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"MH Death"

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by: Miranda
on 8/27/2007 at 3:52:56 PM

I was just wondering if anyone on this message board had ever had anyone in their family die as a result of MH. I lost my father (age 22) and my uncle (age 23) both to MH in the early 1980's. I have never been tested, I know I need to though. Just wondering if anyone else had a story to share. Thanks......


by: Steve
on 8/27/2007 at 11:33:05 PM

Miranda,

Hey there....

I have not known anyone to die from MH...

That being said, I'm sorry to hear of your losses...

Best wishes to you,

Steve


by: Michelle
on 9/1/2007 at 1:03:56 AM

I have had an aunt who died from MH during an Appendix operation while in the Navy, at a Navy Hospital in 1965. We didn't know about Malignant Hyperthermia until I almost died during surgery and her autopsy report was ordered when questioned if any others in the family ever had a surgery mishap. I spent a week in ICU and lost all my muscle control and was paralyzed for a few days. My CPK Level was over 23,000. Normal is 200. Took my quite a while to come back from that. Since then everyone in my family has been tested and we all have it. Michelle


by: Mrs. Dee
on 9/3/2007 at 10:50:18 PM

My mother passed away from MH. She was going in for some dental work. She was 26 yrs old. We were told of our MH status in the late seventies when my Granny (her mother who raised me) needed bypass surgery and the anesthesiologist recognized the family name. The anesthesiologist was a researcher in MH and had come across my mother case.

My cousin also passed away from MH a few years ago as her doctors didn't believe they needed to consider this medical family history because it was only a cousin and she lived in England not the USA like us.

There's a suspicion that one of my great-grandmothers may have also passed away from MH but that's just speculation as we don't have access to those medical records.


by: Robert Walkley
on 12/16/2009 at 1:14:49 AM

I was 16 in 1969 and had knee surgery. A simple hour and half surgery. My heart stopped twice and I was in a coma. I had a 110 plus temp which resulted in 80% of my liver damaged with blood in my kidneys. I was packed in ice for four days while in intensive care. I went into the hospital as an athletic 152 pounder being weighed four days later at a 107 pounds. This happen in Pascack Valley Hosp, NJ. They had no clue what happened except one out of seven doctors that were called in didn't give up and to him I owe my life too. I had the same ansethic when I was 5 and no reaction. They told me I would never play any sports again nor would I live a normal life? Well, I am 57 married with two daughters who we treat as if they have MH. I was a collegiate scholarship soccer player and I went into physical education and teach high aschool and coach varsity soccer today. My doctor atributed my excellent fitness and god to me being able to handle the extreme conditions I went Through.

In 1990 I needed to have two wisdom teeth removed. I called the MH foundation and they helped me find and orlal surgeon who had experience with MH patients and he happend to be 15 minutes from where I live. My wife is an OR nurse and she was confident that her hospital could handle my situation as they had a conference on MH patients 3 months prior. She mixes the Dantralene, which many nurses don't know how to do! I ahd the surgery there and they wre great. They took their time with me, explaining every step of prepartion of the room(precautions) to the actual proceedure.