Re: Barbara's recovery

["Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD" <fivestar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Michel,
Thanks so much for the update, I've been quite concerned; but your
Barbara pulled through like the champ she is. Keep that ice cream
coming!!
Best,
Kathrynne

Michel Margosis wrote:
>
> Hello:
>
> This is a summary update on Barbara's medical trials.  She's home now
> and recuperating fairly well.
>
> Last Tuesday drove her to the hospital before 7:00AM for various tests.
> She was first given an MRI  than an X-ray, and then she was admitted to
> a semi private room in the neuro-surgical floor.  I met the nurse who
> was to care for her and discussed in detail the drug menu that I had
> printed and emphasized the importance of  adhering to it.  The nurse
> maintained that if the medications were not in a labelled container she
> could not  dispense it, but I still gave Sinemet and Permax to Barbara.
> I went home for dinner and went back to the hospital shortly after
> 6:00PM,  but Barbara had been taken to the operating room. I was
> directed to wait downstairs in the surgery waiting room and then in the
> ward's waiting room. I was told then that  Barbara was in the recovery
> room and needed the evening Parkinson medication, but there would  still
> be a long wait and I should go home. I never got to talk to the
> neuro-surgeon.
>
> Barbara was given morphine post-op for the pain as was previously after
> the colon operation  three years before.  But this time, she reacted
> differently; she apparently past the moon in her escape from  reality.
> It took many hours for the morphine to clear the system and she was then
> given Percoset Wednesday  evening and at night. The following morning,
> she had to be taken for a scan, but she had to be sedated because  of
> severe dyskinesia and uncooperation, and she was given Haldol in a
> combination with at least a  half a dozen other substances. And off, she
> went again into another orbit.
> Our neurologist claimed that Barbara  was reacting like a typical
> Parkinsonians who undergo surgery.  She suggested that Barbara would be
> far better in a home  environment with family attending.  The surgery
> went very well and Barbara will be wearing a neck brace for  perhaps
> three months. Friday morning she was discharged by the neuro-surgeon's
> assistant.  She got  dressed and returned her home  where Leah attended
> her most of the day.  Aaron, our son, came on Saturday and Sunday to
> assist, and Eddy,  our son in law, also came on Sunday.  She is almost
> back to normal with her diet of pills and food.  A companion  that we
> hired, took gentle care of her, and then took her shopping today.  After
> a refreshing bath, she finally  came down to eat in the dining room to
> the warm greeting of many residents. The freezer is well stocked with
> many containers of ice cream.
>
> Barbara is particularly grateful to the many friends who wished her
> well, and those who prayed for her as well.  We believe this has helped
> her. What we need now is a cure for Parkinson!
> Love
> Michel
> 'Carpe Diem' more than ever.

--
Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD
Medical nutrition therapy

    "We are living in a world today where
      lemonade is made from artificial flavors and
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