11/26/2025
PATIENT OF THE WEEK! Heart disease and kidney failure… in his daughters own words 🙏🏻❤️✊8 months ago and right before his 70th birthday, my dad suffered from a stroke that landed him in the hospital. In the weeks after, he was told he had several blockages in his heart as well as an enlarged aorta. His health continued to decline as doctors had him on over 12 different prescription drugs that were supposedly keeping him alive. In that time he was also pushed from stage 3B to stage 4B kidney failure due to all the radioactive dye injected during 3 failed angioplasty attempts to place stents. Things were not looking good. I felt like I was watching the life being drained from my dad. After the last failed attempt at an angioplasty, my dad was told he had no other option other than to have quadruple bypass open heart surgery. After a lot of disappointment and consideration, he did not feel good about the statistics he was presented with and declined the surgery. He knew there had to be a better way and that’s when he started considering alternative treatments. He agreed to an appointment with Dr. Rettig despite some suspicions and poking fun at his daughter for taking him to a “voodoo doctor” 🤣. Dr. Rettig was really sweet with my dad and without really any previous knowledge of his health, explained that he had a bacterial infection around his heart and in his lungs that needed to be cleared as well as some congested kidneys that were bogged down and not functioning well. He gently adjusted one area of his back to help with kidney function and sent him home with supplements, a new diet and a new lease on life! In the first few weeks my dad went from a .5 to a 7.5! He was off ALL but one of his drugs, his blood pressure was regulating, his ongoing cough and chest congestion cleared, his energy started coming back. In the next few weeks he was at an 8.5! His mind was SO much clearer, his lab results showed that his stage 4b kidney failure was REVERSING (and if you have ever talked to a kidney doctor, that does not happen with any of their help). He was losing weight, his strength and stamina had returned, and he was feeling “back” and even better than before… and I got my dad back. Today, after only a few months of working with Dr. Rettig, my dad scored a 9.5! I am so grateful for Dr. Rob and his sweet team. He has taken care of me, my kids, and so many friends and now family over the years I have known him and I truly feel like his practice is a gift from the Lord! I cannot sing his praises enough. THANK YOU!!