[TheForge] Denial won't work -- call 911 if you have symptoms...

[Bruce .]

Yes, the cardiologist mentioned that "hole in the heart" possibility and
they looked for it, first by echocardiogram, then by TEE (echocardiogram
from a probe in the esophagus).  Her heart was fine, with no plaques.
Unfortunately, they still don't know the ultimate cause of the stroke.
Bruce
NJ


On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 11:55 AM Ron Childers <ron at munlaw.net> wrote:

> A friend called my office early one morning. I said, "John, how do you
> spell 'Law firm'"? "what?" "Law firm; it's part of my password". "Ron,
> you're having a stroke, get to the hospital NOW"! He was right. Plavix
> didn't work and after the second stroke my wife told the hospital staff,
> "He's staying here until you figure out why he is having strokes". They
> looked with a periscope and found a hole that was causing blood clots. It's
> called a Patent foreman ovale, with which everyone is born and closes in a
> few days but mine never did.
>
>  No cardiologist around here wanted to repair it. They essentially said,
> "Your heart is healthy, eat your Coumadin (rat poison)  like a good boy".
> They were afraid of the operation. Enter Dr. William Dixon; he said he
> thought I needed the operation; that was a Thursday. The following Monday
> he used an amplatzer cribriform occluder which pulls out into a helix to
> patch the hole when activated like a double umbrella. I watched the
> operation on the monitor. No pain and no more strokes after 5 years. I was
> at the office by 7:00 Tuesday and demoed at the museum that Saturday with
> my great granddaughter. Dr. Dixon happened to show up with his kids and
> said, "I guess you're doing alright". I told him if he got tired of
> doctoring I could teach him how to blacksmith. rc
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