from Frug: keep singing but read this for update

Subject: RE: from Frug: keep singing but read this for update
From: SINSULL
Date: 02 Sep 11 - 08:37 AM

This story just keeps getting better and better. YAY Sassy!
Thank you again for sharing it with us, Frug. Hope you are eating and sleeping and otherwise taking care of yourself.
SINS

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From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 02 Sep 11 - 04:02 AM

keep posting that great news

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From: Megan L
Date: 02 Sep 11 - 04:00 AM

That is such good news

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From: katlaughing
Date: 02 Sep 11 - 12:22 AM

Wonderful!!!

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From: Barbara
Date: 01 Sep 11 - 11:05 PM

Good on ya, Frank, Sassy and fam! We're still singing for you here, too.
Blessings,
Barbara

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From: BrooklynJay
Date: 01 Sep 11 - 09:14 PM

Absolutely wonderful news!

Fight on, fight on,
Children don't turn back.
We are almost down
To the shore.

Jay

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From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 01 Sep 11 - 08:57 PM

Oh, yay! Megan, that's a great song- hope you find a tune. I think I'll join in with Row On.

Row on, row on, another day
May shine with brighter light
Ply, ply the oars and pull away,
There's dawn beyond the night.

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From: Janie
Date: 01 Sep 11 - 08:45 PM

Hallelujah!!!

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From: Frug
Date: 01 Sep 11 - 07:57 PM

YAAAYYY   SASSY!!   Out of intensive care....talking a bit. One infection zapped. Thats my girl !!

Frank

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From: Megan L
Date: 31 Aug 11 - 04:14 AM

You are welcome my dear it will be a long haul and frustrating butyour Saraha is a fighter and she is surrounded with love she will make it.

Tell her to lie back and let her willing slaves work :)

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From: Frug
Date: 31 Aug 11 - 04:09 AM

Megan I just love that song.....

Frank

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From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 31 Aug 11 - 03:56 AM

adding my bit to the stream heading your way, Sassy

love from sandra

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From: My guru always said
Date: 31 Aug 11 - 02:34 AM

We're all pulling for you guys, keep on fighting!

Megan, that was lovely!

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From: ChanteyLass
Date: 31 Aug 11 - 12:45 AM

I'm sorry to read that she is having these problems. I'd be angry, too. She has a right to be angry! I hope she keeps fighting, and I'll keep singing.

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From: catspaw49
Date: 30 Aug 11 - 11:36 PM

Frank, in the plus two months I spent in the hospital last winter, about a month of it was fighting infections and it seemed so endless........Just wanted to say that Sassy might hit a point where she honestly wonders if it will ever end and that brings on some serious depression and a feeling of what the hell. Just watch for that a bit and let her know that she just has to keep fighting (and I'm sure she knows that) and that you know this fool who will guarantee it! LOL.....Anyway, hang in and know that this bunch around here are pumping out whatever vibes and dreams and thoughts and prayers we have.


Spaw

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From: katlaughing
Date: 30 Aug 11 - 11:07 PM

Hmmm...sounds as though she needs a good dream of cool soothing water, again...this time to let go of the frustration and anger unless they are part of her motivation.:-) One thing I had to learn spending five months in bed, most of the time, waiting for a new heart valve..patience...nothing was going to be rushed and it all came round in what I call "divine" time. Not the same, I know, as she is going through, but maybe a helpful distraction?

Regardless, my good thoughts and thanks givings for continued and rapid improvement. May the divine spark in each cell of her body shine their light and banish all the interlopers.

ATB,

kat

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From: GUEST,Big Ballad Singer
Date: 30 Aug 11 - 08:40 PM

Praying for you all and cheering Sassy on!

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From: Frug
Date: 30 Aug 11 - 08:33 PM

Brief Update - Sassy fights on............it's tough for everyone, we're really hurting for her at present. She's comfortable but largely pissed off....understatement!! More than holding her own, trying to keep her motivated. Needs to have 3 clear septic screens before we can move on. Antibiotics having all the sorts of side effects, rash, sickness diarrhoea but seem to have infections in abeyance for now...

Frank and boys xx

Subject: RE: from Frug: keep singing but read this for update
From: Megan L
Date: 28 Aug 11 - 04:57 PM

nope jacqui but if you know one that will fit heck i even had to pinch the tune for "David's Song" from hearing Phill Cuningham play Sarahs song

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From: jacqui.c
Date: 28 Aug 11 - 03:24 PM

That is beautiful Megan - have you got a tune for it?

Frank - all the best to you all - stil singing here.

Subject: Haul the Oar - Megan L. (a bit of doggerel)
From: Megan L
Date: 28 Aug 11 - 10:57 AM

Chantey Lass your comment reminded me of a neighbour when i was a child he didnt drink often but when he did that was how he made his way home 6 steps forward two steps back a little waltz then back on track but he always made it home.

Thinking of you and yours frug wrote this bit of doggerel

Haul the oar

Keep hauling at your oar me lads
Keep hauling at the oar
For you never know which pull it is
Will get us safe to shore.

We cannot see the strand me lads
When the fog is all around
We just have to keep pulling
Till we reach solid ground.

Tomorrow's just a dream me lads
And yesterday's long gone
So haul upon the oars me lads
And keep on moving on.

