[HSF] Just say no?

[Nasser F. Abou'Seada]

"The patient was from western Russia.? The patient's son, a prominent
orthopedic surgeon in my community, relates how he was just a boy in WWII.?
He remembers the near starvation.? He even had scurvy when he was 6.? I'm
telling you, these people are hardy survivors whom I greatly admire."
Yes ... I do share your admiration ... so I would be very zealous in doing
all in my capacity to provide for the welfare of such "worriors for human
dignity"
I do raise my Hat for Survivors -and victims- of human oppression ...
certainly a story to be remembered by generations to come.

NFA



On Feb 13, 2008 1:32 PM, <hgrmd at aol.com> wrote:

> Nasser,
> ? I'm so embarrassed.? You're absolutely right.? The Germans never made it
> past Moscow or Stalingrad.? The patient was from western Russia.? The
> patient's son, a prominent orthopedic surgeon in my community, relates how
> he was just a boy in WWII.? He remembers the near starvation.? He even had
> scurvy when he was 6.? I'm telling you, these people are hardy survivors
> whom I greatly admire.
>
> Hal
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nasser F. Abou'Seada <nfaabouseada at gmail.com>
> To: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com
> Sent: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 1:37 pm
> Subject: Re: [HSF] Just say no?
>
>
>
>  "survived the Nazis in eastern Russia"
> ......... ????
> Were there NAZIs in EASTERN .... and ... RUSSIA ???
>
> NFA
>
>
>
> On Feb 13, 2008 6:45 AM, <Hgrmd at aol.com> wrote:
>
> > Michael,
> >  In considering an AVR/CABG in a 92 yo man with a broken hip, it is
> > imperative that you do a lot of research before making a decision.  What
> >  was the
> > patient's quality of life prior to the accident?  Was he driving,
>  living
> > alone,
> > shopping, playing cards, etc., or was he mainly vegetating in  front of
> a
> > TV
> > not recalling what he had for breakfast?  Good kidneys?   Good lungs?
>  Is
> > the
> > family committed to him getting well?  Are they  likely to pull the plug
> > if he
> > isn't sitting in a chair eating pork chops on  POD#1?
> >  I've done quite a few nonagenarians in my career with reasonable
> >  results.
> > I would suspect my overall mortality rate with them is  15-20%.  The
> last
> > one
> > I did was 3 months ago.  He was a 96 yo man with  critical a.s., severe
> > MR,
> > severe TR, chronic AF, and previous CABG with a patent  LIMA.  I did 3
> > valves,
> > a graft to the RCA, and a Cox-maze.  He was  intubated for 2 weeks and
> > needed
> > several days of dialysis.  However, he  pulled through and is now back
> at
> > home, off dialysis, doing reasonably  well.  One of the things that went
> > into my
> > decision to operate was the fact  that he was a Jew who survived the
> Nazis
> > in
> > eastern Russia.  I knew he was  a tough old bird.
> >
> > Hal
> >
> >
> >
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