Nice to see you back Greg! Keep up the good work and the GREAT ATTITUDE!I Good luck, keep it up and best wishes. Randy
On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 3:41 PM Eric Olson <[email protected]> wrote: > Truthfully, I didn't think you were coming back. Glad I was wrong I have > lots of questions, but will let you rest > > On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 1:55 PM Greg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Update on my health journey: >> >> It all started with an antibiotic. The dose kept being too high and they >> kept lowering it, but it continued to be high and after about a week I >> ended up being very loopy in the head, so they took me to the hospital and >> by the time I got to the front door I don't remember anything for about a >> month. >> >> I ended up being in complete kidney failure which snowballed into >> respiratory failure. I was on daily dialysis and a ventilator. Thank >> goodness I don't number the 1st month, but the 2nd month when they were >> trying to wean me off the ventilator was very hard. I still have a lot of >> fluid on my right lung so I have to drain it about every 3 days and that's >> pretty gross and uncomfortable. >> >> This last Monday I had to go back in for an Ablation in my heart. They >> had to stick a catheter up a vein in my groin that allowed them to burn the >> extra cells that kept my heart in constant Aflutter for the past two months >> and wouldn’t stop. I'm still having trouble sitting all the way up. I'm >> very tired, out of breath, very weak and I not able to type very long, so I >> haven't been writing. I'm am speaking into a phone right now as I can't >> type all this. >> >> The doctors had told me I’d be on dialysis and a ventilator the rest of >> my life at one point and was on the verge of death multiple times during >> the first weeks. My kidneys started showing a glimmer of function after a >> few weeks, but they still didn’t think they would ever be back to normal. I >> am relieved to report that I am free of both the dialysis and the >> tracheotomy. I just went to the kidney doctor this week and he told me my >> kidneys are back to normal, so that's good. >> >> Thanks for all your kind words and prayers and I hope I can be back to >> posting soon. -Greg >> >
