Friday, January 27, 2012

GREAT GRANDPA'S HOSPITAL STINT

For a number of years, Great-grandpa Cornwall has been bothered with "tired legs" which are also sometimes painfully when he walks a distance. Recently this was diagnosed as PVD (Google it if you are interested). An excellent vascular doctor found the problem with a blockage in the main artery that supplies blood to the legs. Blood medicine was tried to correct the problem for a time, without success.
Today Grandpa had a stint put in place to more than triple the blood flow to the legs. It was done with a catheter (which can be seen in the photos as a very thin white line snaking through the artery.
Thanks to his doctor for sharing the photos in the post-op report.
The procedure was done via outpatient. Grandpa will be up and about tomorrow with only a small puncture wound in his right groin.

Grandpa has been an amazingly healthy guy. As I went through pre-op and sat with him in post-op he commented this was first time he had been in a bed in a hospital.
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  1. Mom CJanuary 27, 2012 at 5:47 PM

    Thanks dad for being there all day with Grandpa. We love Grandpa and hope this little procedure will be the ticket for a couple of fixes!!!

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  2. KatieJanuary 27, 2012 at 9:06 PM

    Wow. That is quite amazing that doctors are able to do that. Grandpa's son must be just like him, having never been in a hospital bed.

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  3. MaryblogJanuary 28, 2012 at 4:45 AM

    Well thats exciting that they found the problem and were able to fix it! (Grandpa and I will have matching scars)hah. We hope he has a speedy recovery. Lucky Grandpa for never having been in a hospital bed for that many years and for this trip having been very speedy! Glad he has such great famiy close to take care of him!

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