MedicalZebra

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1. Recovery after mitral valve replacement

   MedicalZebra replied to MedicalZebra's topic in Cardiac

   Thank you ALL for your kind words and condolences. You REALLY have helped me through this difficult time in my life. Sincerely, Rick Dar's Fiancee

2. Recovery after mitral valve replacement

   MedicalZebra replied to MedicalZebra's topic in Cardiac

   I thought I would bring you all up to date on the "prelimary" findings from the Pathologists. The Cardiac Surgeon has been great answering all of my questions and concerns about Darlene's death (MedicalZebra to all of you). He has PERSONALLY contact...

3. Recovery after mitral valve replacement

   MedicalZebra replied to MedicalZebra's topic in Cardiac

   She DID often have trouble with DANGEROUSLY low BP after dialysis sessions. Her sessions usually lasted 4 Hours, 3 Times a week. Her solution to it was unusual but IT WORKED every time: A container of Kool Aid Juice and a candy bar. No one could e...

4. Recovery after mitral valve replacement

   MedicalZebra replied to MedicalZebra's topic in Cardiac

   This is MedicalZebra's Fiance' Rick, I have some questions I need you all to shed light on: 1) Her Mitral Valve Surgery with initially a success. But, her BP was never really that high and eventually got to Hypotension levels. One of you mentioned ...

5. MedicalZebra Update

   MedicalZebra replied to MedicalZebra's topic in General Nursing

   This is the "XX eulogy" I did as one of her final wishes. I'm sharing it with you because it includes something she had written that puts in perspective why she so vigorously sought out sites likes yours. I can't thank you all enough for all the help...

6. MedicalZebra Update

   MedicalZebra replied to MedicalZebra's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all for your well wishes and condolences. I loved her dearly and know that you helped in ways no one else could when she was here. Wake is tommorow and Funeral is Friday. Thank you again. I will check back in on her sign in if that's OK -...

7. MedicalZebra Update

   MedicalZebra posted a topic in General Nursing

   Just in case I did this wrong the first time (I'm sure I did). The poster you know as MedicalZebra passed away Monday January 30 as a result of complications after a seemingly successful Mitral Valve replacement. The cardiac surgeon was truly perple...

8. mid-fifties married couple

   MedicalZebra replied to oncalllorraine's topic in Travel

   On January 30, 2006 the poster you know as "MedicalZebra" passed away due to complications that followed a seeminly sucessful Mitral Valve replacement. I am her Fiance' and I must say it happened very quickly and the cardiac surgeon was truly perple...

9. Near Death Experience

   MedicalZebra replied to nursemelani's topic in General Nursing

   They accidentally gave me my mother's Valium before my kidney transplant, and I had no time to tell the OR crew about it before they slapped the anesthesia mask on me-- so I got an overdose. They couldn't wake me up post-op, and my vital signs were ...

10. Nurses and smoking

    MedicalZebra replied to ashleyh_84's topic in General Nursing

    At the dialysis unit I go to, patients have to walk through the cloud of nurses' smoke to get into the building-- and when the nurses come back from their smoke breaks, that's all you can smell. Not too many paients who smoke ever sucessfully give i...

11. One hour up and two out post cath.

    MedicalZebra replied to bobbyg's topic in Cardiac

    I had a cardiac cath with an AngioSeal-- and they still kept me in bed for 6 hours! I thought the whole idea behind the plug was to avoid that-- and it was never explained to me why it was done. The nurse at the end of the night had no idea why I'd...

12. When patients discuss other patients.

    MedicalZebra replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a dialysis patient, and there is absolutely NO privacy in the unit-- I hear everyone's business whether I want to or not when the neprologists make rounds-- all of our dialysis chairs are about three feet apart and it's impossible not to hear pat...

13. Recovery after mitral valve replacement

    MedicalZebra replied to MedicalZebra's topic in Cardiac

    Well, I had the cardiac cath on Friday-- and needed SIX doses of Versed plus a Valium-- and I still was screaming! I thoroughly scared the hell out of everyone in the cath room! I don't think there's any doubt that I need more anesthesia than what ...

14. Blatant Nursing "No-No's"........what's your worst???

    MedicalZebra replied to anndoodle's topic in General Nursing

    In the unit I formerly dialyzed in (and this is one of the MANY reasons I switched units!), a patient had died because the nurse who initiated his treatment had grabbed a syringe of lidocaine instead of heparin-- his heart stopped in the unit and the...

15. Medicaid. Is it being abused?

    MedicalZebra replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    In 1990, I was thinking about getting married and having a baby. I'd just had a kidney transplant two years before and still had Medicare and CommonHealth (the Medicaid for working people). The transplant clinic told me I should be able to have a '...