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re: Mike Leach in critical condition, unknown medical event.
Posted on 12/11/22 at 5:14 pm to Cheese Grits
Posted on 12/11/22 at 5:14 pm to Cheese Grits
I will be 49 this year and was diagnosed with CHF about 6 years ago. I take several meds a day and have a BIV/ICD implant. When diagnosed, my ejection fraction was 18 %. Anything over 55% is considered "normal". My last echo, about a year ago, showed me at a 56%. I can do pretty much anything I did before most days.
You are correct, in that, it does occur over time but it isn't always debilitating until it gets really bad and can be easily overlooked at first. I never had any major symptoms until about a couple months prior to being diagnosed. At that time, I started with light respiratory issues and excessive coughing, especially when exerting or during lengthy conversations. Ths coughing eventually lead to bringing up small volumes of bloody sputum. I went to urgent care where they did x-rays that showed fluid on my right lung. They diagnosed me with walking pneumonia, treated me with steroid shot, breathing treatments, etc. I got much better then almost exactly 2 weeks later started feeling it come on again.
Went back to same place to try and get ahead of it. Based on my age and being back so soon,they sent me to the ER where they did all the proper diagnostics and then i ended up in the hospital for a week diagnosed with CHF.
I said all this based on some of the visual symptoms coach has shown over the last few months or so. It is reasonably possible that he's had lighter symptoms that he (or even his Healthcare providers) chalked up to something else and it really hit him hard recently.
You are correct, in that, it does occur over time but it isn't always debilitating until it gets really bad and can be easily overlooked at first. I never had any major symptoms until about a couple months prior to being diagnosed. At that time, I started with light respiratory issues and excessive coughing, especially when exerting or during lengthy conversations. Ths coughing eventually lead to bringing up small volumes of bloody sputum. I went to urgent care where they did x-rays that showed fluid on my right lung. They diagnosed me with walking pneumonia, treated me with steroid shot, breathing treatments, etc. I got much better then almost exactly 2 weeks later started feeling it come on again.
Went back to same place to try and get ahead of it. Based on my age and being back so soon,they sent me to the ER where they did all the proper diagnostics and then i ended up in the hospital for a week diagnosed with CHF.
I said all this based on some of the visual symptoms coach has shown over the last few months or so. It is reasonably possible that he's had lighter symptoms that he (or even his Healthcare providers) chalked up to something else and it really hit him hard recently.
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Posted on 12/11/22 at 5:15 pm to Errerrerrwere
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Go snip some dog balls you big time oncologist you
Find it hysterical that people don't realize being a general practice veterinarian means having to know a ton about all branches of medicine. Though specialty referral practice is growing in metro areas, plenty of GP vets are basically doing everything, including chemo.
Posted on 12/11/22 at 5:17 pm to anc
major cardiac event
This. Critical.
This. Critical.
Posted on 12/11/22 at 5:17 pm to anc
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A doctor on the State boards has speculated that the only reasons one would be airlifted to UMC is a stroke or major burns, but did not rule out a major cardiac event.
Tupelo is "better" for cardiac events than UMC, but who knows if tupelo was full or something (or if that status has changed over the last 12 months)
Posted on 12/11/22 at 5:17 pm to Cheese Grits
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Possibly because he looked like later stage CHF at Egg Bowl
Thank you for your continued medical diagnosis of Mike Leach as you peered at him through your binoculars at the Egg Bowl
Posted on 12/11/22 at 5:18 pm to anc
Prayers to Coach Leach. One of my favorites of all time
Posted on 12/11/22 at 5:18 pm to anc
As of 6 minutes ago, our 247 message board is reporting this a a very serious issue, and today’s medical care is critical.
Posted on 12/11/22 at 5:19 pm to AUriptide
Coach Kelly, during his interview before the SECCG in Atlanta, was asked what SEC HC he would like to spend an hour with in a car ride & his answer with no hesitation was "Coach Leach. He knows about more things that I don't know even exists." Kirby laughed & said that was the perfect answer. His Key West persona, where he...used to??...live post season is exactly what you'd expect of someone who lives down there, a T shirt, shorts & flip flop wearing beach comber type.
Posted on 12/11/22 at 5:20 pm to anc
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A doctor on the State boards has speculated that the only reasons one would be airlifted to UMC is a stroke or major burns, but did not rule out a major cardiac event.
Ah. I see.
Doctor's speculating (obviously), but why are his main guessing points are stroke/major burns? Why not a cardiac event?
