Occlusion of the Descending Aorta
To family & friends September 14 2001
Hi to all, Sorry to be sending this to everyone at one time,
but I will try to get back to all who have written , sent
prayers, and wishes to us later, and give you all the whole
story. For now I want to give you all an update on Larry.
The Lord performed a miracle for us and I'm praying he will
for our county too, lets all pray together for our world. As
most of you know Larry has been in and out of the hospital
for the last couple of years, not only with the cancer but
he also has a blood disease (hardening of the arteries) We
have had many a hill to climb. He had his tests after chemo
last week and everything came back that there was no cancer
to the lung left or to the bones, but there was two small
mets to the brain and a spot on the liver. But the Drs are
hopeful for that.
Sunday night as he was getting ready for bed his hips
started hurting very bad and he went completely paralyzed
from the waist down, he was rushed to the hospital, there
they did a cat scan and told us he had a "Occlusion of the
descending aorta" ( a complete blockage of the aorta at the
spinal cord) I won't try to
explain what it means because I'm not even sure how to begin
right now, but it is almost always fatal they say. . But the
Drs. said we had two choices, they could do surgery right
then but chances were that his kidneys would shut down or
they would lose him on the operating table, or they could
send him to ICU control his pain and we could sit and talk
to him. Either way we chose with or without the surgery he
would still be paralyzed for life.
At the time we didn't really understand it all, we talked
and he decided not to have the surgery. I thought there's
something they are not telling us, so I went out and talked
to the Drs., they explained it to me, they told me his
chances were slim, I asked what they meant, are you telling
me he's going to die?, they said yes his chances were slim
and said they only gave him two to three days at the most. I
went back in and prayed with him and then went and called
our pastor. and told our daughter what they had told me. We
all then went back into the trauma room, there was a Dr
standing at the foot of his bed, I told her there was a
mightier power that could take care of this, we both looked
down and Larry was moving his right leg. She said he's
starting to work right now.
By Monday morning he was moving both legs. His right leg is
still paralyzed from the knee down but I know that will be
taken care of too. The Drs. seem hopeful that with getting
his cumadin level up that he will do well. The cancer , and
cancer drugs do not seem to work good with the cumadin and
his problem with his blood. They started physical therapy
today and are hopeful that he may get to come home in about
a week.
I've heard everything from the Drs. from , "I don't know
what made you better" , He's a walking miracle" and " You
are not suppose to be here" but we know the answer to that,
" The Lord touched him" Praise God.!! We don't know what
tomorrow may bring, but for today we still have each other
and our family and friends. We are taking each day as it
comes and making the most of it. Our faith has grown so
much. We praise the Lord and thank him for each new day.
He is still getting strong pain medicine and is groggy and
sometimes talks a little out of it. (because of the
medicine) but I'm sure if any of you would like to call him
or drop him a card he would love it so much. His family is
all in other States. and we do need all the support and
prayers we can get right now. Ill put the phone number and
address below as he was just moved to a private room last
night. Please continue to remember us in your prayers and
for our country. Love and God Bless to all.
Laura & Larry
Larry Wright c/o Good Samaritan Hospital Room 1450 375
Dixmyth Ave Cincinnati, Ohio 45220 Phone: 513-872-1361
or home is 1860 Queen City Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45204
Phone: 513-251-4926
Laura Wright <lsllwright@hotmail.com>
(Received on September 14, 2001)
