Subject: DSF
From: "David S. Fleischaker" <[email-masked]>
To: Skip Miller <[email-masked]>, Larry Trachtenberg <[email-masked]>, Norman Goldberg <[email-masked]>, Robert Nordhaus <[email-masked]>, Jack Kinzie <[email-masked]>, Stuart Bluestone <[email-masked]>, Kevin Sullivan <[email-masked]>, Keith Haller <[email-masked]>, "David J. Leiter" <[email-masked]>, Tamera Luzzatto <[email-masked]>, Mary Dickie <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, Mimi Mager <
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 16:34:27 +0000

Guys,

Shit.  What a ride. I know that some of you have been talking to Pam and Joey and so some of this may be repetitive.  Nevertheless, straight from the horse's mouth ... 

I left physical therapy on September 14. At the time I was doing great and for the next nine days, while at home, I continued with PT getting stronger every day. I was walking unassisted, basically handling my own life. 

However on September 23, I began regressing . I was disoriented, significantly weakened and really had no sense of balance. This continued for three or four days. During that period tests were conducted at St. Vincent's and at the University Hospital in Albuquerque.

Although we were able to rule out something really dangerous happening, we were not able to get to the bottom of what was occurring.

I am leaving today for Los Angeles where I will be accepted as an inpatient at Cedars-Sinai, an excellent facility where we have some connections. As it turns out, by coincidence, yesterday I started a return to good health. I'm not sure why but it may have something to do with oxygen regulation. My blood pressure and pulse ox were extremely  low during the "down" period and they are now returning to normal. In addition my energy, concentration and balance are returning.

We're going to Los Angeles anyway in order to "leave no stone unturned." At the same time, the most recent development leave me optimistic. I am not yet sure what the longer range plans are which are. They are still in flux.  

David