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It's always something (as Gilda Radner said)
Friday, June 1, 2007
3:37:00 PM EDT
Feeling Anxious
I spent last night at the cabin. Cliff called my cell phone around 9 o'clock and said, "I have some bad news." My heart flip-flopped.
"Jim (our son) wrecked on his motorcycle in a parking lot and broke his leg; they think that's all, but they're going to do a cat scan and some other tests."
Well, I was relieved, honestly. Jim survived a broken leg before when he was nine years old. That involved a motorcycle too, a Honda 70. Broken legs heal.
This morning I called Deb, Jim's wife, and found out a little more. Then Rachel and I went shopping, and when we got back, Cliff was on the phone talking to Jim. Then I had a turn talking to him. He sounds just fine, except for some slight slurring of words as a result of the morphine.
It was a compound fracture, so they're watching for infection. Tomorrow he'll have surgery. The bone is broken in three places. He'll have some sort of open cast to keep it immobile for four weeks, then he'll be looking at six weeks of therapy. Bummer. But still, it's just a broken leg; his head is intact.
Prayers and good thoughts would be appreciated.
When Rachel and I came home, Cliff looked rather pale. When he got done talking to Jim, he went and laid down on the couch, not something he'd ever do under normal circumstances. I'd heard him tell Jim he had some stomach pain. I began quizzing him and found out the pain had almost doubled him over. You can imagine, I'm thinking heart issues, since he'd thought his angina was indigestion, back before his surgery. He also mentioned he's been having slight stomach pain over the past couple of weeks, although it's in a different area than his angina pain was.
I got on the hot line to his cardiologist and talked to the nurse at the office. She said, "Any time he's having pain that doubles him over, he should go straight to an emergency room, no matter what the cause; and he needs to see his family physician, so he can determine if we should have a look at him."
Well, the pain has passed, so I don't think I'll get him into an emergency room; he was peeved that I called the doctor! But I've scheduled an appointment with our family doctor for Monday.
Prayers and good thoughts would be appreciated.
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3:37:00 PM EDT
Feeling Anxious
It's always something (as Gilda Radner said)
"Jim (our son) wrecked on his motorcycle in a parking lot and broke his leg; they think that's all, but they're going to do a cat scan and some other tests."
Well, I was relieved, honestly. Jim survived a broken leg before when he was nine years old. That involved a motorcycle too, a Honda 70. Broken legs heal.
This morning I called Deb, Jim's wife, and found out a little more. Then Rachel and I went shopping, and when we got back, Cliff was on the phone talking to Jim. Then I had a turn talking to him. He sounds just fine, except for some slight slurring of words as a result of the morphine.
It was a compound fracture, so they're watching for infection. Tomorrow he'll have surgery. The bone is broken in three places. He'll have some sort of open cast to keep it immobile for four weeks, then he'll be looking at six weeks of therapy. Bummer. But still, it's just a broken leg; his head is intact.
Prayers and good thoughts would be appreciated.
When Rachel and I came home, Cliff looked rather pale. When he got done talking to Jim, he went and laid down on the couch, not something he'd ever do under normal circumstances. I'd heard him tell Jim he had some stomach pain. I began quizzing him and found out the pain had almost doubled him over. You can imagine, I'm thinking heart issues, since he'd thought his angina was indigestion, back before his surgery. He also mentioned he's been having slight stomach pain over the past couple of weeks, although it's in a different area than his angina pain was.
I got on the hot line to his cardiologist and talked to the nurse at the office. She said, "Any time he's having pain that doubles him over, he should go straight to an emergency room, no matter what the cause; and he needs to see his family physician, so he can determine if we should have a look at him."
Well, the pain has passed, so I don't think I'll get him into an emergency room; he was peeved that I called the doctor! But I've scheduled an appointment with our family doctor for Monday.
Prayers and good thoughts would be appreciated.
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Catching up here. I hope Jim is doing ok now. And I'm so glad you called the Doc about Cliff. Pain is a warning sign. What is it with men? They think they can just "ride it out" and everything will be fine. Hopefully, it's just indigestion or gas...and NOT Cardiac related.
Keep us posted and I will keep your family in my prayers.
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MOSIE SO SORRY I MENT TO ALSO MENTION CLIFF PRAYERS ARE FOR HIM ALSO GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU MARIA
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HI MOSIE JUST A SHORT NOTE TO LET YOU KNOW I AM SO SORRY ABOUT YOUR SON AND MY PRAYERS ARE WITH HIM AND ALL OF YOU ALSO PLEASE KNOW THAT I HAVE ASKED OTHERS TO PRAY FOR HIM HERE IN NEW YORK :0)SO PEACE BE WITH ALL OF YOU MARIA :0)
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I will be praying for Cliff & Jim...please keep us posted about them both.
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