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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update Sept. 2009 From: katlaughing Date: 14 Sep 09 - 07:40 PM Still the same. Still miserable. Got the cards, but not quite ready to focus on them; Karen said there were bunches and "Thank You!" Actually, his fever has come down to 99. They have had him sitting up and on the BiPap. They took him down for a cat scan this afternoon to look at his lungs. He is on anti-flu and anti-biotic meds. Karen is having a bit of a time with the whole feeling at the hospital this time. They've always been very supportive, "warm and fuzzy" is how she put it. This time, they are rather perfunctory. She thinks it is because the hospital is going through some tough patches and personnel are concerned about their jobs, but that is no excuse. Even knowing she works there, they have been very strict. They won't let her slip up on her breaks to see him because it wouldn't be visiting hours, so she has to stay up when she gets off work in the early AM, go get Tris and take him to school, go back to visit with Pat during reg. visiting hours, THEN go home and try to get some sleep, then get Tris, take the boys up to see Pat, then go to work after dropping them off with friends. She has been cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, etc. She is sure he will make it through this; just be a long haul. Still there is the anxiety which comes with waiting for the treatments to show more improvement. When he is coherent, he is damn tired of it, too. In a lot of pain from not moving around much. She is going to see if she can get someone like my osteopath who does soft tissue manipulation to help with that. I am optimistic, but don't feel very p/phunny about this right now, so, I'll say, I am giving thanks for a swift and complete recovery for my dear friend, Pat. May he return home in good health and spirits. I give thanks for this or something better for the highest good of all concerned. So mote it be! luvya'llkat |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 2009 From: wysiwyg Date: 14 Sep 09 - 07:42 PM OK. ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 2009 From: gnu Date: 14 Sep 09 - 07:57 PM Thanks for the update, k. Good news on Tom and I am doubling my thoughts and prayers for him and same for Spaw. Of course, I suppose The Saints are conversing and asking who the fuck is this dickweed? But, when they see who I am asking after, I am sure they all say, "Oh! Tom and Spaw? Sure... no probs!" |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 2009 From: SINSULL Date: 14 Sep 09 - 08:00 PM Thanks kat. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 20 From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 14 Sep 09 - 08:08 PM more big hugs to Karen & Spaw sandra |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 20 From: Janie Date: 14 Sep 09 - 08:42 PM Thanks, Kat. Anything we can do to give Karen a lift? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 20 From: Guy Wolff Date: 14 Sep 09 - 09:20 PM Hey Spaw Keep up the good work .. ... G |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 2009 From: katlaughing Date: 14 Sep 09 - 10:22 PM Short of taking over baked goods and easy supper meals, I don't know, Janie. I am sure a card wouldn't go amiss and I can PM their addy to any who don't already have it. I will probably not post an update every day from now on; wait to hear for good changes and breathing deeply. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 20 From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 15 Sep 09 - 05:21 AM Let's start the wake.
Euologies are waisted on the living - and never appreciated by the dead.
Time to crack open that ancient bottle of booze...take it to his room...wet a piece of gauze and slip it between his lips so he can partake too.
So...to steal from Oscar & Hammerstein...and start the "good thoughts....."
The daisys on the hill
Sincerely,
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 2009 From: bbc Date: 15 Sep 09 - 06:46 AM Dear Pat & Karen, I just found this thread. My best wishes are always with you & your family! love, Barbara |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 2009 From: bbc Date: 15 Sep 09 - 06:47 AM P.S. to kat-- Thanks so much, dear, for keeping us informed! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 2009 From: Bobert Date: 15 Sep 09 - 07:45 AM Got my hand drawn/home made card in the mail yesterday... Ya' just can't by that kinda card just anywhere, if'n ya'll know what I mean... Oughta put a smile on Spawzer face, tho... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 2009 From: SINSULL Date: 15 Sep 09 - 08:47 AM Bobert, It is a federal offense to send porn through the mail. Feel better, Karen. Spaw - just get your ass out of the hospital and the next time to feel the sniffles coming on go straight to the doctor. A little Tamiflu goes a long way. SINS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 2009 From: ranger1 Date: 15 Sep 09 - 09:49 AM Who are you calling a flu? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 2009 From: katlaughing Date: 15 Sep 09 - 05:22 PM Karen just called. She thinks he has turned the corner. He was sitting up in a chair, not the bed, talking away when she went in to see him! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 2009 From: John MacKenzie Date: 15 Sep 09 - 05:26 PM Great news, thanks Kat |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 2009 From: gnu Date: 15 Sep 09 - 05:32 PM YAAAAHHHOOOOOO! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 2009 From: Rapparee Date: 15 Sep 09 - 05:33 PM I'm glad to know he's chairing up. