MyTippy: Back in the hospital

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Back in the hospital

Phil was admitted to Franciscan Physician's Hospital this afternoon Friday September 10, 2010 with a blood clot in his upper arm. It probably came from the PICC line he had in for his IV antibiotic. The doctors disagree about how long he will be there - one says until Wed. and possibly even Friday, the other says he'll be out Monday. I tend to think Wed. is probably what we are looking at.

He's on a heparin IV right now and then they will release him on coumadin. If all goes well, it's not serious. If the clot breaks loose then it could be serious since it is so close to his lung.

P

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Location: Indiana, United States

I used to be as active a person as I could be with having had both hips slip out of place when I was a boy. In the early 80s I had a number of hip surgeries and finally hip replacement. Then, in the early 1990 it was determined I had some type of a demyelinating disease. In the early 2000s I was confined to a wheelchair. Finally after a long argument with my doctor, I retired. At the time I was a senior programmer at a hospital. In early 2005 I was diagnosed with Spinal Cerebellar Degeneration. About a year after retirement, I had to have a Foley and a Tracheostomy making it difficult to talk. So now I maintain my extended family web site. Do a lot of Instant Messaging with family members. Because my wife works and all the children are out of the house, I spend my days alone sitting in the den. This blog is not a place where I post thoughts on world events or a place where I talk about my deep and enduring Faith that keeps me going. It is my on-line diary. Some days I will write and some days I won't. When I write, it may be about how I am feeling, about a memory, about something I've done, or about my daily struggle with my disease.

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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Back in the hospital

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