Al
Moderator emeritus
- Joined
- May 25, 2004
- Messages
- 8,083
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 10/2003
- Country
- CA
- State
- On
- City
- NW of Toronto
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I don't know how to post a new thread, so I thought I would send this
to you and you can place it where it goes?
Rick has to be anesthesized for a short surgery on March 12th to
remove the 35 pound fixator on his leg. He was in an explosion in July
which shattered the shin bone. He will then be having a cast put on. This
is his 6th surgery. His 5th surgery was a bone graft to try to replace
the bone.
He is to notify the hospital if he should get a cold. Well, he has
cold-like symptoms all the time, especially in the mornings, because of
ALS. We will be getting up at 3 a.m. that day to try to have time to
eliminate the congestion. Do you know if it is safe to give him general
anesthesia? He cannot have a spinal because he has a spinal disease.
Do you suppose they will just suction him as needed and will surely
watch his breathing? He will soon be getting an upgrade on his C-pap to
B-pap, but not until after another sleep study on April 7 th.
On top of everything else Rick is dealing with with Diabetes, severe
sleep apnea, and other ALS symptoms. He had to have these several
"knitting needles" put through his leg and has had to hop on one foot for
7months. Immediately after the accident, we could have lost him to loss
of blood or blood clots. Thank God that is behind us... and we look
forward to having him walk again before the ALS disables him.
Thanks. Marjorie
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I don't know how to post a new thread, so I thought I would send this
to you and you can place it where it goes?
Rick has to be anesthesized for a short surgery on March 12th to
remove the 35 pound fixator on his leg. He was in an explosion in July
which shattered the shin bone. He will then be having a cast put on. This
is his 6th surgery. His 5th surgery was a bone graft to try to replace
the bone.
He is to notify the hospital if he should get a cold. Well, he has
cold-like symptoms all the time, especially in the mornings, because of
ALS. We will be getting up at 3 a.m. that day to try to have time to
eliminate the congestion. Do you know if it is safe to give him general
anesthesia? He cannot have a spinal because he has a spinal disease.
Do you suppose they will just suction him as needed and will surely
watch his breathing? He will soon be getting an upgrade on his C-pap to
B-pap, but not until after another sleep study on April 7 th.
On top of everything else Rick is dealing with with Diabetes, severe
sleep apnea, and other ALS symptoms. He had to have these several
"knitting needles" put through his leg and has had to hop on one foot for
7months. Immediately after the accident, we could have lost him to loss
of blood or blood clots. Thank God that is behind us... and we look
forward to having him walk again before the ALS disables him.
Thanks. Marjorie