Ha! Awesome pic. Wish I had that disposition. Had to call EMS to take my bride to the ER Sunday. Turns out she is in congestive heart failure. They pulled a liter of fluid off her chest so she could breath and are exploring options to treat her. We have a meeting with the physicians today @ 1:00PM to let them know what they can do. With all her past medical issues it's going to be extremely difficult to do a heart cath to look at her coronary arteries and see if there is a blockage and her kidneys aren't functioning like they should so they are scared to use the dye they use anyway because it could shut them down. It's all pretty grim right now.

I will update ya when i know more right now it's kinda touch and go.

Ha! Awesome pic. Wish I had that disposition. Had to call EMS to take my bride to the ER Sunday. Turns out she is in congestive heart failure. They pulled a liter of fluid off her chest so she could breath and are exploring options to treat her. We have a meeting with the physicians today @ 1:00PM to let them know what they can do. With all her past medical issues it's going to be extremely difficult to do a heart cath to look at her coronary arteries and see if there is a blockage and her kidneys aren't functioning like they should so they are scared to use the dye they use anyway because it could shut them down. It's all pretty grim right now.

I will update ya when i know more right now it's kinda touch and go.

I hope they figure things out and make her well as soon as possible.

Well the meeting wasn't at all what I expected, nor hoped for. Due to he past medical issues they are not able to do a heart cath to look and see what's going on. About 6 or 7 years ago we found out her lower aorta what pretty much blocked and she had to have a bypass done that went from her shoulder to her legs. He kidneys were weakened and they honestly didn't expect her to make it off the opperating table and if she did they said she would most likely be on dialysis. She beat the odds and made it off the table and her kidneys started working again however they were damaged.

Now they suspect she has blockages in her coronary arteries that is only allowing her heart to pump out about 30% of its blood volume each beat. The bad thing is the bypass and her blocked lower aorta prevent them from going in to see what's going on with her heart and even if they could the dye they use would most likely shut her kidneys down for good. The cardiologist said that at this point they had really no other options other than medicine to see what happens.

The meeting was with the hospice people, which i wasn't told, not her medical team since they do not see a way to fix her issues. They sent her home Sat on hospice care so she is home for whatever time she has left.

It's kind of surreal to be honest. She has beaten cancer twice, survived a really bad car accident that should have killed her, fought off numerous diseases that i have only heard of on episodes of House, and the major vessel blockage in the past but it looks like this one is going to catch up with her. As with many things like this when they dont really have a treatment option we know what the final outcome will be we just don't know when. It could be 10 days or 10 years we just dont know.

I'm still kinda numb even though with my medical training I know how bad it is I'm still holding out hope for the longest time we can have but I am also fully aware that at any time her heart could just give up. My Dad and Uncle passed away within a month of each other in October. I really hope she makes it past Christmas because that would really suck if she doesn't.

So sad to hear. I am without words ...God bless you both 🙏

Hi, Does he really smile? lol

Egidio.

 

PS. On all games my new name is : BornToDie1955 or some is Born To Die1955 or BornToDie55 or Egidio55... Thanks.