[Steppes] Wormy?

[Chiara]

Actually, his condition was given to us over a week ago on the apprentice 
list and because of the policy on that list about forwarding private emails 
we could not really forward that to any other list without permission. No 
one thought to forward it to the Steppes list but I believe it was forwarded 
to the Elfsea list.

"Wormy was born prematurely, and his aortic valve was malformed. Instead of 
having 3 parts to it, it only has 2, and was therefore weak to begin with. 
..... They have done multiple EKG's and at least one Ultrasound Doppler 
study, which looks at blood flow. " There was additional damage to his aorta 
and they had to graft one for the surgery that just took place.

The bacteria Wormy has in his blood is Streptococcus bovine, the suspect 
item producing the bacteria was a tooth that was extracted while in the 
hospital.

The contact person with the hospital directly is "Beth Wolff" 
<wolffsrun at sbcglobal.net>. I believe that she is working with a few others 
around to keep us informed so just be patient for now and they will keep us 
up to date. :)

Keep praying, ring bells, and challenge him at scrabble when he gets out of 
ICU. :)

Chiara
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jewell Wainwright" <ladyglasswk at yahoo.com>
To: <hpockets at verizon.net>; "Barony of Steppes - SCA, Inc." 
<steppes at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 9:08 AM
Subject: RE: [Steppes] Wormy?


:I believe Wormy has the same disease as my mother,
: endochronitis (forgive my spelling).  She first
: contracted it about 20 years ago and was in the
: hospital for 5 weeks.  Doctors told her then that she
: would have to be very careful because it could come
: back.  In late August (this year), she recognized
: symptoms and went back to the doctor, and sure enough
: she had it again.  The bacteria attacks the heart
: valves first, and although she has not required
: replacement surgery like Wormy, she does have
: permanent heart damage.  Even without the heart
: surgery, she has been in and out of the hospital since
: August.  It is a long tiring recovery as high powered
: antibiotics are given by IV for weeks on end!
: I wish Wormy a full recovery but know that it will be
: anything but speedy.
: Julianna Vertue
:
:
: --- Gerita/Carolle Cox <hpockets at verizon.net> wrote:
:
: >
: > He's hanging on.  He's a stubborn, strong man, and
: > every minute he does,
: > is a minute in which he gets a little stronger.  I
: > expect to hear a bit
: > later today what the situation is, exactly, and will
: > let you know then.
: >
: >
: > Gerita
: >
: > People are like stained glass windows.  They sparkle
: > and shine when the
: > sun is out, but when darkness sets in, their beauty
: > is revealed only if
: > there is a light from within. -- Elizabeth
: > Kübler-Ross
: >
: >
: > -----Original Message-----
: > From:
: > steppes-bounces+hpockets=verizon.net at ansteorra.org
: >
: [mailto:steppes-bounces+hpockets=verizon.net at ansteorra.org]
: > On Behalf Of
: > kellie H
: > Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 8:51 PM
: > To: Steppes
: > Subject: [Steppes] Wormy?
: >
: >
: > It's been several hours since the last post...any
: > new information on
: > Wormy's condition?
: >
: >
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