ards
From: Karla (ifirgit@yahoo.com)
Mon Mar 31 11:09:03 2003
Since my illness in January and February I have not really taken the
time to
look up information on the new diagnosis I was given: Acute (or
Adult)Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Over the last couple of days I
have taken the opportunity to do some research and was really distraught
at what I found. I believe that all of you as adhesion sufferers need
to check this website out:
http://www.ards.org/
(Sorry Tracy and Dr. W. I am not in anyway promoting a website...just
trying to bring about awareness.)
We, as adhesion sufferers, find ourselves in constant pain. Often the
only solution brought to us is SURGERY. Surgery is not the answer
unless it is an emergent condition. This site should bring it home to
you...just one more reason to say no more surgery.
I found the following posted under memorials. If you go through the
memorials you will find people who have died from laprascopic
procedures, tonsillectomies, just to name a couple. The one I have
selected will hit home for all of you.
--
Karla
In Loving Memory of Victoria "Lynn" Curtis
June 4, 1956 - April 29, 2001
My mother left behind 3 wonderful daughters a mother and her husband.
She left this world on a Sunday 10 days after being admitted to Trinity
Lutheran Hospital in Kansas City for a simple surgery on her bowel that
lasted 10 hours instead of 4. When they did the surgery they found
adhesions wrapped around every major organ in her stomach and fixed
everything after surgery they told us she had developed ARDS, which we
had never heard of before. When she was in ICU they had her sedated
most of the time, her Doctor had told us that he has never heard of
anyone surviving this he must not have done his research. Anyway she
was sedated most of the time in the hospital she had occasions when she
was awake and family did get to talk to her. After about 7 days on the
respirator they put a trach in and put her on heavier medication to
paralyze her the next day we got a call at 4:45 in the morning
explaining she had a high fever and to get down there quick. We arrived
and she passed away around 9:45 in the morning. She was only 44 years
old. She was a great person, very funny, loved her family and her
grandchildren were her life. She had the greatest smile and eyes I have
ever seen and I'm sure she is one of the most beautiful angels there is
in heaven now.
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