in Iraq - man turns yellow - HGB of 4 should be 13-18 

May 24, 2005 I met a woman in Valdez whose husband was diagnosed in Iraq Emergency Room with autoimmune hemolytic anemia. She mentioned his hemoglobin was 4 and he had turned yellow, and he was just out running. He worked as a civilian support to troops somehow.

I'd like to know what he was downwind of, if his eyes were burning and hurting and did he have diahrrea/vomiting with it? Where was he then?

She says his hematologist has about 10 people with this situation (I presume in Anchorage?) She said his blood sugar was some elevated, but not horrible and that didn't seem to concern the doctor. Horrible headaches, and of course, FATIGUE.

The company he worked for fired him. Can you believe that?

I'll be sitting down with him soon and going over some basic questions that should bring to light whether or not there are enough add on signs to consider this chemical's poisoning (2-butoxyethanol) I'm interested to know whether or not he was running in a warehouse area (or downwind of such) & whether or not he recalls any of the blue 55 gallon barrels of Corexit sitting around leaking anywhere, such as a soldier did in 1991 when he walked into the Arms' room

I've been thinking that I would like to 'prescreen' patents for doctors ... because I think the harm of this chemical is more common than realized, and many people have enough 'signs' of its harm for it to be considered. I recogize the pattern, that's all, because I have spent a lot of time looking into it.

The interesting thing to me about having met her was that she recongized who I was when I met her. She said that she went on an internet search putting in the search words: "autoimmune hemolytic anemia Valdez Alaska" and found my web pages. Well I haven't tried that yet, but I suppose she found quite a few web pages

Update ... March, 2006

the wife hasn't seemed interested in talking with me further.  I hear that her husband has had repeated blood transfusions and that they can't stabilize hem ... but then discharge him from the hospital in Anchorage ... and he comes back to Valdez, where they lived before he went to Iraq ... working for a contractor.

Then he seems to be better ... then it's touch 'n go

I would like to share this chemical exposure possibility with the doctors, but anyway, they know he has autoimmune hemolytic anemia