The University of Kansas Health System is treating a total of 30 COVID patients today, down from 37 Friday. Other significant numbers:
- 16 with the active virus today, 18 Friday
- 3 in ICU, 3 Friday
- 2 on ventilators, 1 Friday
- 14 hospitalized but out of acute infection phase, 19 Friday
Key points from today’s guests:
A.J. Wishne, 15-year-old stroke patient, Mother Angie and Father Kirk
- A.J. Wishne experienced a stroke at the gym due to a neurological condition he was born with. Quick thinking by him and his older brother got AJ the high level help he needed at The University of Kansas Health System. He’s getting back to school and sports and even has a new best friend, a pit bull mix dog named June, which has helped in his recovery.
- Angie noticed AJ’s symptoms of weakness in right leg, right arm not working, face drooping and unintelligible speech and knew he needed help right away
- She’s been amazed at his progress and his resilience
- Kirk says he’s grateful to the medical team and can see AJ returning to the son they know and love
Dr. Jeremy Peterson, endovascular neurosurgeon
- AJ was born with an arteriovenous malformation (AVM), a tangling of blood vessels. It was small, but close to his speech function.
- They surgically disconnected the mass of abnormal vessels and removed them
- It was vital that AJ was able to communicate early in the stroke that something was wrong. By the time he got to the doctor, speech was difficult.
- Not everyone who is born with AVM has a stroke
Dr. Paul Camarata, Chair of neurosurgery
- It’s unusual for teens to have strokes
- Symptoms of AVM can include seizure, bad headache and bleeding in the brain
- In the days following surgery, AJ’s condition steadily improved
- The risk of AJ developing another AVM is almost non-existent
Dr. Dana Hawkinson, medical director Infection Prevention and Control, The University of Kansas Health System
- Hopes the trend of COVID numbers continues to go down as we get closer to the colder months ahead
- Monkeypox cases around the U.S. continue to decline
- Noted Kansas has had 9000 deaths from COVID since the beginning of the pandemic, including 13 children
Wednesday, September 7 at 8:00 a.m. is the next Open Mics With Dr. Stites. We’re edging closer to the medicine you see in Star Trek. Researchers at the University of Kansas Medical Center are now using artificial intelligence to study some kidney injuries. We’ll show you the science that’s putting Kansas in the spotlight
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