Idaho Falls Idaho

On February 7, 2010 I contracted Guillain Barre Syndrome from what I believe was a result of a Swine Flu shot I received not long before. I spent 6months in the hospital…almost 40 days at Sacred Heart ICU, Spokane Washington unaware of what was happening. I still don’t remember and I am still in a wheelchair 8 months later. I have undergone months of grueling physical therapy thanks to folks at Alderwood Skilled Nursing, North Idaho Advanced Care Hospital and now 5 days a week in home visits by physical therapists and a Occupational therapists. Special thanks to all of my kids and my wife especially who was there with me every day for 6 months…and also for their pictures. And thanks to Mike Hay who at age 16 led me and Tom West in the first Rock and Roll band in Cleveland Ohio….for the music Chronology Thursday Feb 3 2010. While watching the evening news and finishing my dinner, I drop my plate n the floor in intense pain from my right shoulder. Sunday Feb 7 I awake to find I cannot walk or stand. We call our son Chris, a physical therapist and our daughter, an BSRN. She comes over and advises to call 911. I am admitted to Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane on the 7th floor, a floor for a mixture of medical patients with differing ailments. Tuesday Feb 9 Family met with rehabilitation specialists from St Lukes who agree to accept me with a diagnosis of Alcoholic Neuropathy. Thursday Feb 11 I am given a lumbar puncture. The diagnosis changes to Guillain Barre Syndrome …