20041218-cruise-friends-memories

[WDWLVR]

jilljill,

Good luck tomorrow with the surgery. Hope you heal quickly!

 

[jilljill]

Thanks for the good wishes. Just getting in the last food and drink that I can for a long while.
Good night everyone.

 

[tkd lisa]

Good luck with the surgery JillJill.

Sad news in our household. A long time friend of my husband is very ill. Last Wed evening he came home from work and sat down on the couch. He told his wife "Please turn down the TV, it's too loud". When she turned around, he was having a seizure. Long story short, he had a severe heart attack (potentially caused by extremely low potassium levels due to a lasix imbalance), and now they believe he is brain dead. They will do more tests for the next several days, but will have to make a decision re: life support within the week. He's in his early 40s and has a 12 year old son. My DH is obviously upset by this. It does strike close to home. Prayers and pixie dust would be greatly appreciated.

 

[WDWLVR]

Lisa,

I'm very sorry to hear about your friend. I can only imagine what your family and theirs are going through. Prayers headed out your way.

 

[WVMD]

Lisa,

Thoughts, prayers and pixie dust for your family and your friends.

Virgil and family........

 

[Dancind]

Oh, Lisa, that is so sad! I've never heard of that, is Lasix a medication? Diana

 

[tkd lisa]

Diana: Yes, lasix is a diuretic (sp?, basically it's a water pill) that they often give heart patients. My FIL had a similar thing happen to him this fall, but they caught it much quicker. In fact, he had just gotten out of the hospital when we were able to talk them into joining us on the cruise.

Latest update, I just talked to our friend's wife. She said that the last sedative is out of his system and he's still showing no signs of waking up. They took another EEG and are waiting on the neurologist to give them the results.

For her prayer request (this broke my heart!!) she asked us to pray that if he's not going to wake up, that when they turn off the life support, he goes quickly. She said "I just couldn't stand it if we turned of the life support, and he just laid there, alive, but not Steve." I sure wish we could be there, not 600 miles away. Not that we could do anything, but it's tough.

Thanks for all the kind thoughts and prayers. Lisa

 

[jilljill]

lisa - **PD** to your family and your friend's family

surgery went well today 1 handed typing is the pits

 

[gail1771]

Dear Lisa, I am so sorry to hear what happened to your Husband's close friend. Prayers are coming your way.

Hi Jill, I hope you are feeling better today.

I am also having surgery this Thursday. I have a small mass( not cancerous) in my sinus cavity and also a large cyst that has to be removed. I have had 9 acute sinus infections this past year. I had an emergency cat scan 3 weeks ago to find out that I have two blockages. I hope to go home after the surgery is over and rest at home.I am more nervous about going under anesthesia than the surgery itself. I have had previous surgeries and I do not take well to anesthesia at all. Anyway I hope everyone has a great day. Talk to you all soon. Fondly-Gail

 

[WDWLVR]

Gail, so sorry to hear that you need surgery as well. Here's hoping it all goes well and that you are home and resting quickly. I'll be thinking of you on Thursday and saying a prayer that you react ok to the anesthesia.

Here's a group hug for you (jilljill is the one hugging with one arm so as not to hurt her wrist )

 

[jilljill]

gail - **PD** and good wishes to you

mary that was a kind thought you had

ok everyone, let's get all surgeries and major illnesses out of the way quickly so that everyone is well for the cruise next year

 

[wdwgoose]

this is not good !!!!!!1!
sorry too hear all this bad news. well unhappy news. I do hope the best for all ******P D ******** too everyone.


BEST WISHES PIXIE DUST TOO ALL



gaRry

 

[jilljill]

Happy rainy Thurs. to everyone (hoping)

I received a message from Karyn (kabuli1) this morning and she wanted me to pass along this message to everyone:

"Hi, I can read but I can't post! Something went wrong with my connection and I always get the busy or broken server message. I feel like I'm cut off from the world right now!
Anyway, I hope the wrist is better and I hope everybody else is doing ok w/ their various surgeries and ill friends." "...please let everybody on the board know that I'm thinking about them, and that I would love to get emails and pms."

Have a good day.

 

[tkd lisa]

Hi guys. I'm back from a business trip. Sorry to hear about all the surgeries! It does sound like everyone's getting "tune ups"! I hope all is well. That sinus surgery doesn't sound fun, and I know I'd go nuts having to type one-handed!

I appreciate all the prayers for our friend. He died Wednesday night. My DH is heading home for the funeral now. His family would appreciate continued prayers for strength.

Hope all the rest of you are doing well. I'll probably be in chat tonight if anyone wants to "stop" by.

