Hi All,
I am writing this letter to you today as a troubled and worried son, asking help for his father's serious condition, writing from India.
To tell you briefly, my father had an MI on 10th October, 2012, post which Angioplasty was done (I am not a medical person and neither do I have in guidance while I am writing this mail to you - hence please bear with my lack of knowledge)
Post the angioplasty, he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, because of the side effect of the drug they had given him, post the MI, as a life saving measure.
Due to this hemorrhage, the cardiologist was unable to administer heparin and other anti-coagulants in his blood, post the angioplasty, because I believe, that would have increased the risk of further bleeding inside the brain.
So, what happened was, he was without this drug for about 7 days, post which, he had to undergo a brain decompression surgery to relieve him of the blood that had accumulated in his brain. The surgery went off well and every symptom of the patient including the heart was fine.
Just a day after the surgery (within 24 hrs), he suffered a 2nd attack on his heart and as per the cardiologist, the stent which was placed inside his heart was blocked, because we were not able to administer heparin and anti-coagulants to him, and hence the attack. However, he was responding to drugs, sedatives and was put on ventilation support, since 17th October, 2012.
Now, on, 19th Oct he had a sudden LVF (Left Ventricular Failure), after the doctors tried to bring him out of ventilator support and also reduced the sedatives and stopped the painkillers. In the morning same day, he was very conscious and although unable to speak, he was able to respond the stimulus. But suddenly in the evening at 6pm, he suffered this LVF, post which he has again been put on all support systems, after which I am told, he is responding okayish to it.
But the situation now is that whenever they try to wean him out of ventilator support, he suffers a LVF and the cycle starts again. There is also pulmonary edema which is hampering his progress. The consulting cardiologist is also very less hopeful about the situation here.
My plea to you would be two things :
Kindly guide me and help me in this situation - I am the only son in the family and being such a non-medical person, I am being unable to take calls on important medical matters and have just the above detail to go by.
The consulting cardiologist here is trying his best, but now he also has said that it's a matter of chance and luck with medication, which can save him - I understand his position, but I am unable to reconcile to the fact that nothing can be done for my father here.
We are based at Peerless Hospital, E.M Bypass, Kolkata - 700094, West Bengal, India
My contact details are also given below - Kindly consider my request and let me know.
Arpan
+91 98339 70399 / +91 98308 40399