Title: Prayers for Lod Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Feb 19, 2012 Author:. Post Date:2012-02-19 22:32:03 by christine Keywords:None Views:5385 Comments:287
I just received news that Jim was taken to the hospital several days ago for a bleeding ulcer and is not doing well. They have him on a respirator and he's not lucid. That's all I know tonight.
#117. To: FormerLurker, christine, Sir Lod, Cyni. 4 (#83)
Great news on Jim christine, and kudos to you for being a true friend to him, and for us by proxy. I cant wait for the YouTube song fest to begin upon his return. And a big thank you to all that wished me well with my annual kidney stone episode. I had an 8.5mm one shattered by lithotripsy last March when I was in Florida. That was three weeks of fun in a sunny doctors day room with a bunch of seasoned gentleman who couldn't pee.
Yesterdays attack put me on the floor, crawling around like a baby. Effing incredible pain.
Pain and I are old friends. I like to think I can handle more than most can, but this? Ooooo Nooooo. Fork'n major OUCH. It took a 5-hour stint in the ER and two hits of IV fentanyl to clear my head. Im not sure where the stone is now but Im pumping water in and waiting for it to resurface like the Lock Ness monster. Tomorrow Im off to the urologist (who received his training in Ghana) with my pockets full of precocet. If you dont hear from me again after my visit, its probably because I developed a wicked case of bad karma to accompany this evil stone.
"[Ron Paul is] the only one who understands our problems. For the rest of them, its like a geography bee name the country, and they want to fight them, - Jason Nunn
Loddie, you broke 4um rules. No getting sick allowed. Now stop it and get well!
"[Ron Paul is] the only one who understands our problems. For the rest of them, its like a geography bee name the country, and they want to fight them, - Jason Nunn
A name change for "4" could be upon us ... like maybe ... www.fixem4us.doc
How about www.freedom4um4geezers.com?? God bless....
:)
With the exception of Whites, the rule among the peoples of the world, whether residing in their homelands or settled in Western democracies, is ethnocentrism and moral particularism: they stick together and good means what is good for their ethnic group." -Alex Kurtagic
Fork'n major OUCH. It took a 5-hour stint in the ER and two hits of IV fentanyl to clear my head.
OUCH!! I hope the rest of your recovery is pain- free. Take a chicken to pay your Ghanian doctor :)
With the exception of Whites, the rule among the peoples of the world, whether residing in their homelands or settled in Western democracies, is ethnocentrism and moral particularism: they stick together and good means what is good for their ethnic group." -Alex Kurtagic
I hear ya' I dropped it over a year ago, except for a slip now and then. I also dropped red meat and dairy, which surprisingly was easier for me than I thought.
Thanks abraxas. Much appreciated. The only tea I drink is unsweetened in place of diet soda when I'm out. I'll bag it ASAP.
And please skip the diet soda too. That aspartame - well you might as well sweeten your drinks with pesticide. I still enjoy an occasional soda - sweetened with real cane sugar.
Good ones I know of:
Jones Soda
Boyalan (Their Root Beer is divine and tastes the way it used to - similar to the Old A&W.) (Big Lots is the cheapest for it when they have it in stock, and same with Jones Soda.)
Imported Mexican Coke and Sprite - Mexico does not allow the use of High Fructose Corn Death. They taste the way they used to - meaning good - in moderation.
"Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide. ~ Gautama Siddhartha The Buddha
"[Ron Paul is] the only one who understands our problems. For the rest of them, its like a geography bee name the country, and they want to fight them, - Jason Nunn
#131. To: More Good News about Jim from Jay (#130)
More good news about Jim.
I stopped by the hospital last night and Jim had been sitting upright in a chair most of the afternoon and was worn out from the effort. I left after just a few minutes.
This morning he is doing much better. He slept throughout the night and looked good.
Four positive events have occurred since since yesterday morning:
1. He had a shave
2. He ate a little soft food (said it was terrible)
3. He had a BM last night (said THAT was great)
4. The NG and oxygen tubes were removed from his nose.
The monitoring electrodes are still connected and I assume those will remain at least until he is released from the ICU. He's a happy camper now that all the devices have neen removed from his nose and mouth.
