Paul's wife Jeanne is in the hospital with what sounds to be a bit serious of an issue. Just got the message and that is about all I know so far.

Please keep the both in your prayers.

thank you

Fark

Sorry to hear this, best of luck to Jeanne.

So sorry to hear this, Jeanne and Paul will be in my thoughts

Hope there is a good outcome, T&P’s.

T&P > to you both ><

They left the hospital in the afternoon and then ambulance back at 7. I do not like the sound of things.

Update.

First thanks Bob for the post. Couple of trips to the hospital yesterday in the rescue. Finally stablized around 1:00 AM this morning.

Pericarditis (fluid around the heart lining). Extreme dehydration.

Update after a get a little sleep.

�� prayers being sent,,, GB

Hoping for the best guys.

Wishing for a speedy recovery

Hopefully it is just dehydration and nothing more.

Hope Jeanne has a speedy recovery

Fark

^^This

Thanks you guys. appreciatethe support. Need sleep. 37 hours up

Prayers and Meditation for you two..

Make sure you get some rest now, Paul. Let me know if you need a hand. I can get away....

Dangit - prayers up, bud!

Hope she's doing better. Sending our thoughts and prayers

She was released this AM and is home resting. Lot of residuals from the extreme dehydration. Fluid around the heart is dissapating as she is on heart meds.

Big thing is the pain in her legs is diminishing and she can walk. She is much more lucid and with it.
She will ultimately be OK but it will be a marathon not a sprint.

Thanks for the support and offers of help. You guys are the best.

Nice to hear the good report. Best to you both.

Glad to hear Paul, this weather will wreak havoc on your body if your not careful, today was so nice after so much of the same crap.

Great to hear Paul,,,,, GB

Great news, Paulie!!

T+P to you and yours. Hoping all goes well

That's great
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She's back in the ER. Called rescue at Noon. She may have had a stroke or a TIA.
I am headed back to Fatima Hospital in a bit.

Call if you need something.

Paul,
Sending thoughts and prayers
Peter

T&P’s hoping for a positive outcome.

#^&#^&#^&#^& Paul. Thoughts and prayers for Jeanne

I'm so sorry to hear this, I hope everything turns out for the best

Most recent and reliable report I have is it was not a stroke, but rather very low electrolytes. A different hospital seems to have a better grasp of what her needs are.... So I took that as a positive development.

Most recent and reliable report I have is it was not a stroke, but rather very low electrolytes. A different hospital seems to have a better grasp of what her needs are.... So I took that as a positive development.

Absolutely correct Ross. Thanks. I think we may be out of the woods.
Docs told me that her sodium and potassium livels were so low they were shocked that she was still conscious.

Absolutely correct Ross. Thanks. I think we may be out of the woods.
Docs told me that her sodium and potassium livels were so low they were shocked that she was still conscious.

OMG ! Now there’s some good news,,,, GB

Good news! One would think our health care system would be getting better, but that is NOT our own experience from issues we have experienced in missed or erroneous diagnosis.

Good news! One would think our health care system would be getting better, but that is NOT our own experience from issues we have experienced in missed or erroneous diagnosis.

Landmark Hospital misdiagnosed her condition TWICE. They actually said she had an heart issue which, as it turns out, is totally incorrect.

Hope she is doing well and improving, Paul

One more on the way too long lists of misdiagnoses I am all to familiar with. Not for nothing, but sometimes I think over a certain perceived age / state of health and just maybe they don't seem to care or put in the time needed.

My wife has been a RN in the emergency room of our local hospital for over 40 years. In that time I have met many doctors. For some reason because they have the letters MD behind their name we the public tend to believe that they are infallible I assure you they are not! They pass boards to become an MD and if they have a good memory they can pass with the correct answers. This however does not guarantee that their ability to use diagnostic science is up to par! Some are great, some are good, some just plain suck! As is the case with many other professions! Believe your own intuition.

Not to make light of Jeanne‘s experience ….

