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:	post by eddie at 2004-03-25 23:04:48

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King's medical problems have taken an unfortunate turn for the worse. This past Friday (March 19) he was admitted to Arlington Hospital for what appears to be a mild stroke. The stroke seems to be related to the blood clot condition he's had for the past 2 years. Doctors won't know for sure until a PET scan is conducted on Monday. He is however, expected to make a full recovery with the help of some long term rehabilitation. While this will certainly put the bands upcoming activities on hold (new album, live appearances, etc.), the most important issue is his health and surviving this ordeal. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.

The results of King's PET scan ceme in today. Here's what we know so far. It was a mild stroke, and was brought on by a blood clot in his brain that was about the size of a walnut!

The doctors are going to do an electrocardiogram tomorrow to see what's wrong with his blood that causes him to keep getting blood clots. This latest clot doesn't seem to be related to the one he got in 2002. They think it might be a genetic mutation of some sorts, but won't know until the results of the test.

What the doctors are afraid of, is that if he gets another blood clot in the future it might be fatal. They're looking at either long term cumatin treatment or another treatment which I can't remember right now (it's not as powerful as cumatin). The only problem with that is that it would make his blood so thin that if he was in an accident where there was blood loss, he wouldn't be able to stop bleeding.

King will regain about 95% of what he had before the stroke with the help of therapy. If you're wondering about the 5% that is unrecoverable, it's mostly advanced hand/eye coordination tasks like threading a needle, for instance.

Today he spent a lot of time with the occupational therapist. She was having him do simple coordination exercises like putting his thumb and his finger together, drawing circles, touching his nose, etc. By the end of the day he was pretty exhausted from it all.

The left side of his face is apparently looking a lot better. Not as swollen. The doctors couldn't give any idea of how long the therapy is going to last. As for his stay in the hospital, they're expecting him to be released by this weekend.

The well wishes have been conveyed to him, and he's very appreciative of all the support.

I should know late tomorrow what the results of the electrocardiogram are. As usual I'll relay the message here to you all.

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