Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts-see new thread

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: mouldy
Date: 25 Dec 10 - 06:48 AM

Good thoughts and prayers coming express delivery!

Andrea.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: Morticia
Date: 25 Dec 10 - 06:26 AM

thinking of you Uncle Pat.....and the rest of my honourary family

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: Lox
Date: 25 Dec 10 - 05:51 AM

Keep it coming dude - nearly through.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: jacqui.c
Date: 25 Dec 10 - 04:46 AM

Heavyweight burst of energy being sent to Ohio, for all the Pattersons. This is a very happy household this morning so, hopefully, the energy will be well charged.

Keeping a close watch on this thread.

Unless Spaw wants a visit from members of the Evil Sisterhood he had better get his act together and get his arse out the hospital in short time.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: katlaughing
Date: 25 Dec 10 - 04:25 AM

Good oh, Claire. I've a feeling tonight we could all use a redouble on efforts.:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: ClaireBear
Date: 25 Dec 10 - 04:22 AM

Prayed for healing for you at midnight mass tonight, Spaw -- and I haven't been in a church since June, so I expect extra credit for that. (Sorry, that was beginning to go all maudlin and I had to fix it quick.)

Love,
ClaireBear

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: Amergin
Date: 25 Dec 10 - 04:18 AM

Maybe one of those singing fish will get him to fight harder?

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: Micca
Date: 25 Dec 10 - 04:09 AM

Spaw, ya old villan, hope you are feeling better by the time you get well enough to read this and compose your own inimitable "Fuck You" in reply, the diarrohoea is as , mentioned probably due to the destruction of the intestinal flora by the anti-biotics, been there got the T shirt (and the stained underpants) but a Nice bucket or 2 of Live Yogurt will restore it!! YECHHHHH, I know you are using it to get revenge on the hospital staff (Us Pattersons DO love getting even) for the many indignities they perpetrate on you when helpless!! but You Hang in there and get well, there are a whole bunch of folks out here pulling for you and your family, Karen, Tris and Michael and we look forward to Good News for and about all concerned.
Your Cousin Micca

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 25 Dec 10 - 01:50 AM

Come on old Buddy. Lick this thing and get back up where you ought to be.

EJ

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: KT
Date: 25 Dec 10 - 01:27 AM

You know those by-lines that sometimes run across the bottom of the television screen on certain news stations? I wish we could run this thread across the television screen in Spaw's room, so he could see first hand, his fan club and cheering section. Whatya say,
mud-techies? Get on that, will ya?

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: Neil D
Date: 25 Dec 10 - 12:40 AM

Thanks again Kat for the updates. What can we say? Spaw, Karen, and the rest of the family, we are keeping you close to our hearts and in our prayers along with everyone else.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: artbrooks
Date: 25 Dec 10 - 12:35 AM

Good wishes

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: mg
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 11:50 PM

mrsa bugs can be killed with various essential oils used in aromatherapy..tea tree is one. I have read elsewhere thyme and clove are among the most powerful. http://tahilla.typepad.com/mrsawatch/mrsa_wounds_essential_oils/

http://tahilla.typepad.com/mrsawatch/mrsa_wounds_essential_oils/

If you are visiting, take all precautions to protect yourself. mg

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: Janie
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 11:11 PM

Oh dear. Here with the rest as we hold the entire Patterson family in our hearts and minds.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 10:48 PM

Thanks for the update, Kat. Keep up the good fight, Pat and Karen.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: Ebbie
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 10:46 PM

Feel it, Spaw? That's love. We won't let go, you know. so rest and come back roaring, OK?

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: LilyFestre
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 10:22 PM

Love, love and more love to you both.

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: Amos
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 10:14 PM

For god's sake slip him some broccoli. It'll piss him off so much he'll haul up and walk out.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 10:11 PM

sending more good wishes to Spaw & Karen & family & friends from australia, half a world away

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: katlaughing
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 10:10 PM

Thank you, BlueJay! You ARE an old friend...luvyakat

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: BlueJay
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 10:04 PM

Thanks,Kat. I'm usually lurking, and this really upsets me. I feel like Spaw is an old friend. I only know Karen from what Spaw and all of you have said. She sounds like a SAINT!

C-diff, (clostridium difficile) is a bacteria that is normally present in the gut, but sometimes they overpopulate when competing bacteria are wiped out with antibiotics. symptoms range from mild to lethal, and can be treated successfully if caught in time. It is indeed very good Spaw's test for c-diff was negative.

Thanks, BlueJay

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: Dave Swan
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 10:01 PM

Sending all the good stuff I have winging its way to Ohio. I'm damned near speechless.


D

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: SINSULL
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 09:54 PM

Who's he supposed to fuck, gnu? Karen might not like that at all. And as to that light - he's on oxygen for pity's sake. Don't light anything!
Spaw - I want no details about your diarrhea. Just get better...and cleaner. OK?
Much love,
SINS

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: katlaughing
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 09:33 PM

No apologies necessary, gnu. I've just got one question:

Fuck, fight and hold the light.

In that order?





:-)kat

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: gnu
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 09:24 PM

Ohhh, fuck... c'mon buddy... fight. Fuck, fight and hold the light.

Sorry, but that's what they said in the back woods and in the trenches when the going got tough... and this is tough. Hang tough buddy.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: wysiwyg
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 09:21 PM

(((Kat)))

(((Spawluvs)))

(((Spaw)))

~S&G

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: SINSULL
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 09:18 PM

What the hell have they been feeding him, kat?
Poor Karen.
Poor Spaw.
Miss Kitty, we are all grateful for your updates. It is important that Karen be able to filter reports through just one person rather than answering or being forced to ignore multiple emails, calls, etc. Keep yourself well and safe and your family too. Spaw has gotten through worse. One day at a time.
Merry Christmas, Pattersons, and the La France's too.
SINS

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: Bill D
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 09:16 PM

...kat is right...so many are watching.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: maeve
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 08:42 PM

Thank you, Kat.

