If this has to be moved to body biz, let it be.
Last thursday, his b-day, my dad had a stroke. A moderate one they say. He's a little shakey and confused,but he can walk and talk, add/subtract,remember phone #'s/addresses, etc..
They he was VERRRRRRY lucky. After a couple of ultrasounds, they found the blockage in his internal carotid artery and say that the surgery is highly risky in that spot. They say basically all they can do is give him Coumadin to thin his blood enough to pass through the blockage, but chances are pretty high that he'll prob have more strokes all of diff. severities as he ages. His artery is "80-90%" blocked is what they tell me.
I've done some research and heard this Dr. Ogilvy @ Mass General is kickass @ neurosurgery. Pretty well versed @ the surgery my dad would require, in the top five surgeons in the country for that procedure- STA_MCA. ALLLL the local docs and surgeons are NOT referring him to Mass General or the Lahey clinic UNTIL anything further happens, i.e, another stroke.
My parents basically only speak Portuguese, understand English moderately, but def not medical terminolligy. This is basically all on my shoulders. I have 2 bros. One is intelligent, the other a little weaker. The intelligent one is well versed in business and finance, whereas my focus was always premed classes, until I realized I didn't have the drive for it. So basically, I'm the # 1 go to guy, biz bro is second, and my other bro can't handle this stuff at all and he's smoking weed who knows where right now.
My Q is, should we go to Dr. Ogilvy, get a 2nd opinion? I asked my dad and he said whatever I think is bestI'm drowning under a tidal wave of pressure and responsibility at this point.
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I'm drowning under a tidal wave of pressure and responsibility at this point.
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He has almost all Portuguese nurses, but he's still a little disoriented so it has to be repeated to him a bunch of times. The nurses will only tell him once or twice what the doc is saying and even then what he tells me is pretty distant than what the docs tell me in person. His mri on Fri showed that he had had a REAL stroke, he originally thought it was a sunstroke, and even w/ nurses translating for him to comprehend, he didn't know until I got there around 1.


Anyways, I know he would be willing at this point, but his mind isn't right enough for that right now. He'd prob give his fortune to the 8 yo Dominican girl he sponsors through Food For The Poor so I don't want to even attempt that at this point, lol

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