Wally Messinger

This is an update from Judy (Wally, Marie) regarding her husband Wally.

On Sept 26th I got a phone call from Legacy Heart to get Wally to the ER as soon as possible to have him evaluated for low blood count. He was admitted immediately. The first night he got 2 units of blood and Bert stayed with him. I stayed for the remainder of the time. He had 2 units of blood on the first night. 2 units platelets between Sept 28 and Oct 1. He had a bone marrow biospy, CT scan and they tried to do an MRI (but Wally was to claustriphobic for that)and chest xray, IV antibiotics. Almost forgot he also had blood cultures drawn out of both arms. On Wed, Oct 1 at 8:15 pm he was discharged. We left the hospital, got somethingto eat and came home. Wally was getting ready for bed. Brenda called up the stairs and said "Mom the phone is ringing". Joe answered the phone and gave it to me. It was the hospital calling and told us to bring Wally back that he had an infection in his blood. So back we went. This time there were no rooms upstairs so they put him in ICU as a regular patient. He was admitted at 11:55pm on Oct 1. He got 2 more units of blood and 4 units of platelets during this stay. The results on the biospy came back. He has Myeldosplastic Syndrome, evolving into myelogranous leukemia. During the 3rd unit of platelets given on Sunday, Wally had a reaction. (platelets are not suppose to have white cells in them and apparently this one did). His Dr. said he was going to put him on a ventilator. I lost it and called Bert and Brenda. At this point he was upgraded to an ICU patient. He was hooked up to a heart monitor, had a catheder put in and was getting IV antibiotics, shots to help build up his blood cells, Blood sugar taken every 4 hours and insulin given, Blood pressure taken all the time (he has bruises from the cuff), he was getting breathing treatments, in other words, the full ICU treatment. His bed could even weigh him. On Sunday they also took him down for a CT Scan with contrast, when he went down for the CT scan, he looked like hell, when he came back he looked great. I told them that next time he did this I was going to call them, because whatever was in the IV contrast seemed to make him better. I said that it went in as iodine but the Lord changed it. He was suppose to get a Mediport on Monday and go home but his Platelets were down to 26,000 so they gave him his 4th bag of platelets and schelduled the Mediport for Tuesday at 7 am. Tuesday morning his platetes were still at 26,000 so he had to have more platelets (his 5th bag), he finally went to surgery at 11 am with the 6th bag of platelets which he got during surgery. After he recovered from the surgery, which was about 9 that night, he ate some scrambled eggs and went to sleep. Wednesday, he wanted up, so up he got. He was doing great so his Dr discharged him. Brenda came and got us at 2 pm and we went straight to his Drs office for a 2:30 appointment. He goes back on Monday for his first Chemotherpy and will get Chemo Mon - Fri then will start again next month. He gets shots to build up his blood. On the 24th we are taking him back to one of his Dr. for a PET scan because he has nodules in his stomach and lungs and Dr wants to make sure they are not cancer. I hope this answers any questions you might have. If not email me and I will try to answer them. We love you guys and thank you for all your prayers. I will try to keep you updated.

You will definately be in our prayers.