Posted: 3/2/2008 3:59:52 PM EDT
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Our Sister,Martini Butt, passed today. Our Brother GoGOP may need some help, a shoulder or just some talk. Any of you locals able to organize something to help him out? I would kick in some $ to help the family with some of their expenses. |
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Cross posting these: Original Thread: ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=681336 Flowers if we can get an address: ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=75&t=681788&page=1 |
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I'm gonna break my boycott of the MO HTF for a post about this. My prayers are going out for GoGOP and his family. I'd like to actually talk about pericardial effusion, since I'm sort of an expert at this point. I had the very same issue last year, as some of you remember, a pericardial effusion(fluid in the sack around heart). Mine was very bad, inhibiting the left side of my heart from actually pumping blood. Alot of people actually get it and it goes away on its own, in minor ways from various infections or diseases, but something like 0.01% can be very deadly. It's a very bad position to be in. Most can be drained by a simple cardiac needle into the pericardial space, unless you happen to have too much fluid, then they would need to do a pericardialcentisis. It's a moderate to high risk procedure involving laproscopicy, they actually cut 3 large(for laproscopic anyways) holes in the left side of your chest. They basically go in and cut a hole around the heart and suction the fluid out over the course of days. The close proximity to the beating heart is what makes this a high risk procedure. Any thing such as a murmor, will further complicate the procedure. They actually had to preform mine under emergency circumstances. This is defiantly not a good situation to be in. Now some of you may be asking, how do I avoid pericardial effusion, the truth is you don't. The strength of your immune system will not matter, and any infection or disease can cause this, seriously you name it, this is a possible side effect. The Dr.s explained to me there is a bell curve for how severe an infection can attack your body and even with a health immune system, even rhinovirus(aka the common cold) can in 1/10000000000repeating cases cause a pericardial effusion, for some it may cause 2mm of expansion, less 1mm is normal, mine was 14mm. Literally any infection or virus can cause this. AIDS/HIV,hepatitis, rabies, tuberculosis, rhinovirus, sarcoid, west nile, the list goes on and on and on. |
Actually, from reading his thread, it sounds like an aortic dissection, which may have contributed to cardiac tamponade. Really not enough information,... My family's thoughts and prayers go out to GoGOP. |
Like John Ritter... GoGop posted funeral arrangements in GD GD post Brad and I went and got the funeral arrangements made today; Schrader Funeral Home 108 North Central Avenue Eureka, Mo 63025 636-938-3000 Visitation; Thursday 3/6/08 4pm - 8pm Funeral Service; Friday 3/7/08 11am (also at Schrader's) Burial will be at Bethell Cemetary in Wildwood. We'll take 109 old Manchester, which is at the bottom of the hill just past the Wildwood YMCA. (and just before you get to 100). Turn left on Manchester, go just a mile or two and it's on the left at an old church from the 1800s. The church is named Bethell something; I'd never seen it before today, but it's real easy to find. (Not that you'd have to, since you'd be in a procession where they're leading you). |
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