My grandfather had a stroke this morning.

[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.

 

[scott55405]

Jason, you and your family are in my thoughts, and I hope news will continue in a more positive vein. Scott

 

[seeitrun2006]

Yea!

God is good all the time!