Quarantine!
Since Monday night the family has been on sick watch. It started with Boopie Monday night around 8:00 PM. Then Ktreva started getting sick sometime in the middle of the night. I started Tuesday morning.
I'm going to save you all the details, but I really could go with out the abdominal cramping and two way exiting of any substance I happen to eat or drink.
Gathering at Macktown retrospective
We had a wonderful weekend. After receiving word that my mother was out of emergency surgery for her second heart attack, we headed to camp. Hey, mom told us to go! We were able to get set up in a soft drizzle with out any problems or issues. The new tent was a nice and easy set up for us. I'm really glad we decided to get it.
I did take some a lot of ribbing over the facial hair, not all the comments were as hateful on the ones left on my previous post. Some of you have a mean streak! Actually none of the comments bothered me, I figured that was going to happen. I just rolled with them.
The weather started off kind of crappy. Thursday when we set up it was drizzling a little with the occasional rain. Friday we had on and off rain through out the day. Sometime around 3:00 pm the weather started to get nasty. We had a severe thunderstorm blow through just south of us and the wind really started to pick up. At one point the rain was coming at us vertically. With winds gusting up to 30 mph we had some serious issues. Ktreva, the boys and I were standing under our friend Smokepoles 16 foot fly and the rain was coming so hard that my glasses were covered in rain as I stood at the other end.
Some of the campers that showed up late had to set up in the pouring rain. The wind never really died down all night. It blew hard and heavy all night long, which of course meant a lot of people didn't get much sleep. I have a hard time sleeping in high winds situation because I'm listening for ripping canvas and snapping poles. I know of at least 4 people that lost canvas that night.
Saturday morning a lot of campers just packed up in left, including some of the people that set up in the rain. We lost about 50% Saturday morning before the event even started. There was one well known individual trader going around telling people that the wind was going to get worse and we were going to get snow that night. A lot of people just took him at his word and started packing up. The booshway, event committee and staff kept telling people they were not canceling the event and encouraged people to stay.
Now I have a lot of re-enactors, living historians, etc that read this blog, so I'm not going to mention any individuals specifically, but I will say this. The bug out was really caused by one group of re-enactors that have absolutely nothing to do with the running of this event. I was surprised by the groups that did pull out.
Saturday after the event closed, even more people packed up and left. When we had the camp meeting I had been into my cups so when the topic of how to handle the situation in the future came up, I just started talking. I told them that I felt that anyone that left early with out a legitimate reason should not be invited back next year. I know a couple left because their ridge poles snapped and they couldn't fix it or their canvas was destroyed. Let them come back because they had a legitimate excuse for leaving. Most of the people still there agreed with me. Someone brought up that they needed those camps to demonstrate. I pointed out they weren't there anyways.
Since none of my friends in camp tackled me in the middle of the meeting I just kept shooting off my opinion. I did learn a valuable lesson this weekend. Never go to camp meetings half drunk. Definitely don't drink during the meeting. They are not asking me to be on the committee for this event. Yea, I told them no and that I didn't think it would be a good idea for me to join. I'd just be one more problem they had. Could you imagine my loud, opinionated self in a committee for something that I don't get paid to do? Yea, there's not enough sensitivity classes in the world to keep me from spouting off at every bad idea. I'm not a committee kind of guy.
The kicker to this whole thing is that the weather on Saturday was windy up until about 7:00 PM. Then it was just nice. We had no more high winds, no more rain. Sunday it was sunny and beautiful. All these people that packed up and left early, wasted their time. They missed a beautiful weekend.
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You don't have to say who it was who WUSSED because it does not matter. Who ever left, be they ONW or otherwise, are nothing but fair weather campers. The way I see it, If you have a problem camping in the rain at these type of events then maybe they should find a different hobby. And I Know that at times there are certin circumstances to every case, But no trader ought to have any say as to to weather an event should be canceled. And you know that I agree with your comments about who should be invited the next time despite the fact that you may have been in your cups. These event committes need to stop worrying about quanity and worry more about quality. Before they end up not having an event at all. Well I guess I've stretched this noose far enogh.
