i have a "FB Friend" from a prior business engagement who pretty consistently has posted "don't live in fear!" "Get out and live your LIFE!" stuff about da Rona...he's also in the kind of business that is getting killed by da Rona.
Then I see this post...
"My father Who is a veteran has pancreatic cancer in Las Cruces New, Mexico, and cannot even be admitted to the hospital either in Las Cruces or El Paso, Texas. It seems like all the hospital beds, surgery rooms are on a waitlist due to the coronavirus.
I don't understand how an American citizen and a Veteran must be put on a waitlist for a surgery room, or any type of medical care in Lieu of immigrants crossing the border with coronavirus?
I am reaching out for help to get him admitted ASAP to his doctor in El Paso Texas for pancreatic cancer as his bile ducks are clogged and is possibly in stage two or three for cancer.
Currently here are the facts that I know about Cancer/Surgery:
-First, he is a Veteran.
-Possible stage 2 to stage 3 already.
-Las Cruces, New Mexico has no doctor that can perform this surgery on his bile ducts.
-His bile duct is clogged and being drained (currently)
-El Paso, Texas has no ICU or surgery rooms due to Corona Virus patients.
-Texas hospitals are saving all the rooms for COVID-19 patients from El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico.
-He has his first Chemo on 12/07/2020 to try to shrink cancer and give him more time till a bed opens up.
-He is on the waitlist for Mayo Clinic in Arizona,
-He is on the waitlist at Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center in Arizona.
-COVID is making this really difficult since he lives in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and has to travel to El Paso, Texas if they ever have a room open up.
-There is no doctor on staff who can perform this surgery in New Mexico at all per my conversation with him and my step-mom.
We are just looking for all the help & the best options for him right now. Thank you!"
breaks my heart that he's suffering for his father, but it doesn't sound like much can be done at this point...
@Splinty - thoughts and prayers for you and your kind.