Mordy,
Thanks for the great story, I needed that.
I have had a similar experience with my wife. In 1989 Georgia came down
with Guilliane-Barre. Apparently at that time not much was known about
the disease but the doctor that treated her at our local hospital had a
feeling that was what she had. We transported her to a hospital in
Green Bay where more tests were done. The tests were positive, she had
Guilliane-Barre. The doctor told me that it was quite advanced and to
expect her to be hospitalized for at least 6 months, on life support
for a while, a long recovery with some permanent nerve damage. She even
coded during Plasma Phersis. I spent 1 night reminding her to breathe.
When she walked out of the hospital 3 weeks later the doctor said it
was a miracle, he had no other way to explain it.
I'm very thankful for still having her around. We had all confidence
that Georgia would beat the disease and learn from her experience. She
has recovered about 95% with some slight nerve damage and weakness in
her legs.
Jerry Barr
On Dec 9, 2004, at 11:46 PM, mordy dunst/ gasket works wrote:
> I'll tell you miracles can happen I have seen them.
>
> It was a few years ago just about this time of year...
>
> One of my long time patients who was about 84 and always short of
> breath
> developed an upper respiratory infection that progressed to a slight
> pneumonia. In anyone else a simple antibiotic and some rest would
> have been
> adequate. But, knowing her I recommended that she be hospitalized
> - she
> looked puzzled but agreed. despite aggressive treatments her status
> worsened that night to the point that I contacted her family and said
> she is
> going to die in the next few hours. they came and and asked me to
> ease her
> suffering and please not place her on artificial life support. I
> mentioned
> that she had previously instructed me that if this were to happen to
> just make
> her comfortable and let her pass. She was completely unresponsive and
> comatose hardly breathing with a barely perceptible heart beat.
>
> Her blood tests were the most abnormal I had ever seen and clearly not
> compatible with any life on this earth. I repeated the tests and they
> came
> back even worse - the lab techs said that their machine must be
> recalibrated
> as they didn't ever see #'s like these. It was only a matter of time
> now
> until she died.
>
> But, she didn't. She awoke the next morning from her coma. She
> didn't recall
> what happened at all. She said she knew we were there but, couldn't
> speak to
> us. She said she felt sorry for us because she knew it was going to
> be ok
> but, could not tell us.
>
> She went home that afternoon perfectly lucid and cheerful as ever.
>
>
>
>
> M. Dunst
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