[Loch-Ruadh] Re: Mordikar's Medical Condition

[George & Pamela]

Ili

We'll keep him in our prayers and thoughts.

Alaric and Fiona

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ilishna" <ilishna1 at earthlink.net>
To: <loch-ruadh at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 9:53 PM
Subject: [Loch-Ruadh] Re: Mordikar's Medical Condition


>     Hello All,
>
>     This is for all of you who do not know. On Sunday March 23, we arrived
> back from California at around 4:00 to 5:00. That evening around 11:45
> Mordikar's heart for whatever reason decided to start pumping really fast.
> After much debate, arguement and pulling out ili's hair, (three times
> asked), he decided to go to the hospital.
>
> Note: He was in NO pain, his heart was just racing really fast for longer
> than 1 minute. He's always had this type of thing happen but it always
> stopped after a few seconds, and he didn't have one for the past two
years.
> We didn't think anything of it, because it's never been anything close to
> serious. However this time it lastest for a long time.
>
>     Once we arrived at the hospital, after giving him medicine to slow
down
> his heart beat, and regulate his heart beat, he had a convulsion, died and
> was revived with electrical shock. We then were told that he has WPW (Wolf
> Parkinsons White Syndrome.) We've already done the research on WPW, and
the
> Dr. there said that it is treatable with medicine, however it's not
curable
> by medicine. He then refered to us to Dr. Wade McBridal. The Er Dr., Dr
> Richard Dixon, told us most likely Dr. Wade McBridal will suggest surgery,
> because it's 100% curable that way.
>
>     For those who don't know what WPW is it's an extra pathway for the
> electrical impulse to flow through. Dr. Wade McBridal believes Mordi's
extra
> pathway is around the lower left ventrical of the heart, but he doesn't
know
> for sure.
>
>     We spoke with Dr. Wade McBridal today, and ,just as Dr. Richard Dixon
> predicted, he suggests Mordikar to have what they call a Catheter
Ablation.
> It's a simple procedure with very little risk done by a Catheter/probes.
> They run one to make sure his heart beat stays normal through the
procedure.
> Another to find the extra pathway, and they then burn it off with heat
> either off a third probe or the one they found it with.
>
>     He will have this surgery on Friday 11, 8:00 am. If all goes well they
> will keep him overnight, and he will be allowed to leave Saturday morning
or
> afternoon. He will then have to take it easy for a few days.. (weeks if I
> can get him too.) After that he will be back to his usual self, able to
> start fighting again, and doing the things Mordi and I have become known
to
> do.
>
>     I appreciate any prayers that you can give. We have high hopes that
> everything will be smoothly. Dr. Wade McBridal has been doing this
procedure
> for 14 years, and hasn't had a patient die. I figures that really good
> batting averages. It's a 1% that something could go wrong however it's 95%
> to 98% that everything goes smoothly, where the other 1% went too.. I
don't
> know.. and didn't think to ask until I looked at the papers when I got
home.
>
>     I will do what I can to try to keep everyone informed of his condition
> after the surgery. Mostly by e-mail as I do not have phone numbers for
some
> of the people out in the SCA that we are friends with.
>
> Smiles,
> ili
>
>
>
>
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