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Albany VA Medical Center – part 15
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I forgot to mention in this “tourism experience” the 2 guys operating the ambulance from this Village of the Albany VA Medical Center didn’t know exactly where they were going so they turned around Albany, New York for a while, while my husband was having an excruciating pain. Ash was talking to them but they weren’t hearing him because he was “just a patient” vs they were the “professionals”. Ash told them the Map Quest is not the most reliable source even though it is a good one for cases such as this one. I mean….I don’t think when you are in an ambulance it is time for you to have a tourism experience, a tour of the town.
I thought the problem was that we were living in a village. Not exactly. Problem was a little more complicated with the VA hospital system. Most of them are not very much competent they are there to learn, I mean when you are between life and death, I do not believe it is a good timing for them to get experience on you, and use you as their guinea pig.
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Albany VA Medical Center – part 14
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October 24
I just called my husband and the doctor/physician said it may be the pills which may cause this VERY high level of ammonia. I do not know if it came from his diet or the pills for now (I will surely later) – the thing is Ash almost died according to his own words and I believe Albany VA hospital……is an hospital, right? And the doctor/physician saying that MIGHT be the pills causing this very high level of ammonia… You can not make guesses with patients/clients because you may cause their death even if it’s not what you are looking for !!!!
I have all the reasons to be stressed because my husband almost died THREE times since Oct. 16th, 2006. I think it is more likely to die in a VA hospital than to die on the road according to the statistics. (well to my knowledge, there are no statistics comparing the deaths VA hospitals vs the road) If you can avoid the hospitals, please do and if you can not, then just go there for what is really necessary.
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Albany VA Medical Center – part 13
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October 24
I just called my husband at 5:30 p.m. for few minutes because he was extremely tired. He was extremely tired also about 11:30 a.m. this morning. The nurse offered me to talk to his physician. I am not stupid, I know exactly what happened.
Ash told me he had the impression he missed by a hair’s breadth to die yesterday because the ammonia level was at a VERY toxic level.
I needed to hit the road by bike even if it was raining (7 miles) because I was not only sad, angry but I needed to express this stress somewhere. Doing some exercises is therapeutic.
I hope somebody will have a heart to give me a ride to see my husband but I am realistic. The reason why I am posting what’s going on since October 16th, 2006 is because my husband almost died twice – he suffocated twice at the Massena hospital and they weren’t enough careful about the food they were giving to him because Ash needs a specific diet because of his bad liver and according to my late husband’s words, he almost died and according to the nurse’s words, he was in danger so something definitively bad happened.
Marie Buchanan
Albany VA Medical Center – part 12
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Albany VA Medical Center – part 11
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October 23rd, 2006
They gave too much ammonia in his food – the level of ammonia in his body was too high – and that’s why my husband was feeling so bad. Since that never happened to Ash since 2 years, I was wondering what they were doing to him. I was worrying and being stressed because my husband never felt that bad in 2 years even if his ammonia got high in the past. In other words, it never got that worse.
Quote: ”If your diet is not properly balanced—that is, if it fails to supply adequate amounts of the essential amino acids—sooner or later, this will become apparent as some type of physical disorder. This does not mean, however, that eating a diet containing enormous amounts of protein is the answer. In fact, it is unhealthy. Excess protein puts undue stress on the kidneys and the liver, which are faced with processing the waste products of protein metabolism. Nearly half of the amino acids in dietary protein are transformed into glucose by the liver and utilized to provide needed energy to the cells. This process results in a waste product, ammonia. Ammonia is toxic to the body, so the body protects itself by having the liver turn the ammonia into a much less toxic compound, urea, which is then carried through the bloodstream, filtered out by the kidneys, and excreted.
As long as protein intake is not too great and the liver is working properly, ammonia is neutralized almost as soon as it is produced, so it does no harm. However, if there is too much ammonia for the liver to cope with—as a result of too much protein consumption, poor digestion, and /or a defect in liver function—toxic levels may accumulate. Strenuous exercise also tends to promote the accumulation of excess ammonia. This may put a person at risk for serious health problems, including encephalopathy (brain disease) or hepatic coma. Abnormally high levels of urea can also cause problems, including inflamed kidneys and back pain. Therefore, it is not the quantity but the quality of protein in the diet that is important (see DIET AND NUTRITION in Part One).
Source:
http://web.archive.org/web/20061015230426/http://www.vitamins-source.com/AminoAcids/
Albany VA Medical Center – part 10
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October 23th, 2006
I remember Ash was extremely sleepy about 4:30 p.m. this afternoon but now his condition got worse. Diane, his nurse, told me all he is saying is just a word. I wonder what they are doing to my husband and there’s no way for me to go to Albany…….
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Albany VA Medical Center – part 9
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October 22nd
I just talked to Ash for about 10 minutes (because he isn’t feeling well) and like he said “I don’t feel my life is in danger yet but I am not feeling very well”. The hose he has inside…I just can not understand and what happened is unbelievable… There is no transport for me even if the Vets have the service of a DAV Van (free transport) and a free hotel usually – we don’t get these services in this village…
Albany VA Medical Center – part 8
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October 22nd, 2006
I hate the fact Ash had an excruciating pain because they put a hose about 3/4 inch of diameter to remove the fluid again and I truly hope this pain is not in vain – I truly hope they are very competent in the Albany hospital but we found out otherwise.
Such a stressful situation to have to fight with the hospitals. At least, Ash is out of danger because once they admitted him at the Albany hospital, I “think” he was “ok” but that took two extra days there even if they had a bed and all the necessary equipment for him simply because Ash wasn’t in their territory – he was in the Syracuse territory instead – so I am not very happy about them nor I am happy about the incompetent who did not give the good information to Helena, the social worker in the Massena VA clinic – thank God, I met her, told her exactly what’s going on and she heard me – otherwise there is a big likelihood Ash would be dead by now because he suffocated twice while waiting for this bed to be available at the Syracuse hospital because of a couple of incompetents and while waiting this red tape to be over.
There’s no way for me to visit my husband even if usually they are providing a DAV Van for the spouses of the Veterans – when my husband needs me the most. Ash is a Honorably Discharged Disabled Vietnam Veteran.
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Albany VA Medical Center – part 7
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October 20th 2006
Ash needs another surgery first thing tomorrow morning for his lungs (again!!) because they filled back up right after the first surgery. By the way, Chris his nurse didn’t know my husband suffocated twice (he learned that from me) so if he knows enough his profession, then he realized Ash’s life was in danger before his admission at the Albany VA Medical Centre. Again it is because of this red tape with this incompetence for the first 4 days of our journey with the Albany VA Medical Center…. I think (important to take note of this word) they are acting professionally once Ash was admitted to this hospital. Looks like it. We’ll see if I’ll be satisfied with their services. Please join me in prayers.
Marie Buchanan
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