Early 70’s tending bar, chick comes in with a small dog, sets him on a stool, I figure I’ll be nice to the dog and make points with the chick,, leans over to pat it the fuc er nips my nose a couple time b 4 I could pull away… blood everywhere.. off to the CC hospital,,, doc checks me out, nurse come in a little later and sends me down to x ray for a chest x ray….. of course I was three sheets to the wind and was having a great time there…. LOL

Hope she is doing well and improving, Paul

Small improvemnt today, specifically this afternoon. Looks like a week in the hospital and then rehab facility or visiting nurses and PT.
We are praying there is no permanent brain impairment. She was more lucid this afternoon but quite far from when she was normal.

Most recent and reliable report I have is it was not a stroke, but rather very low electrolytes. A different hospital seems to have a better grasp of what her needs are.... So I took that as a positive development.

Having been there, although probably not as severely, the symptoms resemble a mild stroke or TIA. Loss of balance particularly.

Another common symptom is arrhythmia which may be why there was a cardiac event misdiagnosis.

Having been there, although probably not as severely, the symptoms resemble a mild stroke or TIA. Loss of balance particularly.

Another common symptom is arrhythmia which may be why there was a cardiac event misdiagnosis.

Thanks Mike. You summed it up

Glad she's recovering. Honestly I'd go see my vet before I'd go to landmark

Glad she's recovering. Honestly I'd go see my vet before I'd go to landmark

Me too Joe. I had a major MI back in the 90s and the ER at Landmark Doc told me I had indigestion. Jeanne had me transferred to RIH where they operated on me 4 hours later Full occulusion of the RCA.

Wow. Glad she is improving. My daughter had same challenge many years ago and did have a stroke. Those symptoms are not to be messed with. Life changing.

Double fark...
Saw the message on FB.
Good luck and speedy recovery to Jeanne!

Thinking of you and your wife, Paul. All the best.
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Oh man, That is a LOT Paul. I hope things improve now and she has a full recovery soon.

I have too many missed conclusions in my family

not ggoing there .

But to this day ..I still have trouble trying to understand how Denis made it as far as he did .

that was the only place denis went ......... His wife worked there until after she retired .....then they hired her back as a consultant for big money

Denis final one was when his daughter [kinda made him go to mass general
His daughter is a highly paid surgeon ,

He wasn,t there long .but came home to Hospice .. the day he got home he called me an told me I better get to this house .........two days later he was gone ><><

My wife would have NEVER lasted 7 years [don,t know if the was good or bad] but she fought for herself .....I was at some of her consulation s with THE doctors ........... damn I though I caught hell >< the rest I,ll keep inside ., when in doubt . do something

Hoping for the best, Paulie



Cape Cod blew my mother's diagnosis for a year. Missed Pancreatic cancer for a year, untill it was Stage 4.

Trust My Ass

Cautious optimism this morning. Her Sodium numbers came up 4 points. This is HUGE as they couldn't get them to move for 2 days.

Praying this continues.

Cautious optimism this morning. Her Sodium numbers came up 4 points. This is HUGE as they couldn't get them to move for 2 days.

Praying this continues.


Yep

we’re all rooting hard for her Paul.

That is good news.

No more post guys. New issues came up today and i can't post this stuff anymore.

Just pray.

No more post guys. New issues came up today and i can't post this stuff anymore.

Just pray.

Praying for you guys Paul

Will do, bud

Sorry to hear. T's and P's. Hang in.

Will do .. gotta dbl up ><

On it GB

Sounds like things are going much better today. Paul seemed to be pleased with where they are at finally, but I only had a very short conversation with him this morning so far.

RP tX FOR THE UPDATE ><

She in a friggin' yo-yo right now. One minute almost normal, next crashing.


They did finaly figure out what caused all of this. She has contracted an extremely rare varient of Lyme disease. It's so rare they don't exactly know how to treat it. She was bit by a tick in June and this varient slowly ate away at her sodium and other electrolytes.

Biggest problem now is her mind. She is experencing hallucinations about 50% of the time.

She in a friggin' yo-yo right now. One minute almost normal, next crashing.


They did finaly figure out what caused all of this. She has contracted an extremely rare varient of Lyme disease. It's so rare they don't exactly know how to treat it. She was bit by a tick in June and this varient slowly ate away at her sodium and other electrolytes.

Biggest problem now is her mind. She is experencing hallucinations about 50% of the time.