Signed
If you cant' run with the big dog's stay under the porch and lick yourself.
Wil
Posted by: wil at April 29, 2008 10:16 AM (Ahwzy)
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why thanks guys.. i am a commettie member and i do agree with all that was said here. i am surprised that some of the ones who left took someones word and didnt talk to the booshway or myself. and as for inviting them back.. well i am all for quality and not quanity myself. i will say though anyone who talked to us, or who left due to dammage will be invited back, anyone else may need to re jury as this is a quality event and we will not continue to allow people to break the rules or make there own, if they think they can do better i would like to see them do it. and i would also like to again say.. it was a great event even if we lost alot of the camp. to everyone who stayed ,, you are all awsome.. to those who didnt.. well you missed a hell of a great party.. jane
Posted by: jane at April 30, 2008 04:31 PM (/M9WP)
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Hey y'all!
I'm the trapper that was camped in front of you in the little lean-to. I not only remember you at the camp-meeting, I remember you hollerin' at yer kid late at night! Thanks again for the use of yer shovel! I was curious when I got to work Monday, so I went to the US Weather Bureau website to check their records for the weekend. Thursday night we got .55 inches of rain and Friday 1.34. It seemed like more. But you're way off on the wind speeds. It averaged 30-40 MPH on Friday and Saturday with gusts 50-70 MPH. That's why those hooters blew over- they ain't designed for that kind of wind. I don't know why so many people left, some were open about it and some just disappeared. Kinda like the snow I guess. People overreacted to some bad weather, but it wasn't that bad. Personally, I didn't buy a Hudson's Bay Blanket and make a capote out of it to wear in August, it's for bad weather. I'm glad I went and I'm proud I stayed- Hoorah fer the mountains! See you next year, same Mack time, same Mack date, and same Mack place!
Bill
Posted by: Bill Anderson at April 30, 2008 05:05 PM (EyWcv)
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Thanks to both of you for stopping by.
I may be off on the wind speeds, I was just going off of what was predicted. I didn't really care that much to look it up as it really wasn't that bad. I've survived much worse.
Posted by: Contagion at April 30, 2008 05:54 PM (mLmOT)
Lookin' Fancy.
Well, I did it. Last night I went and shaved off all of the facial hair. Now, I'll be honest I've had mixed reactions. First I have Clone, "Daddy, you look fancy." I don't know where that came from, but okay! I'm not arguing with a five year old.
Boopie just laughed at me and said I looked like a dork. Ktreva told me that I looked about 15 and that she liked me better with facial hair. That was between bouts of laughter.
At work this morning, for the short time I was there before having to get get Clone, I had mixed reactions. Everything from, "Did you lose a bet?" to "You look like younge." Some said they liked it, but I think they where just being nice. No, I agree. I think I look like a bigger dork.
See, I've had facial hair for pretty much all of my adult life. I started growing a mustache in High School and I kept it through college. I shaved it off for a short period of time when I did my internship, but grew it back. When I worked in Law Enforcement I couldn't have a beard , so as soon as I left that field I actually grew one. I had that for a while, but decided I didn't like it, so I shaved it down to the Goatee. For those of you that have met me, you'll recognize me in this picture:
It's not the best picture, but it gives you an idea. That is the facial hair I've sported for the last 10 years of my life. Usually shorter and better trimmed, but it was always some variation of that.
What I had for years took me less then 5 minutes to get rid off. I trimmed it down and then completely shaved. My upper lip not having seen a razor since 96.
If you want to see how dorky I look now... just go to the extended entry.
more...
Posted by: Richmond at April 24, 2008 12:56 PM (PN4cx)
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I think I looked scarier with the facial hair. With out it, I look like a cherubic 15 year old.
Richmond, thanks for saying so. But I know that you're lying to be nice.
