One Man’s Near Death Experience with the Flu Shot
*Guillon-Barr (GB syndrome)
Infectious Polyneuritic Neualgia Nuritis
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One Man’s Near Death Experience with the Flu Shot |
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| Date of Flu Vaccine Inoculation: 1 week prior to Thanksgiving 1993 | ||
| 1993 Sunday after Thanksgiving | ||
| Monday | ||
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Pains in legs — couldn’t sleep | |
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Went to emergency room at Memorial Hospital- needed help to walk at 6:00 AM | |
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At 3:00 PM couldn’t walk out of the emergency room | |
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Dr. called Neurologist on call | |
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Dr. Storey diagnosed condition over the phone and had me admitted to the hospital | |
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Dr. Storey gave me a Spinal Tap and tests for nerve conduction - both confirmed my diagnosis | |
| Tuesday & Wednesday | ||
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Admitted to a regular room for 2 days | |
| Thursday - Monday | ||
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Lost complete control of body from waist down and became paralyzed in face and mouth. I was put into the ICU unit | |
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Dr’s. believed that paralysis would spread to neck and I would lose breathing ability. The respiratory therapists tested me every hour to see if I could Still breathe. | |
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4 bottle of I G E were given to me intravenously | |
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Dr. specializing In "Blood Foresis" called in (Dr. Taft) from St. Peters. He did this procedure 3 or 4 times. | |
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Developed "extreme pain" in legs and back and was put on IV pump pain killer for 2 days — My blood pressure reached dangerous levels - 200/ 120 and a Cardiologist was brought in (Dr. Fabregas) - He personally medicated me - 24 hours (overnight) for 2 days to bring my pressure down | |
| Tuesday & Wednesday | ||
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Pain finally subsided and pressure normalized and I was transferred to a regular room Thursday | |
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Transferred to St. Peter’s Hospital - Physical Therapy - 3rd Floor | |
| Stayed in St. Peters until January 2, 1994 | ||
| Left St. Peters with a "walker" and spent next three months in "outpatient therapy" | ||
| Lost 40 pounds and had permanent rise in my "blood pressure" readings. | ||
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