I hope he get's better, all love for Coach Leach, he makes this conference complete
This post was edited on 12/11/22 at 5:22 pm
Posted on 12/11/22 at 5:21 pm to NC_GROG
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As of 6 minutes ago, our 247 message board is reporting this a a very serious issue, and today’s medical care is critical.
Mods or random posters?
Posted on 12/11/22 at 5:22 pm to OleVaught14
Steve Robertson. Mod/owner
Posted on 12/11/22 at 5:22 pm to deltaland
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I exercised my free speech right to tell them to shut the frick up
I’m not silencing them on the vaccine debate. This just isn’t the thread for it
you're too stupid to halfway understand what you just said
Posted on 12/11/22 at 5:22 pm to anc
I hope he is ok.
Posted on 12/11/22 at 5:23 pm to NC_GROG
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As of 6 minutes ago, our 247 message board is reporting this a a very serious issue, and today’s medical care is critical.
Damn, that sucks.
Posted on 12/11/22 at 5:23 pm to OleVaught14
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Mods or random posters?
Mods - Steve who practically owns the site
Posted on 12/11/22 at 5:23 pm to NC_GROG
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Steve Robertson. Mod/owner
Not the answer I was hoping for - but thanks for the answer.
Posted on 12/11/22 at 5:23 pm to boweswi05
Posted on 12/11/22 at 5:24 pm to Shepherd88
Advanced EMT here currently posting from the fire station working a 24hr EMS shift.
You can't make a read about patient condition either way based on transport type between facilities. A lot goes into that decision. Patient condition, weather, aircraft availability, etc.
As far as Leach, everyone is guessing but IF he was transported to a local facility and then to a higher level facility for a higher level of care it again could be something fairly simple or very, very serious.
On the simple side, he starts having chest pain, gets transported to the local ER who diagnoses a heart attack (blocked coronary artery). Local hospital doesn't have a cath lab so he's transferred to a more capable facility. It's Mike Leach, so you put him on the helo simply because, well, it's Mike Leach and nobody wants to bounce him down the road with a blocked artery.
On the very bad side, it's SCA (sudden cardiac arrest) which can be triggered by a lot of things but far and away most common in adults is coronary artery disease. EMS crew arrives and gets ROSC (return of spontaneous circulation) on scene or does a grab and go to the nearest facility and gets ROSC in route or at the local ER. He's unresponsive or medically induced (RSI) so they can control his airway, put on a vent, and flown out with fingers and toes crossed that he doesn't arrest again in the air.
Same set of known facts, two very different long term prognosis. In the first one he might coach the bowl game. In the second one his odds of survival are incredibly poor.
Hope like hell it's the first one.
You can't make a read about patient condition either way based on transport type between facilities. A lot goes into that decision. Patient condition, weather, aircraft availability, etc.
As far as Leach, everyone is guessing but IF he was transported to a local facility and then to a higher level facility for a higher level of care it again could be something fairly simple or very, very serious.
On the simple side, he starts having chest pain, gets transported to the local ER who diagnoses a heart attack (blocked coronary artery). Local hospital doesn't have a cath lab so he's transferred to a more capable facility. It's Mike Leach, so you put him on the helo simply because, well, it's Mike Leach and nobody wants to bounce him down the road with a blocked artery.
On the very bad side, it's SCA (sudden cardiac arrest) which can be triggered by a lot of things but far and away most common in adults is coronary artery disease. EMS crew arrives and gets ROSC (return of spontaneous circulation) on scene or does a grab and go to the nearest facility and gets ROSC in route or at the local ER. He's unresponsive or medically induced (RSI) so they can control his airway, put on a vent, and flown out with fingers and toes crossed that he doesn't arrest again in the air.
Same set of known facts, two very different long term prognosis. In the first one he might coach the bowl game. In the second one his odds of survival are incredibly poor.
Hope like hell it's the first one.
Posted on 12/11/22 at 5:24 pm to deltaland
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The question is why would Leach have CHF?
Could be genetics
A virus (such as c19) can damage the heart muscle and drastically change a healthy heart to one in severe stress.
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all accounts he walks/exercises a lot.
I think this was in WSU, that is why I asked if he was still doing so in Starkville.
He does look like he is heavier the past few years and more weight means more strain on the heart.
Posted on 12/11/22 at 5:27 pm to JustGetItRight
I hope it’s the first one too.
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