By the second or the minute
By the hour or by the day
Keep going to the quayside
My lads just haul away.

And when we've reached the harbour
And the joys of life hold sway
We'll smile and remember how we made it
Because we hauled away.


MHTBL

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From: ChanteyLass
Date: 28 Aug 11 - 12:36 AM

Two steps forward, one step back. Prayers continuing!

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From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 27 Aug 11 - 12:47 PM

when I was in Emergency a few years ago the interns all looked about 15 years old!

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From: DrugCrazed
Date: 27 Aug 11 - 10:02 AM

Frug, I think you should do the patting thing. It'll make them laugh.

Honest. :-) I'm still wearing my happy face.

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From: My guru always said
Date: 27 Aug 11 - 09:27 AM

Still thinking of you all & singing around the garden. Positive thoughts!

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From: Maryrrf
Date: 27 Aug 11 - 08:49 AM

The road to recovery is rarely straightforward, but Sassy is headed in the right direction. Prayers and positive thoughts headed your way!

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From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 27 Aug 11 - 08:17 AM

And songs too of course. I wrote this in (what I believed to be) sad circumstances before, but it bears repeating:

With my harp of ten strings will I sing psalms unto thee

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From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 27 Aug 11 - 08:15 AM

You and your courageous family are continually in my thoughts, Frank - sending you every good vibe I have.

Subject: RE: from Frug: keep singing but read this for update
From: Frug
Date: 27 Aug 11 - 07:42 AM

Brief update..... Setback.. unfortunately after the removal of the brain drain Sassys brain pressure began to rise and she started to lose some of the function she had regained. A new drain has been inserted and pressures are returning to more acceptable levels, however she has slipped back a bit. Notwithstanding this we are assured that she will achieve the same equilibrium she had a few days ago and be able to progress from there. Our biggest concern now are the infections one of which has been identified as MRSA, notoriously difficult to treat and she is yet again in a big battle. The consultants are still confident of a significant recovery if we can overcome the infections.....We fight on....... On a lighter note the doctors and consultants appear so young. It is difficult after a consultation not to pat them on the head and say "thanks son, hope the exams go well"

Frank and boys

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From: fat B****rd
Date: 27 Aug 11 - 07:24 AM

Thinking of you and singing, Frank. ATB from Dunfermline.

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From: ChanteyLass
Date: 27 Aug 11 - 12:35 AM

Always glad to hear a positive update and hoping for more to come.

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From: Joe Offer
Date: 26 Aug 11 - 09:42 PM

I think I'll sing Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. There's a bittersweetness to the song that seems to fit this time. I wish you and your wife all the best, Frank - but it's a long journey still.

-Joe-

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From: Charley Noble
Date: 26 Aug 11 - 09:36 PM

More good energy coming your way.

Charley Noble

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From: catspaw49
Date: 26 Aug 11 - 08:41 PM

We had some really great news today from Neil and Christina so a lot of things seem upbeat (or as much so as possible) which is a fantastic change of pace around here of late!

We're all here and still sending out the best even if some of us have pretty weak transmitters..............***sigh***................


Spaw

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From: DrugCrazed
Date: 26 Aug 11 - 08:05 PM

See this? This is my happy face.

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From: s&r
Date: 26 Aug 11 - 03:20 AM

refresh

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From: Noreen
Date: 25 Aug 11 - 09:28 AM

Wonderful!

Are you still at the QE, Frank?

**waves from Redditch**

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From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 25 Aug 11 - 08:12 AM

Singing Halleluia!

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From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 24 Aug 11 - 09:44 PM

I'll add to the chorus

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From: maeve
Date: 24 Aug 11 - 09:18 PM

Jubilation songs!

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From: Joe Offer
Date: 24 Aug 11 - 09:16 PM

Ah, that's great news, Frank.

-Joe-

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From: Frug
Date: 24 Aug 11 - 08:07 PM

Very brief...coupla really good days....starting to talk assisted by   some kind of trachy box gizmo...had first drink for 3 weeks...doctors and surgeons over the moon...closely followed by us....temp good...other obs good      WOW ......best thing she mouthed a very brief happy Birthday Song...OK its kinda 10 days late but hell ain't gonna say anything.... ..that'd be downright rude........what an amazing and I mean amazing woman...(PRIMAL SCREAM..)

Frank.......

JacquiC you're the bees knees

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From: alanabit
Date: 24 Aug 11 - 05:35 AM

Keep the good news coming. That has brought the sun out a little bit more this morning!

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From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 24 Aug 11 - 04:21 AM

keep the excellent news rolling on

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From: ChanteyLass
Date: 23 Aug 11 - 11:20 PM

Wonderful! Or maybe I should sing Wunderbar!

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From: Janie
Date: 23 Aug 11 - 10:47 PM

Smiling! (and singing.)

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From: Nancy King
Date: 23 Aug 11 - 10:34 PM

Excellent news! Thanks for keeping us updated!

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From: DrugCrazed
Date: 23 Aug 11 - 06:34 PM

When we go rollin' home, when we go rollin' home...

Yay!

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From: My guru always said
Date: 23 Aug 11 - 06:25 PM

So very glad to see such good news. Continuing positive thoughts to you all!

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From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 23 Aug 11 - 06:12 PM

Oh, yes. So grateful.