The wonders of modern medicine!
j
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i plan to go see him this afternoon. we spoke on the phone yesterday. Jim sounded real good, but he didn't remember my visit on Monday. i've printed out the thread and will take it to him. :)
Jim sounded real good, but he didn't remember my visit on Monday.
maybe the meds or the trauma itself was doing that.
My dad is going thru the same thing, but he had a brain injury too.
I'm glad he's doing better!
-------------------------------------------------------- Somebody ought to tell the truth about the Bible. The preachers dare not, because they would be driven from their pulpits. Professors in colleges dare not, because they would lose their salaries. Politicians dare not. They would be defeated. Editors dare not. They would lose subscribers. Merchants dare not, because they might lose customers. Men of fashion dare not, fearing that they would lose caste. Even clerks dare not, because they might be discharged. And so I thought I would do it myself...Robert Ingersoll
Welcome back! We missed our favorite antiquity. :)
"[Ron Paul is] the only one who understands our problems. For the rest of them, its like a geography bee name the country, and they want to fight them, - Jason Nunn
#137. To: All, Jethro Tull, Just back from visiting Lod (#136)(Edited)
he looks good and is feeling good...little to no pain...eager to get out of ICU which should happen in the next day or two...very cogent...understandably weak...he did take a stroll down the hall today.
i took him a healthful smoothie i made which he sipped and enjoyed until his nurses came in and informed me that he was on a clear liquid diet only. oops. so they took it away and refrigerated it until he gets the ok from his surgeon.
he read the print out of this thread and very much appreciated all of your concern and well wishes. he's eager to get back online with us.
oh, and i called JT while i was there so that he and Jim could share their war stories. ;)
Im not sure where the stone is now but Im pumping water in and waiting for it to resurface like the Lock Ness monster.
I was about to say make sure you take a few snapshots if it rears its ugly head, just to make sure people will believe you, but then I thought about it and decided not to...
:)
"The real deal is this: the royalty controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
Glad to hear he's doing much better. Doctors are good for somethings, sometimes...
"The real deal is this: the royalty controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
"Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide. ~ Gautama Siddhartha The Buddha
Maybe the nurse or someone else was wrong about his diet. Am concerned about that because a smoothie should have been ok if he had already eaten soft food, as he said earlier. Good news that JT is recovering. Please come back more often, Cynicom.
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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
Thanks, GL. I have a 3/16 surgery date (lithotripsy) which is shock and awe (sound waves) causing minimal collateral damage. This will be the 2nd straight St. Patrick's Day I've had this procedure so it's becoming my own personal rite of Spring :)
This will be the 2nd straight St. Patrick's Day I've had this procedure so it's becoming my own personal rite of Spring :)
I guess the man in charge doesn't want the Irish flatfoot celebrating too much any more. :)
Assuming you're Irish...
Calling Ron Paul an isolationist is like calling your neighbor a hermit, because he doesn't come over your property and break your windows. - Dave Hebel
I was going to suggest sound wave treatment until I saw it was mentioned. St. Patrick's Day...that's the 17th so I hope you'll be recuperated by then. It's also the day that everybody's Irish so they should all make like the Irish in the movie, Braveheart, and join the Ron Paul Revolution for Freedom. Don't forget to wear something green.
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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
If Doc asks you "Is it safe?", Run Like Hell, 'cause he's aiming lower than Laurence Olivier did....
With the exception of Whites, the rule among the peoples of the world, whether residing in their homelands or settled in Western democracies, is ethnocentrism and moral particularism: they stick together and good means what is good for their ethnic group." -Alex Kurtagic
Jim's out of ICU, but here's the report from Jay tonight.
Jim had the endoscopy this morning and dodged yet another bullet. Turns out the bleeding was from a big clot in his esophagus of all things, and it was dissolved.
I went to see him at 6:00 and he is very weak but alert. He tried to speak but even leaning over close
to his face I couldn't understand him. He had just received a unit of blood when I arrived and shortly
there after his blood oxygen level dropped precipitously. The nurses immeditely injected something
into his I.V. and within seconds it returned to 100. Those people at Seton Northwest are really something
Thank you for the update. I'm still rootin' for him and praying that he pulls through. Looks like he may just do it and elude the Grim Reaper's grasp. I dearly hope so as he is a good man and we need all of those we can get at any time, but especially at this time.
Godspeed Jim and May the Good Lord Bless You with his touch.
"Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide. ~ Gautama Siddhartha The Buddha