Ambulance called for elderly man with worsening back pain, Charlevoix MI
Medical EmergencyAn 88-year-old man living alone near Burton/Rockier facility in Charlevoix, Michigan, called for ambulance due to worsening lower back pain and difficulty walking. He was recently treated for a urinary infection. He normally uses a walker but was barely able to walk this morning. He is being taken in for evaluation.
Audio|Source: Straits Area Public Safety
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Bortz Health Care of Charlevoix with an 88-year-old male chief complaint of lower back pain.
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He was recently into quick care and they were thinking that he had the beginning of a UTI and they prescribed him leable thyroxin for it.
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Since then he's had really dry mouth and the back pain's gotten a little bit worse to the point he's having difficulty ambulating.
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He does live alone and normally ambulates okay with some use of a walker.
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However, this morning he was hardly able to walk around.
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So we're bringing him in for evaluation of that lower back pain.
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Charlevoix, MI 49720
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