Posted on 09/01/2013 7:00:40 PM PDT by Black Agnes
We've very nearly had our first obamacare victim in the family. We'll see next week.
Daddy goes in for open heart surgery in Houston sometime next week. Prayers would definitely be appreciated...
My father is a heart patient for 25 years. Had bypass surgery in 94 and clean arteries after that. Had a mild clotting incident in '05 and was put on warfarin. Warfarin leads to aortic stenosis (calcification of the aortic valve) in some patients, particularly older men.
Daddy started noticing symptoms of heart failure last spring (spring 12). He wasn't given any medical options. Just 'let's wait it out'. (which I find now is death for this type of thing. the earlier you operate the higher the chances of success, the longer you wait the weaker the heart the bigger the risk of death...)
Fast forward to this spring. He had a major episode and they did a balloon catheter on him. Said they could do that repeatedly (a lie). 3m later he has another episode and now they mention transcatheter valve replacement. But, they tell him they don't use the size he needs so he has to participate in a clinical trial that's testing that size.
So, daddy has a cousin in TX who is a bigwig with marathon oil. Who has a buddy who's an even bigger (retired) bigwig with marathon oil and a donor to Texas Heart Institute. A phone call is made on a Tuesday and daddy has an apointment with a Dr. Fish on a Thursday.
During that appointment the doc tells him that transcatheter has a much higher risk in HIS age group of knocking clots loose and causing problems. And since daddy's had open heart surgery before and knows what that recovery is like they can replace the valve with the correct size that way. But his only concern is with daddy's lungs...
My dad was like ...'what's wrong with my lungs?'...
'Well, you are a heavy abuser of nicotine and have smoked for 60+ years it says here in your medical record and that sort of risk factor concerns us'...
**Daddy's never smoked a cigarette in his entire life.** ...
They were death paneling him because he was supposedly a smoker.
We're still wondering how THAT got on his medical record and how many OTHER older white people have that?
And the great part is...with Obamacare you have no rights to see your medical record...unlike Experian. To correct things that might death panel you w/o your knowledge.
So here's the rundown.
Baptist (Jackson Heart) wasn't going to do open heart surgery on him, at all. Didn't even present it as an option with risks due to his 'smoking'. Just told him 'we'll wait and watch'...Which we find out (from reading pubmed and his asking the surgeon and cardiologist in Houston) is the WORST thing you can do with heart failure from a replaceable valve...
So here we are, a year and a half later with GREATLY reduced heart function, waiting for heart surgery in Houston...
Again, prayers appreciated...
The first place to check would be with his primary physician or the one with the "wait and see" attitude.
Prayers for your dad and family.
Oh, for crying out loud.
Now, because of Obamacare-inspired ideas, they are now waiting when failure of the device is right around the corner to replace it.
We found this out Friday afternoon. Mom is calling the previous practice first thing Tuesday morning to chew somebody out.
Yup. It’s happening.
Welcome to Holocaust II, the redo brought to you by Liberal RATs, IMO.
Yup.
And my dad’s a veteran, ‘he old school’. Which doesn’t help him access the ‘new school’ healthcare I’m sure.
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Holy Mother of God, Please pray for us sinners. Holy Father Have Mercy. We believe in Your Diligence. In the Name of the Holy Trinity, The Father and of The Son and of the Holy Spirit., Amen
Thank you. We appreciate it very much.
Logan’s Prayer Warriors, please pray for Black Agnes’ Dad AND this mess they’ve been thrust into!
Black Agnes...fight your hearts out..do what ever you can, including an attorney... but please, as someone who’s new to losing someone...don’t lose sight of the fact that each day could be your last. Give him all the love you can, now.
The stinky thing is, with ACORN and who knows who else having access to our records as ‘navigators’, this might have to be an every visit thing. And with 15m for the average visit there might not be time to ‘be sick’ afterwards.
We are. We’re going to spend as much time with him in the next week as we possibly can.
And thank you for any prayers. This is the first time I’ve been afraid for my father’s health.
It’s incredibly frightening...I know. I’m so sorry that on top of his health, all of this other junk has to happen.
May The Lord bless you and keep you;
May the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you;
May the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.
And may Our Lady bless you with her maternal love.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen
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does he have ins other than Medicare?
How sad. I join with all the others here lifting your father up to God for healing!
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