Praying. Please keep us posted.

Then it's time to adjust or change his medications!

Gerry

Ahhh Sid! Thank you! To my knowledge we have not tested for this... however given his history it could make sense. I have been told that he has a narrowing of the pancreatic and renal ducts, he has a history of stent emplacement, so renal artery stenosis would fit right in with those earlier issues.

I will run it past his attending when I talk to him in a few minutes.

Thank you for a very cogent suggestion!

Clio

Thanks Puddles. The more praying the better. He's a Baylor Medical Center.... Couldn't be in better place...

Clio

Thanks Naomi. It means a great deal. I'm marshalling all the prayers I can, from everywhere.

Three years and counting... but now that he's a Baylor I have confidence that we will get to the bottom of this and finally get him on the road to health again.

Clio

Uh... We have tried every med on the market for his hypertension. His body metabolizes extremely fast and develops resistance very quickly.

He's also on a very carefully balanced mix of 14 different drugs to keep him alive and prevent a stroke out.

Changing his meds is something done only very, very carefully; with much consultation, caution, and oversight.

With problem #1 at the moment being their isn't a hypertensive drug on the market today that we haven't tried in the last 3-4 years.

Today's update -

My niece, the paramedic, took Mike into Baylor's ER last night. They admitted, had a cardiologist in today, and are running diagnostics on him. We are working with a local physician to complete the battery of tests over the next few days and determine a comprehensive course of treatment.

Hopefully, in the process we will also discover the underlying cause of his problems over the last three years.

Baylor is never where my insurance would have sent him, but now that he's there in an acute situation, they are covering his treatment with no complaints.

Please continue to pray that they will find the underlying cause of his continued acute angina, shortness of breath, extreme hypertension, etc. etc. etc.

Clio

Me too, Clio.

Dear friend Clio,

Be assured that it is never wrong to come to Abba Father in the Name of Jesus Christ our Savior and ask for the desires of our heart... It is not selfish to ask for more time to have a loving relationship which glorifies Christ... rest assured that as Paul said:

"Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need." Hebrews 4:16 (King James Version)

"Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass." Psalm 37:3-5 (King James Version)


Father in heaven, our Abba God, please bless and comfort Clio and Mike. May your purposes and glory be made manifest in this couple and their love for You and for each other. Oh Great Physician, please guide the hearts, hands and minds of the medical staff with your holy angels, so that Mike may find comfort, relief and healing from this burden. If this is not your will, then please fill them with the utmost grace and courage and peace. Father, thank you for considering our prayer and may the Holy Spirit translate this humble plea into the most beautiful language of heaven, and may we claim the Blood of Christ in this matter. In the Name of our Precious Jesus, thank you! Amen!

Clio, this has probably been looked into, but has Mike had the tests for phaeochromocytoma? (a hormone secreting tumor of the adrenal glands)

I continue to pray for you both.