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From: "Robin Stinson" <>
Subject: Re: [NJ-MEMORIES] Second part
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:54:14 -0500
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I am so sorry to hear about you having to go through this. All my kidney
issues started when they messed up my kidney surgery so I understand.
Was your Infection MRSA (MERSA). That is what I got in my kidneys.
Sending {{HUGS}} your way.

Robin

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From: Carl & Hawk Suk
Date: 11/22/2009 9:57:04 PM
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Subject: [NJ-MEMORIES] Second part

I promised I'd continue catching youall up. The hernia surgery went well so
I thought. I went back to work but after about a month I stated having pain
in my pelvic area. It got so bad that Hawk had to take me to the ER at the
VA hospital. My abdomen looked like I was pregnant, the pain was so bad I
could hardly walk. I sat in the ER from 2-8:30.

The ER doctor called in a surgeon who turned out to be an intern. After a CT
scan and other tests he told me I just had fluid on my abdomen. Go home and
it will go down. It didn't. Hawk took me to my primary care Dr at the VA 2
days later. We had an appointment but when we got there we were told that he
had cancelled all his appointments. We were not told, a trip for nothing.

Hawk went ballistic. She took me to her Dr. And after examination, I have a
severe infection of the pelvic bone. He referred me to a surgeon. Guess
what? No one would see me because the VA was responsible. I had no
alternative but to go back to the VA. By this time I was so weak I had to
walk with a cane. Our neighbor there in Indiana happened to be one of the
clinic nurses. She got me an appointment for the surgery clinic. Guess who
was the DR who saw me? You guessed it the same surgery intern that saw me in
the ER. This time I went ballistic.

I won't go into any further with those details.

The VA set me up with the infectious disease group from the University of
Louisville, a wonderful Dr. Allen. He found the problem and set me up for 6
weeks of IV antibiotics at home. What happened was that during the hernia
surgery my pelvic bone for some reason was injured causing the infection. Dr
Allen told me after that had he nor caught it when he did, there was a good
chance I wouldn't recover.

There was a lot more to the situation, but you all get the gist of it.

I recovered very well and now have taken a position with Louisville Metro
Parks as Land Manager for the Natural Areas Division.

That's it for now. I'll tell you about my new job in the next installment.

Happy Thanksgiving to all

Carl and Hawk Suk

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