Dave from MN
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My god-father was in the Intensive Care Unit in the Cardiac Care Unit of the St. Cloud Hospital on Friday night because the doctor's thought he had a stroke. My aunt came home from work and he was slumped over the computer chair and had been there for 4 hours unable to move to get a phone, his arms tingling and feeling like lead weight. She rushed him to the hospital and the doctors hooked him up to machines and did some monitoring and they thought he had a stroke and had a blockage in his heart. They took him in to surgery by going in through the artery, but surprisingly they didn't find a blockage afterall and his heart is in good condition. They are still trying to figure out what caused his stroke-like symptoms; possibly his medications.
Aside from Friday, he's been having some complications that he's been seeing various doctor's in St. Cloud and the U of M for the past few months but they can't figure it out. He's lost over 50 pounds in just over two months and is under 150 pounds now. He has developed Myeloproliferative disorder which is bascially that his blood plateletts are high. Everything he eats goes to diarrhea. The docs have done numerous tests from colonoscopies, bone marrow tests, treating with antibiotics for a possible virus, looking at his meds involved with his kidney and pancreas transplant, etc. but cannot figure out what the issue is. It's been frusterating becase he's been seeing so many doctors and they aren't really talking to one another and are taking so long to get the tests done and analyze them. His case worker at the U of M with his transplant has not been very helpful or timely either. He is very weak and finally got a work release. The nurses even made a mistake on that -- can you beleve that they checked "pregnancy" as the reason for his work discharge!? In any case, he has been released for work.
His family is considering getting him in to mayo so specialists can help diagnose him. He is out of the cardic care intensive care unit and in the general hopstial, finally receiving some I.V. nutrient bags to try and stablize him until they can figure things out.
Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers!
Aside from Friday, he's been having some complications that he's been seeing various doctor's in St. Cloud and the U of M for the past few months but they can't figure it out. He's lost over 50 pounds in just over two months and is under 150 pounds now. He has developed Myeloproliferative disorder which is bascially that his blood plateletts are high. Everything he eats goes to diarrhea. The docs have done numerous tests from colonoscopies, bone marrow tests, treating with antibiotics for a possible virus, looking at his meds involved with his kidney and pancreas transplant, etc. but cannot figure out what the issue is. It's been frusterating becase he's been seeing so many doctors and they aren't really talking to one another and are taking so long to get the tests done and analyze them. His case worker at the U of M with his transplant has not been very helpful or timely either. He is very weak and finally got a work release. The nurses even made a mistake on that -- can you beleve that they checked "pregnancy" as the reason for his work discharge!? In any case, he has been released for work.
His family is considering getting him in to mayo so specialists can help diagnose him. He is out of the cardic care intensive care unit and in the general hopstial, finally receiving some I.V. nutrient bags to try and stablize him until they can figure things out.
Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers!
