Don, how sorry I am to hear of your friend's loss. I'd bet that the lady passed away from a deep vein thrombosis which traveled immediately to her heart. Even with a heart exam prior to the anesthetic, which is always done in our facility, just having a break and needing a plate is at high risk for the release of those little tiny clots. Sadly, once they go directly to the heart, death is instant. Nothing anyone can do to prevent that happening, though we try with Plexipulse machines which are like walking socks with every anesthetic. That scenario is one of our worst nightmares and makes us always think twice before anyone is anesthetized. How sad for all concerned. Joyce
On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 7:05 AM, Don Ordes <[email protected]> wrote: > Chuck, > Prayers here indeed for you, your wife, and your family. This is > something that can be dealt with. > Cancer, a *much* tougher problem. > Heart attack? All depends. My dad’s boss lived 30 years after a massive > attack. My dad lived 2 seconds. > > We just lost our best friend to a heart attack (just 59) a couple of days > ago. Here one minute, gone the next. > A couple here we’ve known for over 20 years, church members and camping > buddies (fly-fisherman). > Coleen, my wife’s best friend, fell down the stairs and shattered her > femur a week ago. > They operated on her (under totally) to put in a plate, but never gave her > a heart exam (unusual). > I was amazed how cheery she was when we visited her at the house when she > got home. > Then a couple of days ago, she felt real ill and Chad took her to the > emergency room. > She passed away on the operating table. Needless to say, my wife and I > are feeling a terrible > loss right now. > I’ve imagined what a basket-case I’d be if my wife passed away. She’s > definitely my way-better half, like 7/8ths. > I visited my best friend yesterday and that is just what he’s going > through. > > DonO > > *From:* Chuck Alexander <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, May 25, 2013 7:38 AM > *To:* Cheaper Living <[email protected]> ; > [email protected] ; > flyfishingandflytyingforpanfish<[email protected]> > *Subject:* [VFB] Prayers needed for my wife > > Folks: My wife (and I) need your prayers. She had been short of > breath for a cpl days, and thought it was her asthma acting up, so she was > going to town yesterday and was going to stop off at our GP doc to get her > inhaler refilled. But, they told her to go on to the ER if she was short of > breath. Got here, and after many tests, they found several blood clots in > her right lung. This was a shock to say the least. They think it’s because > her job is working from home as a customer support tech and has to sit for > 8-12 hours straight, with only 30 minute lunch breaks etc. Anyway, the good > news is that they started her on a‘'heparin drip” and it seems to be > working they say. Doc says that if all goes well, she can probably go home > tomorrow evening provided a test they do to test you blood to see how thin > it’s getting. Hers is the standard “base” of a 1, and it has to be a 2 or a > 3 in order to go home. Then, I was stuck at home till my daughter could > get home and bring me up here, and I’m at home having MAJOR panic attacks > causes these things are DEADLY if not caught and treated early. So, I > started reading all I could about them, and the good news is that, caught > early as they say it was, it’s almost always treatable/curable, she just > may have to take blood thinners for the rest of her life. Small price to > pay vs the alternative we think. Then, just now, about an hour ago, her IV > “blew out” and the IV fluid was going into the muscle and next thing we > knew, she had a lump the size of a golf ball where it was located. took two > nurses about 30 minutes to find a good vein, but they got it squared away > and all is working well again. I must say, that both her docs, and ALL the > nurses have been just GREAT (Knock on wood, cause you always seem to have > that ONE single “Sarge” nurse, who seems to have anger issues with the > world LOL... 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