Karen, we're still here with prayers, laughter, comfort, concern...Many people are pulling for Pat and you, as well as your family and friends there.

Maeve

Subject: UPDATE
From: katlaughing
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 08:26 PM

Oh you good people, this is hard...Pat is having a tough time. I just talked with Karen. The fever is back up. He is on BiPap to keep stress off of his heart. He's having a lot of diarrhoea, but did test negative for c-diff(sp?), which I think is some kind of bacteria and it is good that he tested negative.

They are going to do another blood culture, tomorrow, as well as a CAT scan of his belly. One of the people Karen spoke to told her there is "something cookin' in there, they just don't know what."

He is on a lot of morphine. Karen has always, always been upbeat and positive. She knows him so well. I asked if she is frightened and she said yes. She is also tired. She and the boys are at Connie's and Wayne's for Christmas nad will go see Pat, tomorrow. Then, on Sunday, she is going to take a day of rest and stay home. She may also come visit Mudcat. I told her not to worry about it. He's got the whole world holding him and we'd do the same for her. Let's let that Light shine in whatever way we know/believe or not and see him through this!

Karen, you are everything Spaw has said and more. With much love and gratitude,

kat

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 01:00 PM

300 GOOD THOUGHTS!!!!!! Ook! Ook! Don't let go of that grapevine!

- Chongo

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: katlaughing
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 10:25 AM

BlueJay! Good to see you. Boy, it's like ol' home week around here!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 10:01 AM

Yes, Rap. I expect his copy is pretty worn out.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Rapparee
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 09:45 AM

Ol' Ben Franklin wrote a book called "Fart Proudly." It's still in print, and perhaps Spaw needs a copy.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 08:53 AM

I know it must be terribly hard for Spaw and his family and friends... Merry Christmas when you all get to celebrate it together and I hope The New Year brings health and happiness in a big way.

garygnu

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: BlueJay
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 04:13 AM

Thanks, Kat.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: mouldy
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 04:03 AM

A sweet little rhyme...

"A burp is just a little wind
That comes right from the heart.
But when it takes a downword turn,
It comes out as a fart."

Old as the hills, and what every kid learns at school.

"Where e'er thee be, let thy wind go free, for to hold it in be the death of 'ee. Church or chapel - let it rattle!"

(My gastro-enterologist brother in law says there's a lot of good advice in that last one. Burbled something about diverticular disease....)

C'mon Spaw - I've run out of fart encouragements.

Andrea xx

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Donuel
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 12:33 AM

http://usera.imagecave.com/donuel/grinch.jpg

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Donuel
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 12:32 AM

"Get well soon buddy",      from my dick to god's vagina.

Here are some holiday pics exclusively for spaw

http://usera.imagecave.com/donuel/max.jpg

http://usera.imagecave.com/donuel/santaleaks.jpg

http://usera.imagecave.com/donuel/grinch.jpg

http://usera.imagecave.com/donuel/beeker.jpg

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Rapparee
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 11:17 PM

I was guessing that also. Unfortunately, it's all too common and difficult to cure. (Unlike C. Difficile, which responds to fecal transplants.)

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 11:11 PM

more good thoughts from away down here

stop hassling the nurses and get home 'Spaw!!

slainte

alison

PS - guessing the bug is MRSA - Medication resistant staph aureus - really common in hospitals these days unfortunately

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Janie
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 10:33 PM

Hey, how about organizing a flash mob to celebrate? Let's take a head count. How many can fart on cue?

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 08:47 PM

I posted this sometime back on the News of Note thread, home of quirky articles

==================

Patently odd: thunder-stealing grundies and ...

    Australia is home to many quirky inventions, and they're worth $12 billion a year to the economy.

    It's those SBDs - silent but deadlies - that give us away. But the telltale smell of a secret gas alert could be a thing of the past thanks to a unique Australian innovation that has just hit the shelves.

    The designer of 4SKINS, Gilbert Huynh, says although odour-neutralising fabric has been used in sportswear for years, his range of men's undies is the first time the material has been used in intimate apparel.

    "Everyone has experienced those awkward situations and I thought that it would be great if you could let one off and no one could smell it," Huynh says.

    After extensive trials - with friends and family - Huynh launched 4SKINS this month and says interest in the innovation has been beyond expectation.

    "I'm amazed at the number of women who are buying them for their boyfriends or husbands," he says. "We have actually had more women buyers than men."

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: katlaughing
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 08:07 PM

Aw, shucks...I am breathing better, thanks! (Sometimes empathy sucks!)

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: GUEST,999
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 07:54 PM

katlaughing has been a gem in all this. Thank you, kat. Ya done good, gal.

BM

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 05:17 PM

"Close to You"? Spaw would never do such. How could you even say something so vile? I am aghast, nay, worse.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 04:57 PM

Good pictures, Bill. Again, I'm struck by Pat's uncanny resemblance to Paul Williams. I wonder if Spaw's version of Close to You would compare to the original?

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: maeve
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 04:16 PM

Yes, gnu. I left it understated, yet still a tribute to the brilliant off-gassing of Mudcat's clever humorists...and their inspiration, Spaw.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 04:05 PM

There's a joke in that "clouds are rising" but I think it's best left alone. Well said m.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: maeve
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 04:02 PM

Celebration clouds are rising from the Mudcat!

Good teamwork, Spaw, Karen, Michael, Tristan, and Connie!