My grandfather had a stroke this morning.

[jasonl]

Just to let y'all know that my grandpa has been having congestive heart failure the past week and this morning he's had a stroke. We don't know how bad it is yet but it seems like a major one.

Please keep "Pa" in your prayers today and let's hope he makes it.

Thanks!

 

[~sudsshane]

Jason~

Wishing your Grandfather a speedy recovery. I will keep your Grandpa and your family in my thoughts and prayers.

~Shane

 

[perc-o-prince]

I will keep him in my thoughts!!!

I hope that he has a speedy recovery. Keep us posted, please?

Rich

 

[panthera]

Dear Jason,

I shall keep you all in my prayers.
Keven

 

[hoover1060]

Prayers go with you and your family Jason!

 

[petek]

Jason, I'm sorry to hear this. I'll certainly do so.

 

[mayken4now]

Ok, will remember Pa in prayer and thoughts.

Hope all is well with you and Helen otherwise.

Steve

 

[laundryshark]

Thoughts and Prayers for "Pa"

Sorry to hear about your granddad. Thoughts and prayers for his speedy recovery.--Laundry Shark

 

[skip]

Jason

My prayers are With Your Grandfather and You all

Skip...

 

[alr2903]

Jason, Will keep your Grandfather in my prayers.arthur

 

[JerseyMike]

Oh, Jason! I'm so very, very sorry. I hope and pray that your grandfather has a complete and speedy recovery.

Mike

 

[jasonl]

Well, he had a low blood sugar spell this morning but he also had slurred speech and couldn't get out of bed. On the way to the hospital, they fixed his sugar and he was wide awake and talking fine in the ER. The doc checked for signs of stroke (smile, etc.)

They ran a CT scan and found nothing BUT they will keep him a few more days and continue running tests to see if they found anything. Hopefully he's ok.

 

[washendry]

grandfather

Jason,
Working as a Paramedic, I know how low blood sugar cam mimick alot of things, glad to hear the CT was negative, any other infection going on that may have attributed to the blood sugar problem, keep us posted, thoughts and prayer to you
Kim

 

[DADoES]

Good news is nice to hear.

 

[maytagbear]

Jason.....

I will most certainly keep your Grandfather in my prayers.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[jasonl]

Well, he's ok now. They brought him some food and he's eating it. All vital signs look ok. But they want to keep him in the hospital to run some more CT scans to see it was a TIA he had.

 

[foraloysius]

Glad your grandfather is OK, hopefully he can go home soon.

 

[launderess]

Glad to hear your "Pa" is doing well, and happy everything seems to be turning out fine. Will keep you and yours in our thoughts.

L.

 

[~sudsshane]

Thats great news..

Jason~

Glad to hear he is doing better. you must be relieved! =)

 

[vintagesearch]

sorry to hear this i'll keep you all in my thoughts and prayers and may he have a great recovery.

Sincerely
Randy aka vintagesearch

 

[peteski50]

Prayers!

Hi Jason,
My Prayers are with you and hope your Grandfather makes a speedy recovery.
Peter

 

[dalangdon]

Jason, I'm so glad to hear your Grandfather is doing better. Strokes are such serious business, but usually the blood sugar is something that can easily be controlled. I'll be rooting for him

 

[pturo]

I am glad Jason. If I can offer some advise, I have a senior Dad with congestive heart failure that was ok for a few years and then he had "stroke like" symptoms and was rushed to the emergency room. It turns out that because of heart failure, there was insufficent blood pressure to the brain, called ischemia, which looks like a stroke, except that after it happens, the heart beats fast and then they recover after blacking out and convulsing. My father's solution was a pacemaker(overnight operation) to compensate for the insuffiecent heart production and he has not had a "seizure" since. Please ask if this will help your grandpa, it was a miracle in my Dad's recovery. The key word is pacemaker solutions for heart failure. If your grandpa is on blood thinners and blood pressure regulators and has insuffiecent heart production, he could have ischemia at any time, fall down and hurt himself. Talk with the cardioligist. Best Wishes, Phil

 

[JerseyMike]

Thanks for the update, Jason!

I'm encouraged by the news. I look forward to more of the same. I also continue to hope and pray for Pa's complete and speedy recovery. Hang in there! I know how hard this must be on you and your family.

My 86 year old father also has congestive heart failure. We forced him to get a second opinion. His new cardiologist suggested a treatment called Natrecor. It literally saved his life! We were told that Natrecor isn't for everyone. It also requires an overnight stay in the hospital. Maybe it's something that your grandfather should ask his cardiologist about? (My father's original cardiologist never mentioned it.) The link will take you to some additional information about it.

Once again, hang in there and keep us posted!

Mike

http://www.natrecor.com/

 

[frigilux]

Hope things continue to look up for your grandpa, Jason! You can be assured the AW.ORG gang is pulling for him. Keep us posted.

 

[sudsman]

Jason

My prayers are with you both

 

[hydralique]

Jason and Helen,

It's great to hear that the prognosis is better than expected . . . you are in my thoughts.

 

[exploder3211]

Hope your Pa is ok.. I know what going through a stroke is like. I am home after having my second minor one so its tough. I will keep yall in my prayers

 

[mayken4now]

Ok, then Good going. Will keep you near thought and prayer.

Steve

 

[spats]

Jason,

So sorry to hear this. I wish your grandfather a speedy recovery.