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Quick brief rundown of our situation. Back in March my husband had radiation pills to kill an overactive Thyroid. A week after he took the pills he became extremely sick, high fever, chills etc. It seem to get better but over time the symptoms never went away. It was like clockwork every evening he would get chills, sweats, low grade fever, aches, pains, just plain misery. This went on for 2 months. We went back and forth to the doctor over 11 times. Everyone blamed the body adjusting to the Thyroid medicine. They ran blood test and cont. to tell us that the white blood count was fine no sign of infection. We got to the point were we felt we were nuts. We continued to call and complain. Finally we saw another GP because ours was not in the office. A little old man, nice as can be he had been around for a long time. Once again the whole story was told in repetition as it had been for over 2 months. One thing that trigger this old gentlemen was tiny reddish spots that would come and go on my husbands hands. He ordered a blood culture. The next day my husband was admitted into the hospital with a bacteria infection. Test proved that the infection had attacked his heart (endocardinitis) and had destroyed an already abnormal aortic valve (he was born with a heart murmer). This was only 2 weeks ago and now we are faced with an uphill battle. What we thought was just a routine flu or body adjusting to medication has turned into open heart surgery and an aortic valve replacement. This is just the real beginning of the road for us. Time indeed is of a factor but no surgery can be done until his pick line is taken out and the IV antibiotics are finished in mid July.
Since this is all new to me I am trying to be the rock. I have read and read and read till my eyes hurt. I am facing a couple of issues right now I hope someone can help with. First is the endocardinitis thing. I have read up on it but don't know of anyone personally who can give me some insight that has had it.
second is how to try and get my husband to realize that just because a few months ago he was healthy doesnt mean that today he is and this is something that needs to be done and done soon. I think the whole quickness of it all and the waiting game is making it hard to understand the importance of it.
Hopefully the last being this is a significant others forum: How do you cont. to put a smile on your face when you are just as scared as he is?
Since this is all new to me I am trying to be the rock. I have read and read and read till my eyes hurt. I am facing a couple of issues right now I hope someone can help with. First is the endocardinitis thing. I have read up on it but don't know of anyone personally who can give me some insight that has had it.
second is how to try and get my husband to realize that just because a few months ago he was healthy doesnt mean that today he is and this is something that needs to be done and done soon. I think the whole quickness of it all and the waiting game is making it hard to understand the importance of it.
Hopefully the last being this is a significant others forum: How do you cont. to put a smile on your face when you are just as scared as he is?