- 12/22/2010- Pat Elmes Burnett -
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I have had a rough last couple of years. My daughter Nancy (now 48), an attorney, has been very ill and living with us since Oct 2008. We had to go get her as she was walking into walls, falling asleep driving etc. No one could diagnose her. March 2009 she was diagnosed with non alcoholic cirrhoses stage 4, She continued to get worse, but was not on the transplant list. On November 12, 2009 we found her in a coma and she was rushed to the hospital, and put on life support. Doctors did not think she would live. She was in 3 different hospitals for 2 months and finally ended up in Piedmont Hosp in Atlanta, where she finally got on the transplant list, They were going to send her home on Jan 7, 2010, as neither the hosp or the ins. co want patients to die in the hospital. Lo and behold on at 4am on Jan 7, they got a liver for her, We all rushed to Atlanta, I had been staying with her for several days until a good friend of hers came for a couple of days and she and her grown son were with Nancy.All went well and she came home in 8 days except for a depressed immune system, and pills which cost thousands of dollars a month. Nancy got her GA law license, on Nov 12, 2010, and now is in the offices of her brother Mark . who has real estate and a management co. for real estate. She already has several clients and seems happy.
My son Mark who will be 50 on Dec27, has also been very ill. He had a staghorn kidney stone, which is extremely painful as it has sharp points on it. He had it for months and they would not remove it, as his blood work was off and they were afraid of bleeding. They finally removed it surgically in Nashville TN in March 2010. He is doing OK, He and Nancy and his son Levi are in Nashville for a follow up visit with the Dr. today.
I have arthritis in my knees and back, but otherwise OK. The rest of the family is OK. Expecting great grandchild #4 any day (a girl)
I hope you are doing well. Take care of yourself.
Have a happy holiday. As ever Pat Elmes Burnett "