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McKay ‘OK’ following quadruple bypass surgery
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By MISTY MAYNARD Staff Writer
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Mason County Commissioner Pat McKay is "doing OK" after a quadruple bypass early Tuesday, according to his wife, Gayle McKay.
"He was up walking this morning," Gayle McKay said. "Everyday we see a big difference in him."
Though still in the intensive care unit, Gayle McKay said her husband was hoping to get out of that unit Thursday afternoon. He still will remain in the hospital for the next several days, Gayle McKay said.
"He'll be limited on what he can do for a while," she said.
Gayle McKay and Pat McKay's mother were with him in the hospital Thursday, and Gayle McKay said she receives calls from his eight brothers and two sons everyday to check on his progress.
Pat McKay was admitted to a hospital the Tuesday after Memorial Day with congestive heart failure, and encountered several complications.
A teacher at Augusta Independent School, Pat McKay has previously said the problems started the last week of school, when he would become short of breath with minimal exertion.
"(It was) to the point I couldn't walk from the car to the house," Pat McKay had said.
On the night of graduation, Pat McKay said he had papers to file, but experienced shortness of breath attempting to make it up a flight of stairs. Then, on the Tuesday after Memorial Day, he experienced a complete break. He was attending teacher meetings when he called his wife to schedule a doctor's appointment.
However, he could not wait for the scheduled appointment, but went immediately to see Dr. Mark Wallingford. He was diagnosed with congestive heart failure and hospitalized.
Five blockages were discovered around Pat McKay's heart, four of which were 100 percent blocked, while the fifth was 75 percent blocked.
Pat McKay, who is a long-term diabetic, was given medication to diminish the fluid around his heart. A few weeks later, he went to see a doctor in Lexington for a stress test and lasted only 30 or 45 seconds, McKay said.
He endured a heart catheterization, but the dye from the catheterization caused a high level of creatin in his kidneys, and doctors refused to do the bypass surgery until the level decreased.
Pat McKay was finally able to undergo surgery earlier this week, and his wife of 22 years said the family is very proud of his progress.
"It was a touch and go situation," she said. "So far, so good."
Contact Misty Maynard at 606-564-9091, ext. 274. |
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