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 2009 From: bbc Date: 15 Sep 09 - 06:10 PM Good news, kat; thanks! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 20 From: Guy Wolff Date: 15 Sep 09 - 06:39 PM Glad I stopped in to hear this .. Al the best , Guy |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 2009 From: open mike Date: 15 Sep 09 - 07:38 PM http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cat%27s-paw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 2009 From: Bobert Date: 15 Sep 09 - 07:43 PM Sins, Ya' think that Spawzer is into porn, huh??? Well, I don't think that floats his boat, so to speak... Butt, ahhhh, but we know some stuff that he is into and it ain't illegal... Okay, in some cases it outta be butt, ahhhhh, but it ain't... B;~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 2009 From: Bert Date: 15 Sep 09 - 08:34 PM Thinking of ya, y'ol bugger. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 20 From: Janie Date: 15 Sep 09 - 09:47 PM I'm about to decide that the speed of Mudcat is somehow psychically related to 'Spaw's health and the rate of his recovery. Get better faster, Pat, so the 'Cat will speed up! Ya' hear me? Karen, hope you can find time to take care of yourself as well as your old man and the youngin's. If you have friends, family or neighbors that can help with getting the kids to and fro, please ask them to pitch in so you can get some rest. And remember, housework and laundry are always there to be done, and can be neglected for the sake of a good night's sleep, or a bit of personal time. Ain't like it is all going to run away from home if it doesn't get done tonight. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 2009 From: maeve Date: 15 Sep 09 - 10:08 PM Great news! maeve |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update 14 Sept. 2009 From: katlaughing Date: 15 Sep 09 - 11:02 PM Well, that was a surprise! I got a call from Himself, tonight. Quite brief, but still sounded like himself and not some saggy-bottomed, lung-clogged, hairball-hacking invalid. Silly man, called to make sure I was okay after he heard some news I told Karen about. (I am fine!) Then, he had to go, but it sure was good to hear his voice. kathappy |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update - he called! From: wysiwyg Date: 15 Sep 09 - 11:14 PM He's not normally saggy-bottomed?!?!?!? Fulla hairballs?!?!? ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update - he called From: KT Date: 15 Sep 09 - 11:37 PM Spaw, you keep up that healing, now. This place just isn't the same without you! Missing you and wishing you well! KT |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update - he called! From: Tinker Date: 15 Sep 09 - 11:39 PM Yeah!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update - he called From: Amos Date: 15 Sep 09 - 11:48 PM If he's up to making phone calls, he'll be back to writing abusive posts in no time!! Way to go Spawser!! A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update - he called! From: GUEST,DonMeixner Date: 16 Sep 09 - 12:26 AM Apropos of nothing: When Bella Lugosi passed away his funeral was very small. He died in almost total poverty. He was buried in his costume from Dracula. Boris Karloff came to the wake and while viewing the body was heard to say. "Bella, If you are putting me on...?" Then he bowed his head and walked off. Spaw, if this has all been a large joke, next time I drive through to visit my daughter in Kentucky I'll stop by and shake your hand for I am in the presence of a master. If not. Take a pill and get better. Don |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update - he called! From: Amergin Date: 16 Sep 09 - 01:39 AM Hairballs? Has he been cleaning his nether regions again? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update - he called! From: JennieG Date: 16 Sep 09 - 02:47 AM Have been following this thread but haven't posted yet - good to hear that Spaw is improving. Best wishes to Karen and the rest of the family too, just hang in there guys. Cheers JennieG |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update - he called From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 16 Sep 09 - 04:10 AM very good news. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update - he called! From: Micca Date: 16 Sep 09 - 04:46 AM Just the Physical Terrorists to look forward to now!! "If its Hurting it MUST be doing you good"!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update - he called! From: Geoff the Duck Date: 16 Sep 09 - 06:40 AM Hey Spaw! I just had a thought! I was wondering about my lunch and thought "Ooh! Peanut Butter on my sandwich would be REALLY nice today!" I'm about to make it, so I probably don't need the thought again for a while. I reckon that makes it a "Spare Thought", so where did it belong if not the Spare Thoughts for Spaw thread??? Feel free to use it any time you want, but once you are done, pass it on to someone in greater need of a thought! Quack! Geoff the Duck. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update - he called! From: olddude Date: 16 Sep 09 - 09:16 AM Kat you just made my day!!! thank you God and doctors |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update - he called! From: Rapparee Date: 16 Sep 09 - 09:58 AM well this is good news... I think you misspelled "saggy". Shouldn't it be "sOggy"? Or perhaps both? Or perhaps "saggy soggy stinky"? And that thing about hairballs -- he only has one, and is forced by poverty to use it over and over. Don't condemn someone because they're a poor excuse. