I am posting this to let you know that Rick has been hospitalized for the past 10 days. He has had an enormous amount of difficulty with this last gastric tube,he has had nausea and vomiting for the past 6 months.We have seen several specialists been to the coast but to no avail. He has been approved foe hyperbaric treatments to help with the blood flow to his larynx and epiglottis, But we have to get a handle on the vomiting, He has been in the local hospital, st john since a week ago Thursday. His condition is serious as he while there has had a pulmonary embolism,a blood clot to his lung. He has had a baruim series and CTs of his chest,abdomen and pelvis. That is when they found the clot. Several of his blood work results are on the low side. His albumin which is the protein in his blood is low, This causes the cells to have a hard time to keep the fluid in them so his feet and ankles are swollen, this is where his clot came from.He was heparinized yesterday.
We are supposed to be transferred to Prince George Hospital on Monday.He will have a Gastroscopy and hopefully a replacement of the gastric tube to a new location, As the the
fistula in the esophogus has re appeared as of the cat scan. We were told that it was healed up on the 14th of June.It has been very hard to keep his spirits up so if any one can help I would be so grateful , I am off to the hospital, I normally do not use Rick's Mac sa this is a bit of a challenge. Take Care Dolores
