Jim Scanlon (deceased)
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Jul 20, 2012 9:16:53 GMT 9
Got this from Marsha and posting it in case you hadn't seen it. Note the part I highlighted in red and underlined. Jim Too :god_bless_usa Virginia Mason Hospital Seattle 925 Seneca Street Seattle, WA 98101 Attn: Harry (Steve) Stephens, Room 1559 www.virginiamason.org/ Free cards (hint he is getting a lot of these cards w/the dog on it)www.virginiamason.org/PatientCard
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Post by Mark O on Jul 20, 2012 11:05:33 GMT 9
Steve, you are one tough plugger!
YOU WILL BEAT THIS!!!
Penny and I send our prayers brother.
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Post by steve201 (deceased) on Jul 20, 2012 11:24:27 GMT 9
thanks for all the well wishes....today was a bit easier but tough just the same.....got to take my first shower standing up in I don't know how long...then the PT came in and along with 2 of her henchemen....walked me down the hall and back.....
my white blood cells are just about all gone....so..I'll be on my last treatment for this part.....then....my hair will fall out....gotta get the barber up here so they can just cut it off....wife is gonna bring me a baseball cap ...hopefully I won't look like an ugly "Q" ball..........
then they had to move one of my IV's to a new location.....I hate it when they do that.....of course I've been stuck so many times that I feel like a pin cushion would be an improvement...
Steve
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Post by Gene on Jul 20, 2012 14:34:25 GMT 9
hey there, thanks for the update...sounds like average hospital procedure...hate it when the p.t. guy shows up...usually means a lot of leg lifts or knee bends, walking down the halls with a few bottles on a stand following you...trying to keep the muscles from atrophy... but in the hospital life its something to do... been stuck a few times myself, darn uncomfortable...glad to see your well enough to make light of it... keep us informed, we are all hoping and praying... gene
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Post by steve201 (deceased) on Jul 20, 2012 15:43:57 GMT 9
I have to make light of it...who's gonna take a guy serious dressed in yellow anti slip socks...green out fit...pushing a pole with a bunch of bags down the hall that is named George...( the tree)......all I do is say..come on George...time to go pee again.....
Steve
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Post by jimpadgett on Jul 20, 2012 22:49:23 GMT 9
Not to speak of not having a hand free to keep your butt from shining out the rear of that gown. Hang tough!
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Post by Gene on Jul 21, 2012 1:48:23 GMT 9
somebody needs to get a pic of that hopes and prays for you....gene
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2012 4:11:01 GMT 9
screw your butt hanging out. If they cared enough they'd give you a gown that fit, if not just tell them to kiss it, it should be easy enough with it hanging out. :rofl
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Post by Gene on Jul 21, 2012 5:20:51 GMT 9
hey ron, im thinkin they got laws against that, at least here in wa. of course i think they are trying to change that to...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2012 7:19:34 GMT 9
Steve, you could alway say you're gay. then you'll have obummer following you. i'd eat some beans quick and fart his brains out, if there are any in there. :rofl :guns
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Post by Gene on Jul 21, 2012 8:08:14 GMT 9
hey ron, iwas just thinking about chinese tonite...what do ya think... and why has all the automatons stopped blinking.... chinese....yum oh by the way...steve...hang in there...(i wish i could think of somthing else...) i hope you know i mean it... gods speed in your recovery...
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Post by steve201 (deceased) on Jul 21, 2012 9:12:30 GMT 9
today was the last chemo drug treatment I had to take..hopefully they will slow the amount of iv's so I can get some sleep..... gene....I owe ya one!!!
Steve
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Post by Gene on Jul 21, 2012 9:30:17 GMT 9
hey, no big deal there steve...everybody here feels the same way i do...we want you all well again, so we can tell you off :rofl ... and besides every once in a while you got something real interesting to throwout there... so, just take it easy, think of how great its going to be when then they get this thing beat and put you back out on the street... did you hear the one about the 24 year old nut that shot up 70 plus people in aurora co. an ar15, rem 870 and a glock...hold on to your pants...theyre going to go for tighter gun rules.... how about some tighter "nut" rules...
take care... gene
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2012 10:39:09 GMT 9
you know it suits obummers purposes/
he just said on tv, that it could have been his daughters, right, like anyone could get close to them with all the SS around.
i choose to think it's a plot by one of the puppetmasters minions making sure the pot is still being stirred
Steve, keep it up, you'll be dancing with the nurses in no time, unless of course, George has a better figure and butt than you
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Post by steve201 (deceased) on Jul 21, 2012 12:26:10 GMT 9
the nut job has been on every tv show on every channel it seems.....not counting the 6k rnds of ammo(which will get banned)...and then there is the fact that he rigged his apt to explode.......geez.....he's got every rule in the world against him and now all they gotta do is enforce the laws!!!!
I'll take the nurses....George's butt is too cold and boney..
Steve
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Post by steve201 (deceased) on Jul 21, 2012 16:33:42 GMT 9
ok...today was sorta funny.....at least I thought so....I have this team ..which I call the 3 amigos ...doc's Holister parker and poole..which also sounds like cheesie lawyers from the 3 stooges......holister, a nice young man is obviously limp wrtisted.....but seems to know his medicine........poole, a very serious young lady but a bit masculine in the way she stands .....well...they come in and see how I'm doing every day...then talk for a bit reviewing meds, blood count ...etc....all that doctor stuff.......then without missing a beat...all 3 pull out there stethescopes and start poking and prodding and listening.......
well...after I started feeling a bit better...I had one of the nurse techs get me a spare stethescopes for a gag.....hid it under my blanket ...and yep...here comes holister and poole...parker was on another case so it was just the 2 amigos....well...the usual hits and they ask thier questions.....poke ...prod.....review meds/labs etc....then they each reach for thier stethescopes......just like me...I grab mine under the sheets....and then start listening around my chest...the move onto holisters back....pooles shoulder all the while they are trying to be serious.....well....poole started cracking up and then holister.....my sister and wife were just giggling cuz I had those things in my ears going "mmm hmmm"....."hmmmmm"...and where were you listening over here???....just making a pain out of myself.....well...it was too funny and the serious dr. poole couldn't contain it....she walked out laughing down the hall....
thought I'd share some fun since sometimes it gets really boring here.....
Steve
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Post by jimpadgett on Jul 21, 2012 21:35:12 GMT 9
Watch where you put you put your stethoscope. Wouldn't want either of those docs to take it the wrong way.
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Post by Gene on Jul 22, 2012 0:45:54 GMT 9
right when you think a guy is really sick, along comes the gags. here thinking there's something seriously wrong with someone and the humor starts popping out... I'm surprised that one of them m.d.s didn't call for some medication to subdue that symptom... here your starting to feel better and no place to go... just think of all the planning that little stunt took, and then pulling it off...and getting the desired effect... keep it up...you are your own best medicine... and keep telling us about it...
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Post by Jim on Jul 22, 2012 1:12:33 GMT 9
You are going to make it just fine Steve, keeping the facial skin tight when laughing keeps the tears back.... God be with you and Marsha my friend..... The Old Sarge
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2012 3:20:41 GMT 9
well, if dr. poole is a tight ass, next time have a screw driver, and put the scope on her hip to see if she needs an adjustment? She'll either loosen up, or have a hissy. i've played those games with some of my docs, even the one who i told had the bedside manner of an alligator. that was the ortho who was going to fix my rather screwed up rotator cuff. he actually laughed at that one, but we got to be good friends. what the hell, if you cant laugh about it, what's the sense. life's too serious, to take it serious.
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