a great new year.
Moved to Montana, gonna be a dental floss tycoon.
I find the willingness to give it up frightening.
What he said.
dad now has a new pacemaker and is doing fine ... his cancer surgery was postponed for several weeks
this is yet another object lesson of how and why you and only you are your only health advocate
when we arrived for his surgery intake I pulled his charts and started scanning his documents, while technically accurate there were some things I felt were remarkable in his medical history that were only vague in his charts (and this was at Barnes-Jewish which is a very good medical institution) when the anethesia team came in I had what became a detailed discussion about dad's medical history and experiences with drugs in the past ... he has one kidney and diabetes both significant issues with drug metabolism and has had a history of dealing poorly with morphine based drugs
bottomline the anesthesiologist later said in the ICU that he was grateful he had the extensive background because they had proceeded slowly and kept and extra careful eye on him and even then were very close to having to give him CPR
interestingly enough he had gone in for a stress test the week before (at home) and was cleared for surgery even with an abnormally low median heartrate so the Southern Illinois medicos like the ones who glossed over his cancer for over a year strike again
point being ... always make sure someone knows your medical history extensively and never think that something which seems mundane need not be shared with your medical team
A+ advice. Glad to here your pop is doing better.
I smiled and said no but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express the night before ... they laughed and then I told them that while I wasn't a doctor I was trying to prevent them additional work since the previous two drug issues my dad had in the past both resulted in one to two weeks additional time in the hospital
I think anything extra you can do is a good idea.