 

[wdwgoose]

OUCH!!!!!!!!!
or should it be bruurrrrrrrrr!!!!
its cold here :~(((((( Mickey take me away please please
it is 27 here lisa its coming your way

okay health proplems too net proplems IT will end in well not soon enough (forgot to check timer)
so any good places too eat in Lexington Ky?????????????
someone gave me a place and I lost it :~! sorry
vicki & gregg are there I left them last night going back tommorrow with vanessa.........

t shirts no where yet still getting them on computer.

well another day at work
long drive yesterday down to lexington and back. then again tommorrow.

take care all


gaRry

 

[jilljill]

Lisa, so sorry to hear about your friend, my htoughts are with your family and theirs.

Going to be cold here tonight as well. Come on 12/3, next trip to WDW
Contracts were signed on the new house today - now we have about 8 months to wait, depending upon the winter and spring weather.
Have a good weekend.

 

[WDWLVR]

Lisa - sorrry we missed you if you went to chat last night. Mark and I had a "date" last night of dinner and a movie.

Got some bad news yesterday as it looks like I'll soon be out of a job. The company I work for is doing poorly and it doesn't look like I'll be able to stay much longer.

Don't know what this means for the future. Chances are I may have to take a cut in both pay and vacation time. First off I have to find a new job!

We're keeping plans to be on the cruise, but you just never know.

Lisa - continued prayers for your friends. How very sad. {{{HUGS}}} to you DH as well.

 

[gail1771]

Hi Everyone. Lisa, I am so sorry to hear about your friend my prayers go to you all and their family.

Jill, I hope you are feeling better each day. Where are you moving too? Is it new construction? How exciting that is.

Mary, Sorry to hear about your job. Something else will turn up if the job you have now does not work out.

Karyn, hope all is well. I know you were having trouble posting. When you get a chance and you can e mail, let me know how you are doing?? When are you moving?? I miss my e mail budddy.

I had the sinus surgery and am feeling better today.

I stated a job in lieu of paying my son's pre school bill 2 weeks ago. I work at the pre school (front office) where he goes to pre school two days a week. Four to four and a half hours each day. I will probablly also work their this summer so I do not have to pay for his camp just my daughters.
I also work in the summer at a pool and tennis club 12 hours a week in lieu of membership and maintenance fees.The pool and tennis club has two hundred families that pay a one time bond and maintenance fees every year. The only downfall to this job is that my husband and I play tennis and you are not allowed to play on the tennis teams for this club if you work there but you can use the facilities and all the activities. You also have to work one 4 hour shift evey weekend. It is a great deal. I guess this will be a busy summer schedule. Eventually when my son starts kindergarden I will look for a real job that will hopefully work around my children's schedule. I still have a way to go as Ethan is only going to be 2 and a half next month.
My DH started framing our extension and the roof this weekend. It is so cold here in NY. Hopefully it will warm up next week a little. Winter is on it's way. I need sun and Florida!! We will be in Florida visiting my in laws and staying at our time share in Palm Beach on December 21 to December 28th. I might be going with the children alone as DH might have to work or work on our extension but he will fly down a week later and join us. My children are off from school those two weeks. I am pulling Emily out of school for 2 days so we can enjoy the sun and warmer weather.
I hope you all have a great weekend. Talk to you soon. Fondly Gail1771

 

[jilljill]

Gail, Glad to hear your surgery went well too. I'm using my hand more and more (as you can tell by the post - it now has caps ). We are only moving 4 miles from where we live now and it is new construction. So many decisions had to be made before the contract was even signed. But now we can rest a while and wait until the flooring contractor calls to set up the appointment for those decisions .
Your holiday vacation sounds wonderful and very warm

Mary, sorry to hear about your job. I hope that something turns up quickly for you and you get to keep all your vacations you have planned.

gaRry, you could have kept the cold weather all to yourself out there, no need to share everything .
I want warmth and lots of it enough of this cold stuff. I know it hasn't really arrived for the season - I'm hoping for another mild winter, probably asking for too mcuh.

Have a good weekend

 

[tkd lisa]

Mary, I did miss you in chat. It had been a long week, so I went to bed about 10:00. So sorry to hear about your job. Hopefully, this will be the door to a better opportunity.

Glad to hear that many of you are on the mend.

It turned cold here this weekend too! Lots of frost out there. But it's supposed to warm up tomorrow, just in time for the Vet's Day parade. If it stays over freezing, our cub scouts are camping this coming weekend! So send warm thoughts down here.

Thanks to all of you for the thoughs and prayers for our friends. DH is heading home today after the funeral and visiting with the family. Basically, they're just in that timeframe where it hasn't quite sunk in yet. I'm sure this will be a hard week.

Have a great week all! Lisa