Posted by: Contagion at April 24, 2008 03:08 PM (f5Co1)
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Caaann'tttt.........gasp!!!........
.....Stop....................gasp!!!!.......
...........Laughing...........gasp!!!!!......
literally ROTFLMAO-TTCMB
Aren't you just just a sweet little thing.
Dork.
O yea. Thats right.
I called you a dork. What are you and your pinchable little cheeks going to do about it?
*rolls away laughing*
Posted by: Petey at April 24, 2008 03:44 PM (tmnSV)
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I say we take a vote on whether you should grow the facial hair back. My vote is grow it back. Sorry but I'm with Ktreva, you look better with facial hair. And yes I'm still laughing at the pic!!
Posted by: red at April 24, 2008 07:27 PM (Xw6pC)
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Ummmmmm yeah not exactly the kinda scary I was talking about
Posted by: Shadoglare at April 24, 2008 08:02 PM (G/H+i)
9"With out it, I look like a cherubic 15 year old.
Yep. You do......
;-) Start takin' your ID with you, you're SO gonna get carded!!
Posted by: Tammi at April 25, 2008 04:28 AM (pKwEP)
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And thusly lies the reason I will not have my picture taken without my beard.
You sorta look like a dude we arrested last week at a Krispy Kream though....
Posted by: BloodSpite at April 25, 2008 07:00 AM (dl14p)
Posted by: oddybobo at April 28, 2008 07:25 AM (mZfwW)
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who is the 15 year old nerd boy? DAMN dude. Wow.
But I like it.
Posted by: caltechgirl at April 28, 2008 11:52 AM (IfXtw)
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My good friend, Tell them that they can all kiss your rosey red......
Wait a minte thats your face. Sorry!!!
Just kidding it looks fine, not that bad, good on you? Ok different.
wil
Samuel Smith's Winter Welcome Ale.
Back to the beer reviews. Repeat enabler Bruce of Back to the Bat Cave sponsors tonightÂ’s review. His contribution this week was Samuel SmithÂ’s Winter Welcome Ale by the Samuel Smith old Brewery in Tadcaster, England.
It comes in a 1 pint 2.7 FL OZ brown bottle. The bottle has the name of the brewery molded into the glass. There is a gold foil wrapping around the neck. The label has a purple background and is very busy. In the middle is a picture of an old merchants ship.
There is a nice dark copper color to it. It is clear with no hints of cloudiness to it at all. When poured a half inch white head with a combination of bubbles formed. The head slowly faded into a film and ring on top the beer that lasted until the finish.
When smelled you can detect a mixture of malts and grains. It almost smells like a bran cereal. There is a touch of citrus to it as well as a hint of spice. The taste is a combination of malts and some spices. I had a difficult time singling any out. They mixed fairly well together.
This is a medium bodied beer. The carbonation level is comparable with most beers IÂ’ve had. ItÂ’s very easy to drink.
Bruce usually goes out of his way to find some of the most jacked up beers IÂ’ve ever had. In fact heÂ’s rather good at finding beers that no normal person would ever want to drink. This time he actually found something really nice. ItÂ’s pleasant and easy to drink. I give it a 6.5 out of 10.
I'm Back!
Let's see... MuNu has been down for me for about 15 hours. Yes, I have posts to make, including a beer review.
I'm home today. I was supposed to work, but Clone was up in the middle of the night vomiting. I thought it was just food poisoning as I'm feeling a bit off. I took him to the sitters and went to work. I was there about an hour when I got a call that he's complaining of an upset stomach and was getting sick. So I headed off to get him.
Also, last night my mother was taken BACK to the hospital. She had another heart attack. They are going to perform the surgery today to do the fourth artery, they originally were going to wait, but feel they can no longer do that.
To top things off, I am supposed to head to a re-enactment today. Now I'm not sure if I'm going.
I'm Back!
Let's see... MuNu has been down for me for about 15 hours. Yes, I have posts to make, including a beer review.
