Prayers for Cork & family
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Cork: we're thinking of you and your family. don't forget to take good care of yourself, okay? 
Cork On the Ocean
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Hi guys,
Just got home from the hospital. Quick update. Dad looks 100% better tonight. Most of the fluid has been removed and he can now move around without intense shortness of breath. In fact, OOB had him walking today so I'm beginning to think that he's out of the immediate woods unless the fluid builds up again. They did a cardio echo today and we're supposed to know the prognosis tomorrow.
Also extrapolated the theophylline concentration which appears to have been about 10 times the toxic dose for a man his age. I think that the intense diuretics that they've given have moved most of the remaining theophylline out of his blood and hopefully the fstrain and fluid retention will subside and his heart will be able to move the blood a little better. We're asking for a toxicology consult tomorrow.
Will keep you posted.
Love, Cork
Just got home from the hospital. Quick update. Dad looks 100% better tonight. Most of the fluid has been removed and he can now move around without intense shortness of breath. In fact, OOB had him walking today so I'm beginning to think that he's out of the immediate woods unless the fluid builds up again. They did a cardio echo today and we're supposed to know the prognosis tomorrow.
Also extrapolated the theophylline concentration which appears to have been about 10 times the toxic dose for a man his age. I think that the intense diuretics that they've given have moved most of the remaining theophylline out of his blood and hopefully the fstrain and fluid retention will subside and his heart will be able to move the blood a little better. We're asking for a toxicology consult tomorrow.
Will keep you posted.
Love, Cork
Cork, Thanks for taking the time to bring us up to date... ALL of you hang in
there & love each other well.
there & love each other well.
TooFarTampa
SoWal Insider
So glad to hear things are better! Hang in there Cork!
Glad to hear he's feeling better. Remember we love you. 
you dad is a lucky man to have such a loving daughter and family around him. we're all pulling for ya'll
Cork On the Ocean
directionally challenged
The prayers and love of Sowal make miracles!
We got very good news today. One measure of heart function is the ejection factor (EF) which measures the amount of blood pushed out of the left ventricle. Normal is about 55% and we were originally told that it had dropped to 20% so he had lost over half his heart function when he went into heart failure. They took another test yesterday and we found out today that it had actually INCREASED to 35%. The cardiologist said that it is possible that the he will gain back even more function.
Also they took another theophylline level.
10-20 could be toxic in a man his age.
When he had the failure, it's been estimated to be 110!
It's now down to 2 and as the theophylline levels go down, we're hoping that the heart will gain back more strength.
They can find no physiological reason for the heart failure so it's looking like it was entirely due to the drug overdose.
It gets better. He's done with the VA!
We are getting him some of the best doctors in the area so hopefully mistakes as blatent as this won't happen again.
They are doing a couple of more tests in the morning and we're hoping that he will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow and he may even be able to go back to work in a week or two.
I swear, he's one of the luckiest people I know. The overdose could have easily caused coma or death.
Thank you to everyone for their prayers and love. I don't know if would be turning out the same without them
I'm gonna help my mom get the house cleaned up and get rid of the plethora of drugs that the VA has given him and then I'll be home. See you all soon!
Love, Cork
We got very good news today. One measure of heart function is the ejection factor (EF) which measures the amount of blood pushed out of the left ventricle. Normal is about 55% and we were originally told that it had dropped to 20% so he had lost over half his heart function when he went into heart failure. They took another test yesterday and we found out today that it had actually INCREASED to 35%. The cardiologist said that it is possible that the he will gain back even more function.
Also they took another theophylline level.
10-20 could be toxic in a man his age.
When he had the failure, it's been estimated to be 110!
It's now down to 2 and as the theophylline levels go down, we're hoping that the heart will gain back more strength.
They can find no physiological reason for the heart failure so it's looking like it was entirely due to the drug overdose.
It gets better. He's done with the VA!
We are getting him some of the best doctors in the area so hopefully mistakes as blatent as this won't happen again. They are doing a couple of more tests in the morning and we're hoping that he will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow and he may even be able to go back to work in a week or two.
I swear, he's one of the luckiest people I know. The overdose could have easily caused coma or death.
Thank you to everyone for their prayers and love. I don't know if would be turning out the same without them
I'm gonna help my mom get the house cleaned up and get rid of the plethora of drugs that the VA has given him and then I'll be home. See you all soon!
Love, Cork