I Can't Stop Coughing Up Blood

 

- Inner Space - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (episode intro)


CASE 1

- According to Plan - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (St. Peters, Missouri/Lisa Bricker works for the postal service, and her husband Todd is a project manager at a construction firm, and the couple have a 13-year-old daughter named Beth)

- ? (the family enjoys spending time outdoors, but Todd enjoys himself most when he's on the river)

- Aftereffect - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (one Monday morning in October, Todd is driving to work)

- Morning of the Attack - Luke Richards [Audio Network] (Todd starts feeling a pain in his chest, and while walking up the stairs of his jobsite, starts feeling out of breath)

- ? (Todd calls Lisa for advice/"She actually told me I should probably go to the E.R., or an urgent care.")

- ? (Todd heads to an urgent care center, where the doctor discovers his blood pressure is high, and believes it's probably because Todd has forgot to take his blood pressure medication)

- ? (doctor performs and EKG and chest X-ray, which come back normal)

- ? (over the next few weeks, Todd remembers to take his medication/one day, three weeks later, Todd is taking a shower getting ready for work)

- Critical Tension - Philip Guyler [Audio Network] (Todd coughs up blood and phlegm upon exiting the shower)

- ? (by the next night, Lisa notices the congestion in Todd's chest has gotten worse)

- Dangerous Prey - Barry Devorzon, Richard Hazard [APM Music] (one night a few weeks later, as he and Lisa are about to go to bed, Todd begins sweating profusely)

- Enter the Catacombs - Ron Riddle [KPM Music] (for weeks, Todd tries to shake off his symptoms, but his congested cough lingers)

- Intentional Concealment - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (while on the jobsite, Todd coughs up more blood)

- ? (the next day, Todd makes an appointment with his primary-care physician, who suspects he may be suffering from sinusitis)

- ? (explanation of sinusitis)

- ? (doctor prescribes Todd a seven-day course of antibiotics)

- Lunar Eclipse - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (at Lisa's insistence, Todd contacts his primary-care physician, and is referred to a pulmonologist who performs a CT scan/CT scan reveals a mass in Todd's lungs)

- Threat Level - Matt Hill [Audio Network] (later that evening, Todd shares his deepest fears with Lisa)

- Foggy Night No Orch - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Todd's case is handed to thoracic surgeon Dr. Melanie Edwards/"Todd's symptoms were shortness of breath, coughing up sputum, which was blood streaked.")

- Outside Control - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Dr. Edwards must remove Todd's mass to find out whether or not it's cancerous, but the surgery could have risks)

- ? (that night, Todd explains the situation to Lisa)

- ? (a few weeks later, Dr. Edwards removes the mass from Todd's lung -- and it turns out to be eggs)

- ? ("When Todd Bricker started coughing up blood, doctors thought he had lung cancer."/surgery reveals Todd has a parasite)

- ? (paragonimus kellicotti)

- Listed Seveso - Jean-Philippe Dutheil [Cezame Music Agency] ("I had not ever heard of that...no idea what that was.")

- ? (the paragonimus kellicotti parasite is invading Todd's lungs)

- ? ("It was terrifying to realize that I actually had a creature living inside my body."/"Lung flukes can live in the human body for up to 20 years.")

- ? ("That means the tapioca-like substance Todd was coughing up in his sputum...was in fact the lung fluke's eggs."/the parasites had been in Todd for at least six months/"It's crazy to think that's why I was coughing up all that blood.")

- Levels of Violence - Barrie Gledden, Steve Dymond [Audio Network] (life cycle of paragonimus kellicotti)

- ? ("Paragonimus kellicotti is common within the Missouri rivers.")

