Re: [jocotepeckers] Digest for jocotepeckers@googlegroups.com - 3 updates in 1 topic

[Gigi Taylor]

Best to you, Mike! We sure enjoyed meeting you in Joco a  few years ago. Time has flown, we RV part time now rather than full time, are renovating a house in Picture Rocks on the outskirts of NE Tucson. Missing Mexico, will get back one day.

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Leaving my beloved Jocotepec

Mike Osborn <mike....@gmail.com>: Oct 17 02:17PM -0500 I haven't shared with most of you what has been going on in my life since June and why after much deliberation I've made the difficult decision to move back to the U.S.   Around the 3rd of June I was visiting a friend in San Diego. Late in the evening I began finding it very difficult to breath. My friend, who just happened to be an RN, rushed me the best ER in SD. After three days of tests I was told that I likely had Congestive Heart Failure. I was shocked as my cholesterol counts had always been to the positive and I'd never had angina. The doctors explained that the kind of heart condition that I had triggered a water buildup in the abdominal cavity, even filling the lungs, ego my breathing problem. I quickly got an education on my type of heart condition.   The doctors recommended a Angiography, both to analyze the problem and to hopefully use balloons and stints to correct faults. I had the Angiogram, but the report was it was impossible to repair two of the major veins. It was time for Open Heart Surgery. So that's how I spent my "summer vacation."   After the heart surgery (just two veins) there were some complications that kept me in hospital until the first of July. I was then transferred to a "Skilled Nursing Facility", which is a fancy name for a Convalescent Hospital. The reason for going to the SNF was to allow my Sternum to heal properly, Physical and Occupational Therapy and make sure I took the proper pills at the proper time. Something went wrong within a week of my being at the SNF. They never were able to figure out if it was a complication from the surgery, wrong medication or even that I was getting too much salt in my meals. I ended up being ambulanced by the EMT's (God Bless'em) back to the hospital, where I spent another 10 days rehabilitating and getting my medications adjusted. I'm just a pain in the butt, no?   After leaving the hospital the 2nd time I arranged to stay at my friends house through the end of August, then another month of rest and rehabilitation at a friend's in the Dallas area. So ended 4 months of dealing with Congestive Heart Failure, surgery and rehabilitation. What a trip!   After multiple episodes of almost dying and being saved by either well trained EMT's with the proper equipment or simply being 10 minutes from a Class A ER, I determined that it would not be advisable to put my life in the hands of the Jocotepec Municipal "Hospital." Rather than give my impression of the local capabilities, I suggest you look into it for yourself.   Living here with my other disability, Post-Polio Syndrome (much like Fibromyalgia) was a snap. Living here with Congestive Heart Failure is another thing entirely.   I will continue to monitor Jocotepecker's, so keep those announcements and questions coming in.   Mike Osborn

Bev <bevc...@gmail.com>: Oct 18 11:05AM +1300 Mike I am so sorry you have to go, but it sounds like the best option. Will you live in Texas? Wishing you all the best.   Bev   Sent from my iPhone

Mike Osborn <mike....@gmail.com>: Oct 17 10:54PM -0500 Yes, I have 3 sons, 3 grandchildren, but only two ex-wives in the Dallas/Ft Worth area. Thanks for the kind words Bev. Mike

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