[PPRAANet] More from Dean Buckhouse

[Rob Roller N7LV]

>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Kathe Petersen" <fcc at firstchristiancos.org>
>> To: <undisclosed-recipients:>
>> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 10:13 PM
>> Subject: FW: CC update Wes & Carol
>>
>>> All -
>>>   Wes' heart started fibrillating around 3:00 a.m. this morning.  They
>>> tried various medications to try to stabilize it, without success.  When
>>> I got here at 8:45, they were preparing to take Wes  back to the ICU to
>>> shock the heart back into rhythm.  He was quickly sedated, and after
>>> four shocks (so he was told), his heart slipped back into rhythm.
>>> Apparently this happens to 30% of open-heart patients, so they weren't
>>> overly concerned.
>>> Although we were told that they'd keep him in the ICU for the remainder
>>> of the day, he was back in his room shortly after 10:00, fully alert
>>> (after I'd hurriedly packed up all his belongings).  I'd been hoping
>>> we'd come back to a different room, as our current digs look out on a
>>> narrow canyon and the roof between two wings of the building, where "the
>>> sun don't shine."  :-)
>>>   The defib was literally a shock to his system, so instead of having
>>> all the tubes come out and beginning to take short walks, his orders
>>> were changed to bed rest, with limited movement around the room. The
>>> lack of sleep over the past three days is taking it's toll, and Wes has
>>> finally been succumbing to sleep off and on this afternoon and evening.
>>> Hopefully he'll
>>> get a good dose of sleep tonight.   Tomorrow should bring the promised
>>> walking, and we'll progress from there.
>>>   More another time.  Thank you so much for all the thoughts and
>>> prayers that are carrying us through this.
>>>
>>> Carol and Wes
>>>
>>>
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