- Blood Work - Andrew Skeet, Luke Gordon (Dr. Edwards asks Todd about his fishing history)

- House for Sale - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik [Cezame Music Agency] (Todd recalls eating a raw crawfish on his canoe trip the previous summer)

- Briefing Room - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Miles Hankins [Ah2 Music] (Todd's surgeon removes the parasite, and he is given oral antiparastic therapy)

- Light as Clouds - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (today, Todd is parasite-free, and his experience hasn't put him off the outdoors)

- Barren Desert - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (how to avoid contracting paragonimus kellicotti)

- Creepy Feeling Str - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] ("Thankfully, infection with lung fluke is rare, and cases are isolated...but what happens when you catch a disease in the middle of an outbreak?")


CASE 2

- ? (case intro)

- Aeolian Gates - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Tucson, Arizona)

- A Days Work - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Brice Bonnett is a machinist at an aerospace firm, and his newlywed wife Nikki is a clinical researcher/the couple had their honeymoon in Jamaica)

- ? (June 2016 -- Brice and Nikki return to Arizona after their honeymoon)

- Life or Death - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Brice feels fatigued while unpacking)

- Urgency 3 - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] (Brice struggles through the day, and by the evening, his neck and shoulders feel sore)

- Life or Death - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (the next morning, Brice returns to work for the first time in two weeks, but struggles to concentrate)

- The Rat Race - Christophe Boutin [APM Music]; Hell on Earth - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (the next morning, Brice wakes up and starts getting ready for work, but his eyes start to hurt)

- Evolution - Bob Bradley, Paul Mottram [Audio Network] (but despite his symptoms, Brice insists on going to work)

- ? (at the office, Brice's mind starts to wander/"It felt like I had...daggers in my eye."/Brice's symptoms worsen as the day goes progressed/"At this point, to be honest, I really didn't know what was going on.")

- ? (at home, Brice and Nikki are watching a funny show, but Nikki notices Brice isn't laughing/Bryce decides to call it a night)

- Verdict - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (the following morning, Brice wakes up with his whole body in pain, and has a fever of 101/despite Nikki telling him to see a doctor, Brice continues to drag himself to work)

- ? (at the office, Brice tries to manage his fever with medication, but it doesn't help/one of Brice's colleagues notices his skin is getting darker)

- ? (that evening, back at home, Brice examines his skin again, and discovers he has a rash across his body)

- ? (the rash is even worse the next morning/Nikki drives Brice to urgent care)

- ? (triage nurse refuses to let Nikki bring Brice into the building due to his symptoms)

- Lost Oracle Dr Bass Syn - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] ("For the past few days, Brice Bonnett has been suffering from a fever and a rash.")

- ? (back in the car, Nikki tells Brice they should go straight to the E.R., but Brice refuses to go/the next morning, Brice sees that he's gotten worse)

- ? (Nikki brings Brice to the emergency room/E.R. doctors run tests on malaria, dengue fever, and valley fever/hours go by without an update/tests come back negative)

- ? (doctor believes Brice has measles)

- ? (Brice has his measles vaccine, so the diagnosis comes as a surprise to him)

- ? (the next morning, Nikki goes over the paperwork they had received from the doctor, realizes it's not measles, and calls the county health department for a second opinion who transfers her to the CDC)

- ? (the next day, a representative from the CDC calls Brice with the results)

- Orion - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] ("For the past week, Brice Bonnett has been suffering from a mysterious condition with flu-like symptoms."/CDC has identified the culprit)

- ? (Zika virus)

- ? ("Zika is a terrifying virus for several reasons.")

- For Whom the Bell Tolls - Oliver Ledbury [Audio Network] ("Dr. James Nodler is an expert in reproductive medicine."/Zika virus can have devastating effects on unborn children)

- ? ("I was shocked that I had zika."/research has shown the virus can survive in the male reproductive tract for up to six months)

- ? (the virus shatters Brice and Nikki's plans to start a family)

- Feel the Darkness (b) - Adam Saunders, Mark Cousins [APM Music] (Nikki and Brice are instructed to hold off family planning for at least six months)

- A Waiting Game - Jody Jenkins [Audio Network] (Nikki thankfully tests negative for the virus, and Brice is given a treatment plan to manage his symptoms)

- Trust No One - John DeFaria [Audio Network] (Zika is spread mainly by the bite of the Aedes mosquito/how to reduce the risk of contracting the virus)

- Warming Trend - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (today, Brice is back to his old self, and he and Nikki are now able to start a family)

- Creepy Feeling Str - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] ("We can take steps to protect ourselves from a virus like zika...")