I'm home today. I was supposed to work, but Clone was up in the middle of the night vomiting. I thought it was just food poisoning as I'm feeling a bit off. I took him to the sitters and went to work. I was there about an hour when I got a call that he's complaining of an upset stomach and was getting sick. So I headed off to get him.
Also, last night my mother was taken BACK to the hospital. She had another heart attack. They are going to perform the surgery today to do the fourth artery, they originally were going to wait, but feel they can no longer do that.
To top things off, I am supposed to head to a re-enactment today. Now I'm not sure if I'm going.
What day is it?
I heard on the radio it’s Earth Day today. Until that moment I really had no clue. Now I’m sure I’m supposed to do something “green” to save the planet, but we all know that’s not going to happen. So what have been my activities today?
Umm, put an additional 50 miles on my truck running around town. You know the one with the 5 inch tailpipe and gets 10 miles to the gallon. I have Boopie out cutting up a tree in the backyard. Some plastic bags accidentally blew out of the open windows on my truck during my travels. I bought a bunch of non-recycled plastic stuff. I threw away some aluminum cans. Later tonight IÂ’m going to dump some used motor oil in my backyard in hopes of killing off some plants that just donÂ’t seem to want to die.
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Nothing for me today, but later this spring I'll be pouring gasoline on anthills.
The beauty of it is that you don't even have to set it on fire to kill those little bastards.
Posted by: Harvey at April 22, 2008 06:15 PM (VSEpa)
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As you may already know Max our youngest is home on leave for 30 days. They have done several bonfire parties, so our houshold is doing a bangup job of burning the trees.
Posted by: red at April 23, 2008 07:27 AM (lbJyz)
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I amused myself by going to several "caring friends of Mother Earth" coffeeshops and asking if they had spotted owl sandwiches, and if they could recommend a good place to get my Hummer detailed.
Posted by: LeeAnn at April 23, 2008 09:49 AM (ayhdB)
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Your blog is green - I think that shows you "care". *grin*
Posted by: Teresa at April 23, 2008 08:44 PM (EPWWA)
I leave in 4 days.
In four days is the Gathering at Macktown. I've been keeping an eye on the weather. According to the weather channel we are supposed to get rain next Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
I don't know why she did that, or why SHE thought it was funny, but she did. Don't get me wrong, I know why I think it's funny. Now watch his response:
Lies, Lies, Lies
When we were in school we were taught all kinds of things. Most of us as children just accepted what the teacher taught us as truth. As adults many of us now know that Teachers more often than not just teach what is in the text books and really aren't a subject matter expert. What is in those books is often suspect and depends on the authors and publishers. As adults we learn more and more things about life we go back and remember what we were taught as wrong.
Those are all pretty good, but honestly I think they should have added the controversial topic regarding the Civil War. Was it fought to free the slaves or fought to preserve the union? Anybody that studies history knows that slavery did have a hand in the fighting of the civil war, but the north did not go to war with the south to free the slaves. No, they went to war to preserve the union.
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Slavery did not become a real part of the Civil War until the Emancipation Proclamation, which was basically a useless document. It freed the slaves in areas that claimed the were not part of the United States. Slaves in states that didn't try to break away or had already be taken over by the Union Army were not freed.
The states that tried to leave did not do so to maintain slavery-it was that they were worried that the Federal Government would take away the rights of the states.
Even Lincoln, who was an abolishonist himself, is quoted as saying, "If I could preserve the Union and free all of the slaves I would do that, if I could preserve the Union and free some of the slaves I would do that, if I preserve the Union and free none of the slaves I would do that." While he personally wanted to free the slaves, Lincoln believed more in the preservation of the United States as a whole.
Posted by: Petey at April 19, 2008 02:49 PM (JhiOW)
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you will be happy to know we learned it was about preserving the union and were specifically told SEVERAL TIMES it was NOT about slavery. In fact, I think he took like 20% off our test grade if we missed that question.
