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Back in 2017, Congressman Steve Scalise was shot during a congressional baseball game practice at a ballpark in Virginia. Congressman Brad Wenstrup, a former combat surgeon in Iraq, came to the rescue and applied a tourniquet – first a belt, then a military tourniquet – high on Scalise’s thigh. This action likely saved his life, as Wenstrup turned him onto his side and gave him fluids to drink as he was awake as an IV was not yet available.
Wenstrup recently said he alerted emergency rescue teams to Scalise’s deep wounds, and he was immediately loaded into an ambulance, taken to a helicopter, and then airlifted to a hospital. Although he had no pulse when he was admitted to the hospital, he was miraculously revived and made a full recovery after multiple surgeries.
Wenstrup said the information that indicated the shooting was extremely life-threatening was that “the bullet entered his lower back area, but there was no visible exit wound.” This means that the bullet penetrated deep inside and probably fragmented and did not come out.
Wenstrup said that mentally brought him back to Iraq, where one of his similarly injured soldiers was discovered to have severed iliac arteries when he reached the operating table, hoping to survive. He said he was unable to do so. Scalise was luckier.
But Wenstrup said it wasn’t all luck. He pointed to Scalise’s personal courage, positive attitude, and primarily his faith. Mr. Wenstrup said Mr. Scalise repeatedly pointed to faith, divine intervention and gratitude to God, including in his writings on the subject.
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Wenstrup also noted that while Scalise has not accused anyone, including Democrats, of that day’s political attack, Virginia’s attorney general has called the attack by left-wing activist James Hodgkinson an act of political terrorism. He also pointed out that he had come to a conclusion.
Mr. Scalise’s positive attitude and courage were key not only to his recovery in 2017, but also to his current role as House Majority Leader (and his campaign for speaker), and the key to his current and successful run. It is also the center of a new battle. Much better against multiple myeloma.
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During my medical career, the multiple myeloma landscape has changed dramatically for the better. The current five-year survival rate is over 60%, unheard of just 20 years ago, and is improving rapidly. Stem cell transplantation is commonly used after drug treatment and significantly reduces the number of myeloma cells.
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New ‘game-changing’ targeted treatment approaches include the breakthrough monoclonal antibody daratumumab; CAR T-cell therapy, which removes immune cells from the body and alters them to target specific proteins on the surface of malignant plasma cells; It is included. (Multiple myeloma involves malignant colonies of plasma cells, cells in the bone marrow that make antibodies).
A new class of drugs known as bispecific antibodies recognize proteins (antigens) on both myeloma cells and the patient’s own immune T cells. These antibodies have shown very promising results in clinical trials for shrinkage-resistant cancers.
Symptoms of multiple myeloma include bone pain, fractures, fatigue, weight loss, and frequent infections. Steve Scalise has a lot to deal with in his treatment and recovery from this terrible cancer. But as with his near-fatal gunshot wound, I’d bet on his courage, perseverance, positive attitude, and faith to get him there. I believe He is fit to heal and fit to lead.
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