This is a step in the right direction!

Sorry to hear that but atleast they know what it is now. Hopefully, antibiotics will help.

Lyme Center of New England
(401) 334-5963

https://g.co/kgs/KarQZQ

This lady knows her #^&#^&#^&#^&.

Lyme Center of New England
(401) 334-5963

https://g.co/kgs/KarQZQ

This lady knows her #^&#^&#^&#^&.

Thanks Joe. They are on it at the hospital. Biggest problem is not Lyme but the damaged it caused over the 2 months it hid in her system slowly damaging all her vital organs.

Fingers crossed, Paulie!

Update on Jeanne!
God was listening folks. She was negative on the Endoscopy yesterday.
The great medical staff at Our Lady of Fatima succeeded in raising her sodium level to 127 and she is finally totally coherent. Her brain is still recovering but she is about 80-85% lucid.
I am meeting with PT this morning and they will eval whether she goes to a rehab facility or home with in-home nursing care.
Additionaly she will need to restrict her fluid intake, take sodium tables and eat a high protein diet for the rest of her life. She will never have a normal sodium level of 135 as there is damage to her pituitary gland, kidneys and liver.
I will keep everyone posted as to what happens.
I am overwhelmed by the love, prayers and support Jeanne and I have received from our many, many friends.
I have always believed that prayer is a powerful medium and this past 10 days certainly proves it.
Thank God!! Thank all of you guys people!!!!!!!!!!!!

Than God is right ! Great to hear Jeanne’s doing better Paul…
GB

👍 great to hear
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Very relieved to hear, Paul.

great news. Hope it continues.

Good report, Paul!

Another note on friggen Lyme disease; My SIL from Virginia was just visiting and she is now allergic to red meat since having Lyme in the past year.... Buggers can carry a lot of nasty.....

Glad to hear the great news.

Keep the positive energy coming guy and gals. I have seen its effect in my life. Young girl cured of brain tumor docs had no answer but really who needs one. It was on the x-rays one day gone the next.

Good news, low sodium can make a person crazy, Peg’s mom went thru it and at times thought we were trying to kill her. Ross I saw the red meat allergy due to Lyme on the news that’s a bug I hope never bites me.

Dear Lord, we pray that You be near Jeanne in her time of weakness and pain; sustain her by your grace, that her strength and courage, not falter...and that You heal her according to Your will -

I too believe there is power in prayer - both for those offering it as well as those receiving it. However, we can't assume that every prayer delivers the answer we're searching for...we need to put our trust in our God, that however things end here on earth, whether we understand it or not, is how it needs to be,.... Lest not forget, Every day is a blessing,... Praying she's home sooner than expected!!

Thank God! Thank you guys and everyone who prayed for Jeanne. Her sodium leve in 130 this AM. She may get released from the hospital and sent to rehab today. Still a road to travel but at least she is on the
mend.

Without your support I couldn't have gotten through this!!!!

:claps: :claps: :happy: GB

Good Turn, let's keep it going !!!

Great news Paul
Thank God every day

Update on Jeanne!
God was listening folks. She was negative on the Endoscopy yesterday.
The great medical staff at Our Lady of Fatima succeeded in raising her sodium level to 127 and she is finally totally coherent. Her brain is still recovering but she is about 80-85% lucid.
I am meeting with PT this morning and they will eval whether she goes to a rehab facility or home with in-home nursing care.
Additionaly she will need to restrict her fluid intake, take sodium tables and eat a high protein diet for the rest of her life. She will never have a normal sodium level of 135 as there is damage to her pituitary gland, kidneys and liver.
I will keep everyone posted as to what happens.
I am overwhelmed by the love, prayers and support Jeanne and I have received from our many, many friends.
I have always believed that prayer is a powerful medium and this past 10 days certainly proves it.
Thank God!! Thank all of you guys people!!!!!!!!!!!!

so glad to see this, with so much bad going on in the world, it's good to see something positive for a change...

so glad to see this, with so much bad going on in the world, it's good to see something positive for a change...

thank you my friend. She's on her way to rehab today.

What a long YEAR this WEEK has been.

great to hear that’s She is improving :kewl:

Great news Paul