Posted by: Carmen at April 22, 2008 03:00 PM (ICKzK)
Engineer's guide to cats.
This is for all of you engineers and pet lovers out there.
I found the portion of cat yodeling to be rather amusing. Personally, I would have loved if they had addressed the issue of the spayed female cat pissing all over the house.
What happened to 80's metal?
Patton Oswalt did a comedy routine based on what happened to 80's Metal. Anyone that loved metal back than will probably find this hilarious.
I particularly love the ending about Damn Yankees... because I remember that video and was laughing AT it when I first saw it. Don't get me wrong, Ted Nugent Rocks, but that was just stupid.
More to fan the flames.
I was sirfing around the net and I stumbled across this clip about an "Art Show" and the University of Maine at Farmington's Student Center. Now, I think the clip would have been better with out the music, you might be able to hear what is being said better. I know it's not my usual lighter side to Saturday's, but I wanted to share this.
Besides the intentional disregard of the Flag, the disrespect of a War Vetern and the asinine comments by the professor/administrator about it being just a piece of cloth, the thing that really gets me is the kids standing on the flags with signs on their backs. Unfortunately the film quality isn't the greatest, but I do believe one said, "Future Teacher".
Yep, that explains why the future of America is screwed.
Now that just pisses me off.
I'm home watching Clone. As I sat here on the computer playing a game I got a phone call from Apple Computers. They had a question about an order I had placed. Well I hadn't placed any orders with Apple, especially for an Iphone or case.
I called my credit card company and verified the charges where on there. They were great and took the charges off, canceled my account and are going to re-register a new one to me.
I'm not sure how they get the card number they did, we don't use it. I'm not sure why they gave Apple all of my information, I'm so confused right now that I'm not sure what is going on.
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Hopefully the cops pay a visit to the delivery address. They just busted a lady here that was responsible for a butt load of identity thefts.
Posted by: Navy CPO at April 18, 2008 05:44 PM (TwVjs)
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Usually the info gets pulled online, either though phishing or an unsecure web site that an order was placed through... but if you don't use the card, that shouldn't have happened. There's also the dumpster-diving option if you toss the statements without shredding... but I would think a site like Apple would ask for the security code along with the card#.
Which makes me wonder if it was someone who had access to the card... but it must have been different shipping info which caused Apple to question the order.
Very odd.
Posted by: Shadoglare at April 18, 2008 06:49 PM (G/H+i)
Rockin' and Shakin'
We had an earthquake lastnight? Well apparently we did, that's what everyone is talking about today. I wouldn't know it happened at 4:37 AM. At that time in the morning I'm sleeping. Apparently it was noticeable, but with the way Ktreva tosses and turns, if I did wake up, I probably just throught it was her.
According to the Rockford Register Star:
An earthquake centered in southern Illinois rocked people awake across the Midwest early today, surprising residents unaccustomed to such seismic activity.
The quake just before 4:37 a.m. was centered six miles from West Salem, and 66 miles west of Evansville, Ind.
Initially pegged as a 5.4 earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey revised its estimate to give it a value of 5.2....
...The quake shook skyscrapers in ChicagoÂ’s Loop, 230 miles north of the epicenter, and in downtown Indianapolis, about 160 miles northeast of the epicenter.
I just want to know why is it that when we have an Earthquake around here, it always happens in the middle of the night?
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Apparently, there was another 4.? about 10:15. One of the guys in my office said he felt it while sitting on the crapper. I didn't notice it, but was up to my eyeballs in an estimate and kinda oblivious.
There was some damage down south. Knocked brick off some churches and other buildings. But the worst of all-it knocked the bottles off the shelf in a liquor store in Mt. Carmel. Damned earthquake committing alcohol abuse.
prick.
