The Miracle Know as My Dad

My dad entered the hospital last Sunday morning (Septmebr 28) and has been there ever since. After over a week of treatment, me raising hell with hospital administration, and lots of prayers it seems like he will be coming home soon. For those of you who don’t know my dad is a pretty incredible medical case. He suffers from an illness that is not very well known even by Doctors called Fabrys disease. For those interested you can visit a wikiepedia link on it by clicking here. Fourteen years ago he received a kidney transplant after his kidneys failed due to the decease. More recently his other organs have become affected by the decease leading to heart attacks, strokes, and abdominal issues. Mostly under control thanks to an enzyme replacement therapy he is stable but when he does get ill it is an adventure. Attending UCSD (A teaching hospital) he is visited by every single doctor wishing to learn more. In addition with the decease affecting every major organ every specialist team is involved in his treatment which often time gets cumbersome and confusing as they provide treatment. Long story short he went in for abdominal pain and diarrhea and since being at the hospital he has been treated for heart palpitations, bacteria affecting the colon, intestines and the transplant kidney, dehydration, and pneumonia caused by the doctors over hydrating him. A week later he is finally pain free, re-hydrating, and once again able to breathe without oxygen. After a whole week of not eating he has his appetite back and Doctors have said they have no clue what started it all. Just yeesterday he had 3 full, but light, meals. This morning he went through a cardio stress test as doctors have decided they will use this hospital visit to "install" a defibulator in his heart to deal with the palpitations. I estimate my dad will be out of the hospital by this upcoming weekend after spending nearly two weeks in the hospital.