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Introduction => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: DAUGHTER on August 11, 2008, 06:44:12 AM

Title: introduction
Post by: DAUGHTER on August 11, 2008, 06:44:12 AM: hi,

my dad is 73 years old in march they found he had a 5.5 cm abdominal aneurysm he was asymptomatic very active in fact last June he was awarded first place champion golf coach for the blind. The surgery went perfectly no major complications Fortunately we live just outside of Boston and he was treated at Mass General Hospital

Surgery was on a Friday the following Thursday he had developed HIT (heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia) he did not get a bad batch of hep-arin as many assume he is allergic to heparin. a synthetic med was ordered and he was released one week to the day of his surgery.

That Monday at home a visiting nurse came he was very swollen all over and yellow (jaundice) ultimately he had acquired a hemolytic reaction (red blood cell breakdown) which in turn caused his kidneys to fail. Since then he was readmitted to the hospital about three times and has been on dialysis since. At first they seemed to indicate that they were hopeful kidney function would return his renal studies showed no blocked renal arteries and they never could figure out why or what actually occurred.

We are now dealing with diet and symptoms of CRF. My dad is a fighter an ex marine who fought for our country in Korea, a retired firefighter ,quit smoking in 1990 , quit drinking alcohol in 1979 but right now no sleep is really getting to him also he is exhibiting symptoms of restless leg and perhaps some anxiety related to breathless ness

He does have COPD has seen pulmonologist, has cardiac echo booked for Thursday (in May he had one it was good) has dialysis 3week and PT 2x week. His strength is returning slowly. I am hoping to get him a little happier with more tasty meals He misses tomato sauce and summer garden tomato sandwiches, hates garlic

I just hope to find tid bits here. I did see alot of similar symptoms he is exhibiting and reminded him how horrible last month was with bowel habits ( that has improved ) I told him about all the people I read about that complain about a lot of the same stuff as him. We will be speaking with the nephro guy this week.

Thanks to you all and God bless
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Post by: willieandwinnie on August 11, 2008, 07:02:43 AM: :welcomesign; DAUGHTER. Bless your heart and I'll say a prayer that his kidneys can recover. There's lots of information here and so much support. Keep us posted. :cuddle;
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Post by: peleroja on August 11, 2008, 07:30:49 AM: Welcome, Daughter. We're here to tell you that there is definitely life after kidney failure, and very productive lives at that. Keep on coming back. There are so many wonderful and knowledgeable people here. Keep us posted on your dad's progress.
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Post by: monrein on August 11, 2008, 08:19:19 AM: I'm so sorry to hear about the tough time your Dad's been having. :welcomesign; to IHD and I look forward to hearing more from you.

EDITED: Icon error corrected - Bajanne, Moderator
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Post by: Romona on August 11, 2008, 09:19:07 AM: :welcomesign;
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Post by: Bajanne on August 11, 2008, 10:14:04 AM: Welcome to our community! I appreciate the love and concern which prompted you to join us. There is lots here that will help = loads of information, but also caring and sharing people. :grouphug; So please take advantage of all this site has to offer. Looking forward tohearing from you. :flower;

Bajanne, Moderator
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Post by: pelagia on August 11, 2008, 01:56:45 PM: :welcomesign; sorry to hear of your dad's health issues.
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Post by: cookie2008 on August 11, 2008, 08:08:06 PM: :welcomesign;
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Post by: Joe Paul on August 12, 2008, 01:27:14 AM: Welcome Daughter, good to have you aboard.
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Post by: G-Ma on August 12, 2008, 01:56:22 AM: :welcomesign;
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Post by: Ang on August 12, 2008, 02:21:05 AM: :welcomesign;
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Post by: carla13 on August 19, 2008, 01:43:09 PM: :welcomesign;
xx
carla
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Post by: kellyt on August 19, 2008, 01:45:27 PM: :waving; :grouphug;
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Post by: devon on August 19, 2008, 02:02:30 PM: He is so fortunate to have someone like you to look after him! I hope we are able to assist in that effort.

Welcome aboard!

-Devon
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Post by: Ohio Buckeye on August 20, 2008, 02:31:50 PM: :welcomesign; Daughter!
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Post by: kitkatz on August 31, 2008, 09:27:43 PM: Welcome to the site. I hope your Dad is getting better every day. Tasty tidbits will get his appetite back and dialysis frequently should help, too.

kitkatz,moderator