Posted by: Petey at April 18, 2008 11:10 AM (tmnSV)
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It woke me up from a sound sleep. My bed was shaking and I was about to blame it on my cat chasing her imaginary friend around the house again, but the cat wasn't there. I thought it might have been an earthquake or a really weird dream. Went back to sleep & when I went to get Noah from work around 6 this morning, they were talking about it on the radio. About 2 months back I was laying on the couch watching the TV and my couch suddenly shook just for a couple seconds. I never did hear anything about an earthquake then, but I'm certain it was a small tremor. According to everything I've read we are located on a major fault line, so it is just a matter of time before we get a major earthquake.
Posted by: red at April 18, 2008 01:10 PM (lbJyz)
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I wanna know why I was awake for it and didn't notice a damn thing.
Posted by: Harvey at April 19, 2008 10:39 AM (VSEpa)
Good news at last... sorta.
I finally got a call from the Doctor's office regarding my MRI results. There is some really good news, it doesn't look like I need surgery! YEAH!
According to the Doctor, the MRI didn't show any fractures or torn ligaments and tendons. They said I have a really bad sprain of the ankle and foot compounded by what appeared to be signs of a dislocated ankle that had corrected itself.
I'm supposed to stay off of it for the next couple of weeks, take it easy, don't do any heavy lifting. They said I can take ibuprofen for pain and ice it as necessary to reduce the swelling. Well, anyone that knows me knows that I'm going to follow the doctor's orders to a T.
Now if you'll excuse me I need to go unload the water softener salt from the back of the truck, go through the re-enacting gear and see if I can finish cutting up that tree in the back yard.
Yesterday.
If you're looking for the beer review, I didn't do one this week and am not planning on one right now. With everything else going on, it just isn't a priority. They will continue next week.
Mom had her surgery. She had four blockages, 2 at 99%, one at 89% and one at 75%. They were thinking of doing bypass surgery, but because of her age the decided that stints would work better. The surgery went well. They were only able to get three of the four stints put in yesterday. When they finished with the third one she had been on the table for a long time and they felt that putting a fourth one in at that time would just jeopardize her health even more. They are going to wait until she regains some of her strength and do the fourth.
During the diagnostic phase they also found two extremely large gall stones. They told us she is going to have to have her galbladder removed in the next year or so.
Mom is doing fine. She's not handling the pain and discomfort too well and she is being very picky about how things are going to be done. IE she likes Diet A&W rootbeer. Other than water or milk she refused to drink anything but Diet A&W rootbeer. She was telling the nurses and staff that if they can't bring her a Diet A&W rootbeer, then she doesn't want anything else. Even if it was diet rootbeer by a different company, she wouldn't accept it. So my Dad is bringing her some.
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Sounds like she is doing better if she is demanding things
Posted by: Quality Weenie at April 17, 2008 08:50 AM (grH7t)
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I agree that the demands for Diet A&W Root Beer are a very positive sign.
Posted by: The Thomas at April 17, 2008 10:29 AM (ZhWrq)
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I was thinking the same thing QW. Hope all goes well dude.
Posted by: Navy CPO at April 17, 2008 10:30 AM (FzhYM)
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Sending up prayers for you and your entire family.
Posted by: Omnibus Driver at April 17, 2008 12:05 PM (WOXRM)
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Sounds like things are going as well as they can be - I will keep all y'all in my prayers.
Posted by: Richmond at April 17, 2008 12:18 PM (6Qx6k)
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Your comment about your Mom's demands explains ALOT about you my friend!
Glad to hear she is doing better.
Posted by: Bruce at April 17, 2008 03:56 PM (Dw9SA)
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I'd love to read your mom's rootBEER reviews!
I could just see it now...
"Compared to Diet A&W, it sucked!"
Posted by: Roses at April 17, 2008 04:11 PM (jCDHV)
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The root beer is the only thing she can control right now - so she's gonna do that. :-) Glad to hear the surgery went pretty well. Now let's hope she listens to her doctor WAY better than you listen to yours!!!
Posted by: Teresa at April 17, 2008 06:34 PM (EPWWA)
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Good grief. I'm so glad they caught this. Holy crap.