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update - he called! From: katlaughing Date: 16 Sep 09 - 11:21 AM You're welcome, folks, thanks. I don't mean to be a wet blanket, but he is still in ICU and still needs lots of good thoughts, etc. The phone call was quite brief, but heartfelt, of course.:-) Rapaire...saggy goes back to I think it was Aine who used to call him a "saggy bottomed tortoise." To me, he's always been Peaches from the old hotrod story thread; named my dulcimer after him, even, him Peaches, I mean.:-) I suppose he might be soggy, too, though.*bg* Don, that was beautiful.:-) kat |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update - he called! From: jacqui.c Date: 16 Sep 09 - 11:55 AM Good news! Here's hoping he's back to posting before too long. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update - he called! From: Big Mick Date: 16 Sep 09 - 12:23 PM OK, folks, I just got off the phone with Spaw. I started by telling him that he was an asshole, and needed a good swift kick in the 'nads. I let him know that he really pissed me off, cause all of a sudden my daily PM's from Mudcat women and other friends had dried up!!! No one was inquiring how I was doing anymore!!! And I found out it was because Spaw made a desperate play for attention, even getting himself admitted to ICU, just to get all the friggin' attention. He let me know I was a friggin' amateur and that's what I got for messing with the best. Then we talked about billable hours in Lane, Fielding, Patterson & Swan, Layabouts at Large and for Hire. He said that he thought that for a while there he might be in a position to mount a challenge to Fielding for the most billable hours next year, but some damned Doctor got involved and now he is on the mend. I told I had to cancel 3 months worth of gigs in order to have any chance of catching up to him on laying about. Bottom line is, he is on the mend, is out of ICU, and Karen is settling down a bit. Karen and Pat are a real team, and when Pat goes down, Karen goes into hyper drive, taking care of everything and neglecting herself. And Pat lays there and worries about things getting done and Karen's health. So the healing needs to get on. And while you are sending cards to Spaw, don't forget to send a card to Karen. She is the best. Love these folks, All the best, Mick |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update - he called From: VirginiaTam Date: 16 Sep 09 - 01:21 PM Whooopeeee! Mebbe John F Wheldon can do animation for The Spaw Came Back. Now who gonna write the song? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update - he called! From: Little Hawk Date: 16 Sep 09 - 01:37 PM You should know better than to challenge the Master of Sloth, Mick. Listen, man, I have got a fat old Dachshund here who is so frikkin' lazy that he won't even get up to take a crap or get a drink of water. Nothing will move this dog. He expects ME to lift his leg for HIM when he takes a pee. I am trying to get him employment after years of this indolent and parasitical lifestyle of his which has generated nothing but an endless flow of bills for food and outrageously expensive veterinary treatment. I have submitted his resume to numerous local and national outfits for the following positions: 1. doorstop 2. bookend 3. industrial-strength paperweight 4. air de-freshener (he is damn good at that!) 5. imitation roadkill (you can hardly tell the difference, really...) So far no responses. I fear that this dog may remain unemployed and a financial burden on me for the rest of his unnatural life! And you know what? Spaw is EVEN WORSE than that! So don't even try to compete with him, Mick. Just accept what cannot be changed. ;-D |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update - he called! From: katlaughing Date: 16 Sep 09 - 03:33 PM He called, again! Mick must've lit him up a bit more.*bg* He sounded much better even than last night. The docs said maybe they'll spring him out this weekend, but it's more likely to be the first of the week and I told him not to push it. Being such a loyal layabout, he agreed with that. Karen was having a nice moment at home, sitting on her exercise ball which is just the right height to view her fish in the 55 gallon aquarium and she bought two new beauties, today. It's a good way for her to relax. Mick's right, though, about the way those two go about things; Pat goes down, Karen speeds up.:-) It sure is good to hear him speak. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update - he called! From: gnu Date: 16 Sep 09 - 03:35 PM So... out of ICU. It just gets better and thank goodness for that. I mean, who is gonna answer all my truck questions? I am trying ta swing a new truck or hang onto the old one and I need his advice. Spaw, you had better get better soon on accounta if I can and do swing a new truck and it's a clunker, it's your fault. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update - he called! From: MMario Date: 16 Sep 09 - 03:49 PM The important thing is - what room number so we can keep sending him those "It's a boy!" cards.....so he remembers he is loved. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update - he called! From: gnu Date: 16 Sep 09 - 03:57 PM Hahahahahaaa |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update - he called! From: GUEST,Russ Date: 16 Sep 09 - 06:37 PM Good news indeed! Russ (Permanent GUEST) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update - he called! From: Rapparee Date: 16 Sep 09 - 07:05 PM Speak, Spaw! Speak! Gooooooooooooooood boy! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Spare thoughts for Spaw update - he called! From: Bill D Date: 16 Sep 09 - 07:18 PM He'll say "bite me" and..200! |
