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Rides
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Fri Oct 12, 2018 12:51 pmby Bob
I will probably be missing a few of the upcoming rides for a while. Jan has been in the hospital for 8 days with a staph bloodstream infection which is proving quite difficult to treat. I have "lived" at the hospital for the past week or so and will continue until she is free of infection and discharged. Yall have fun--the weather is freakin gorgeous now.
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Fri Oct 12, 2018 5:28 pmby beachy
wow that stinks Bob. I spent a week in the hosp. in April bladder and urinary tract infection icu the whole works no fun thoughts and prayers are with you and your wife.
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Fri Oct 12, 2018 7:03 pmby tireatr
Sorry to hear Bob. I hope she is better very soon
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Sat Oct 13, 2018 7:15 amby LeeDavis
I hope it works out OK.
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Sat Oct 13, 2018 3:58 pmby Buddhistbiker
Sorry to hear that. Hope Jan gets well soon. It was a little sketchy today. A lot of wet roads in the am.
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Re: Rides
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Sat Oct 13, 2018 9:13 pmby Bob
Thanks all for the well wishes. I *think* she is responding to the new antibiotic she started yesterday--keeping fingers crossed. Still a ways to go.
Beachy, sorry to hear about your episode--was that a bloodstream infection (septicemia) that started as a UTI? I know that is a frequent source for these things.
Rides
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Sun Oct 14, 2018 11:19 amby Brick
Whoa!! I’m so sorry to hear of Jan’s ailments! Please give her my best wishes for a more speedy recovery!!
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Re: Rides
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Thu Nov 01, 2018 7:32 pmby Bob
Just an update: today Jan was discharged from Presbyterian Hosp with a new aortic valve and aorta graft, after a dicey 8 hour open heart procedure. Today was 4 weeks to the day from when she was first admitted to CMC with a staph infection. The staph settled in her prosthetic aortic valve (installed in 2012) and basically destroyed it (endocarditis). She was extremely lucky to have survived this, another day or 2 and she'd be a goner. Fortunately her heart and vascular system is strong. Now she has 6 more weeks of self-administered I-V antibiotics thru a PICC line to completely zap the staph. Don't ever get a staph infection.
Thanks for all the well-wishes.
I hope to be back on the road soon.
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Fri Nov 02, 2018 8:10 amby LeeDavis
That's good she's on the mend. I'll insist the staphs stay away from me.
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Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:54 pmby Brick
So glad she is on the mend!
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