What she is going through now is worse than having her gall bladder removed. I had mine removed two years ago. My doctor told me it would have to be removed but it was my choice... I could have it done on my time, soon, or I could have it done on my gall bladder's time, when it decided I was too sick and had to go to the ER. I opted to fit it into my schedule, at my convenience, on the soon side.
Just a thought...
It wasn't indigestion.
It seems that mom had a heart attack last night. They've taken her into surgery for an angiogram and to place a couple of stints, that was about 2 hours ago. I haven't hear anything new since. In cases like this, no news is good news.
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Dear God. I am so glad she went to the hospital! Thinking of you all and praying for your Mom that she comes through this as easily as possible and that they don't find anything worse.
Posted by: caltechgirl at April 16, 2008 04:53 PM (IfXtw)
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Prayers up from here for your Mama's full recovery.
Posted by: Peter at April 16, 2008 05:20 PM (zj9Ne)
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Thoughts are with you. Anything you or the family need let me know.
Posted by: Bruce at April 16, 2008 07:12 PM (Dw9SA)
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Prayers...to your mother, family, and those involved in her care....
Posted by: AWTM at April 16, 2008 07:27 PM (xa7ES)
Posted by: Shadoglare at April 16, 2008 08:09 PM (TnUWU)
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She's very lucky they caught it. Even a year ago they might have missed it was a heart attack. I hope she's doing well. Prayers for her. And make sure she takes it very very easy.
Posted by: Teresa at April 16, 2008 11:17 PM (EPWWA)
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Crap. Please keep us posted. Y'all are in my thoughts.
Horrible day.
Yesterday is a day that will forever go down in my book as one of the worst days ever. It started off nicely enough but things took a turn for the worse quickly.
It all started while I was in a morning meeting, just after the meeting started one of my employees came into the conference room and advised us of an emergency. An employee that doesn't report to me had collapsed at her desk. Her supervisor, another and the managers went to check on her. The rest of us stayed in the conference room to finish the meeting. We paused for a moment when the ambulance arrived and then continued on. A couple of minutes later when it left with in minutes of arrival lights and sirens we knew something bad had happened. Usually when we have an incident the ambulance arrives, they stay for about 15 minutes prior to leaving and they leave rather slowly.
Upon leaving the room we were hit with the information that the employee had passed out at her desk, was having trouble breathing and they had issues finding a pulse. They had put an AED (Automatic Emergency Defibrillator) in order to find a heart beat. About an hour later our office was hit with the news that the employee had died. Most of the day was spent trying to comfort and support an emotionally devastated staff.
Then last night around 9:45 my phone rings. There is breathing on the other end and I have to say hello twice before I get anything. It was my mother. She was calling to say that she wasnÂ’t feeling good, she was rather incoherent and wasnÂ’t completing sentences. Then we were disconnected. I jumped off of the couch, grabbed my keys to head to her house as fast as KtrevaÂ’s van could take me. While in route I called her back to see if I could get specifics and to see if I needed to call 911. I thought maybe Dad was out and she was alone having problems.
When I called her back she told me she was heading to the hospital, Dad was driving. She handed the phone to Dad and he told me she was having chest pains and was complaining of not feeling good. They told me not to head over as there wasnÂ’t anything I could do at this time. So I turned around and went home.
Through out the night and this morning I received news that she was being admitted and that they were running tests. This morning Dad tells me that no matter what happens, Mom is not going to be working for the rest of the week, which is to be expected. He also told me that mom was stable and that the doctor was in checking on here and preparing to run some more tests to make sure everything is okay.
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Thoughts and prayers from this side of the pond.
Posted by: bx19 at April 16, 2008 03:25 PM (wr7x2)
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Good Lord. We've had many people die while at work at Company X and it sucks... devastating. I"m so sorry. And your Mom... Yikes! Just a little stress in the Contagion Family. Y'all are in my thoughts.
Change is good!
