Prayers needed for my Dad

Ren the devils trailboss said:
Three weeks that is an outrage to have the man suffer for that long. Prayers inbound but also talk to the Head of the neurology dept. Maybe the squeaky wheel will get some grease.
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Keep after them damn docs. I'd bet they'd find a quicker solution if it was THEIR Dad. :mad:

Smoke and prayers incoming for your Dad and all your family.
 
Prayers going up from Tennessee Tim. I wish there was an easy answer to your Dad's problem. I agree that there is more than one doctor who is able to do a plug-n-play battery replacement. Keep squeaking.
 
I think that your dad's Dr. needs a good ass-kicking. A 3 week wait for something like a battery replacement is totally unacceptable. Are you SURE that there isn't another Dr. in your area who can do it?...Maybe one who CARES about his patients? If I were you, I'd contact the hospital administrator, and ask him/her why your dad has to suffer like that.
 
You and your Dad have my prayers.

I'm sorry but I have to vent about the whole battery replacement procedure there, it sounds like engineering at it's worst. They find a way to help stimulate his brain but make the battery replacement a surgical procedure in need of scheduling. It seems like it needs to be an outpatient procedure.

Anyway, I'm sure you have been down this road before.

God bless you and your Dad.
 
Smoke and prayers sent from TX.
 
PERSISTENCE RULES!!!

Through much finagling, arguing, and a great deal of gnashing of teeth, we have dad scheduled for his much needed battery replacement surgery TOMORROW!

Of course threatening to take dad to the ER didn't hurt either. When you take a person to an ER (if all attempts to get needed services through regular channels fail), you end up in a completely different medical system it seems. I had two separate doctors tell me 'You didn't hear it from me,... but if you take him to the ER, they will HAVE to fix the problem ASAP and if need be, will ship him to where ever necessary to get the job done whether it is to Boston, or NY or where ever.'

As we had expected all along, it isn't the case that "Only one Doctor at Dartmouth can do this procedure."... I suspect that the "one doctor" who wanted dad to wait 3 weeks just needed to buy some new tires for his BMW, and WANTED to be "the only doctor who could do the procedure". Not sure if it is a money thing to this "world renowned Neurosurgeon" or a status and prestige thing with the guy, but we found another Neurosurgeon who is willing and able to do the job!

So at 10 AM tomorrow, we will bring dad into the Dartmouth hospital in a wheel chair... with severe tremmors... unable to move his legs... unable to swallow... barely able to talk... for the pre-op, and surgery. Once they get the new battery in, they turn on the power, program his electrical settings, and he'll be able to walk out of the place under his own power. Yes, the effects of his deep brain stimulation ARE that dramatic.

I will post later tomorrow with info about the results... I thank you all again for your well wishes and prayers for dad and the rest of the family. They don't have any emoticons available to express how over joyed and thankful I am!!!
 
Awsome hope everything works out i really hate arrogant doctors dealt with them before many times .
 
I just saw this thread.
I am glad you found the ER solution, which was the right thing to do.

I have no idea who was dicking you around; the hospital, the insurance company, the doctor-- but it is of course BS. The DBS procedures were not pioneered by anyone at Dartmouth, they are performed fairly routinely, and to be frank, there are neurology /neurosurgery depts within your reach that have reputations better than Dartmouth's. Whether your insurance could deal with it might be another matter.

Please keep us posted on this, both on your Dad's condition and on the interactions with the hospital.

And, of course, prayers from the Holy Land---it's just a local call from here.
 
To beat to go into much detail tonight, but will update in more detail tomorrow... the short of it is, the battery/stimulator replacement surgery was a great success and once the device was turned on and programmed, dad was again able to swallow, move his arms and legs and actually walk.

Great thanks to all here for your prayers, well wishes, and kind thoughts.

God bless you all!
Tim
 
Great news Tim, and since I'm too late to chime in with prayers for you and your father, prayers sent for Tostig.
 
Good work Tim! Your persistence paid off. Glad to hear it went well for your Dad and he's doing much better. :thumbup:
 
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