CASE 3

- ? ("...but if you don't realize the threat to your health until it's too late?"/case intro)

- ? (Saratoga Springs, New York/Josh Gaul works in the I.T. department of a local university, has a wife and two little boys, and maintains a close relationship with his parents, Tom and Lynne)

- ? ("But Josh's happy family life is about to come under attack by a foreign invader."/one summer, Josh is in Washington D.C. for a three-day work conference, but on the last day, he wakes up in his hotel room with sharp abdominal pain)

- Controlled Environment - Brian Reidinger, Daniel Burke, Brian Casey, Darren Drew [KPM Music] (briefly plays in between the previous and next track/Josh heads to the final session of his work conference/Josh watching the speaker and quickly turning to look at his notes aggravates his stomach)

- Creative Mind - Sébastien Roux [Cezame Music Agency] (Josh suffers through the remainder of the day, and when he returns home, tells his wife, who suggests he takes some tums)

- ? (the next day however, Josh isn't feeling any better)

- Ghosts of the Past (a) - James Warburton [APM Music] (Josh drags himself out of bed)

- Argue Now - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (Josh's parents arrive)

- ? (over the course of the day, it's clear that Josh is suffering from more than gas pain)

- ? (Josh suffers severe pain while attempting to pick up one of his kids)

- ? ("For the past two days, Josh Gaul has been suffering from stabbing pains in his abdomen."/Josh declines to see a doctor)

- ? (the following morning, Josh's pain is more intense)

- Intentional Concealment - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] ("It felt like I had somebody...on the inside, kind of, digging their nails into me, and then digging them deeper, deeper and kind of squeezing."/"It was getting to be a little bit unbearable in that spot in my lower abdomen."/Josh finally decides to seek medical attention)

- ? (Josh explains to the doctor his pain)

- Problem - Bruno Pilloix, Lionel Wendling [APM Music] (explanation of diverticulitis)

- ? ("I didn't know anything about diverticulitis...but it was one of these..."If that's my answer, I want it to be my answer so I can just take care of this and move on." at that point.")

- Thriller - Laurent Juillet [APM Music] (doctor orders an MRI of Josh's abdomen)

- ? (MRI reveals a possible infection near Josh's pancreas)

- Extremities (e) - James Davies [APM Music] (Josh is transported to the hospital)

- Desert Snipe* - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (explanation of a twisted bowel)

- ? (doctor explains to Josh he needs emergency surgery)

- ? (three hours later, Josh's family gets anxious waiting for news/"We figured it was going to be kind of a routine thing.")

- ? (finally, the doctor arrives with an update)

- ? ("Josh Gaul has just had surgery on his abdomen.")

- ? (doctor reveals the shocking cause of Josh's condition)

- Agoraphobic - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Miles Hawkins [Ah2 Music] (it's a toothpick)

- ? (the toothpick perforated Josh's intestine, forcing doctors to cut out a foot-long section of it)

- ? ("In 80% of cases where a foreign object has been swallowed, it'll pass through the digestive system causing little or no harm.")

- ? (Josh remembers eating a club sandwich the day he got off the plane to Washington D.C., but swears he took out the toothpicks)

- ? ("In the U.S., some of the more common things that adults swallow are the bones from fish and chicken.")

- Mainframe - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams (Josh spends three days in the hospital, and is told to take it easy for a few weeks when he is released)

- ? (today, Josh is fully recovered, and claims he's learned he needs to slow down when eating)

- Mysterons - David O'Brien [Audio Network] (how to avoid accidentally ingesting a foreign object)

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