BS: Good Thoughts for CATSPAW

Subject: RE: BS: Good Thoughts for CATSPAW
From: Sorcha
Date: 19 Jun 01 - 02:19 PM

Oyez Oyez Oyez!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Good Thoughts for CATSPAW
From: Kim C
Date: 19 Jun 01 - 02:18 PM

Many good thoughts coming your way! Luvyaman.

KFC

Subject: RE: BS: Good Thoughts for CATSPAW
From: bill\sables
Date: 19 Jun 01 - 02:17 PM

All the best Pat. I'm looking forward to meeting you again at the Getaway. We have much more to talk about to put this world right.
Cheers Bill

Subject: RE: BS: Good Thoughts for CATSPAW
From: Justa Picker
Date: 19 Jun 01 - 02:17 PM

Ditto.

Subject: RE: BS: Good Thoughts for CATSPAW
From: SINSULL
Date: 19 Jun 01 - 02:10 PM

Candles ready for the lighting. Be well, my friend.

Subject: RE: BS: Good Thoughts for CATSPAW
From: mooman
Date: 19 Jun 01 - 02:08 PM

Please pass on to 'Spaw and his family my thoughts and best wishes. Although I've never met him he feels like a "soulmate" after my couple of years in this place and I'm rooting for him over here. Hopefully the DaVinci device will give him an altogether better quality of life once he's back on his feet.

"Keep yer pecker up guv" as we say in Sarf London!

mooman

Subject: RE: BS: Good Thoughts for CATSPAW
From: JenEllen
Date: 19 Jun 01 - 02:04 PM

Ach! Only a day and I miss you madly! You have to hurry up and get better (notice she didn't say 'well') 'cause it's just no fun runnin' nekkid without you.

~yerJE

Subject: RE: BS: Good Thoughts for CATSPAW
From: wysiwyg
Date: 19 Jun 01 - 01:58 PM

Kat, good job. Now remember-- you were going to rest today so you could be effective in your own support tomorrow. Treat yourself as well as... you'd treat Pat. *G*

Prayer Chain and Mudcat Address Book notified.

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Good Thoughts for CATSPAW
From: GUEST
Date: 19 Jun 01 - 01:56 PM

The only thing that Catspaw ever said to me was hateful and venemous when I started a thread aimed at convincing people not to smoke.

Still, I'll pray for his quick and complete recovery and that he'll have the wisdom to quit smoking. Smoking is biggest **preventable** cause of heart disease.

Subject: RE: BS: Good Thoughts for CATSPAW
From: jeffp
Date: 19 Jun 01 - 01:51 PM

I have every confidence that Spaw will be bouncing back soonest. God knows Spaw is doing His work here and the Devil is afraid of what those farts can do around fire and brimstone. Hang in there, buddy and see ya real soon!

jeffp

Subject: RE: BS: Good Thoughts for CATSPAW
From: Peter T.
Date: 19 Jun 01 - 01:50 PM

Take care, CP, really. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.
yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: BS: Good Thoughts for CATSPAW
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 19 Jun 01 - 01:45 PM

Thanks kat, I'll PM you for that addy.

Spaw, -- oh HELL -- what can we say! All the best to ya! (You've even got me cussing on the Internet.)

Subject: RE: BS: Good Thoughts for CATSPAW
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 19 Jun 01 - 01:44 PM

Hey Spaw "old chap" get the fock out of hospital soon, they are made for sick people not you! You are in our thoughts and prayers always my friend. Yours, Aye. Dave

PS. God don't want you yet, and the devils scared you would replace him, so no worries mate.

Subject: RE: BS: Good Thoughts for CATSPAW
From: MMario
Date: 19 Jun 01 - 01:43 PM

good idea Kat.

Subject: RE: BS: Good Thoughts for CATSPAW
From: katlaughing
Date: 19 Jun 01 - 01:39 PM

I forgot to say, my 50% of all the books for sale in auction right now, will be going to the Spawfund, so check it out!**BG**

Subject: RE: BS: Good Thoughts for CATSPAW
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 19 Jun 01 - 01:36 PM

Spaw has a heart???

Who'da thunk it!

We're rootin' fer ya Spawzer! Give 'em hell!

;-)

Subject: Good Thoughts for CATSPAW
From: katlaughing
Date: 19 Jun 01 - 01:32 PM

Spaw thinks I'm not going to post this until after his surgery, but now that I know he's gone to hospital, I can do it before, 'cause he won't have computer access to find out otherwise!**BG** I didn't start it before for two reasons, one) he was tired of talking about it and asked me not to, and two) I've been working on a surprise...read on, you'll see.

As many of you probably already know our Spaw is having heart surgery tomorrow morning, that is Wednesday, the 20th. If you'd like to read more about the cutting edge technology which will be used, please see THIS THREAD. He is scheduled to be rolled into the operating room about 715a with actual surgery starting about 730a. With everything going okay, he expects to be in Intensive Care around noon. I will post here as soon as I hear anything from Connie or Karen.

Please hold him in your thoughts, prayers, songs, dances, whathaveyou. The surprise I've been working on is to raise some funds to help Karen and him out with expenses once he comes home, i.e. meds, housecleaning, dogwalking, groceries, whatever they might need. I've contacted a few of you already and am really proud and pleased to say there is over $700 pledged and on its way. Karen and he know nothing about this.

If you'd like an addy to send cards and or a donation, of any amount, please PM me, as I do not want to give out Spaw's best friend, Connie's addy in public. She will be coordinating getting any donations, etc. and whatever they need to get with them.

He sounded really excellent when I talked with him last night. He is ready to get this done and move on. Here's a message from him:

Hi Gang!

Saw Yogi Berra the other night and his latest book title, a classic "Yogiism" seemed to hit the nail on the head:

"When You Come To A Fork In The Road....Take It."

I leave for the hospital tomorrow morning and the operation is scheduled for early morning on Wednesday. Karen and the kids are staying at Connie and Wayne's and we have the trailer set up there and Karen can get some sleep without making the long drive back and forth. The boys have some exciting things to do this week so they're in hog heaven and thankfully Connie and Wayne are real family of the best kind.........chosen and not genetic!

I have lots of good 'Catter CD's going along and I am hoping that perhaps within a week, I might be home. They sometimes keep patients of the da Vinci machine a little longer to assure that you don't overdo because you don't have all of the post op trauma that would normally slow you down and the "innards" still need a chance to heal up. I am lucky to be here since Ohio State is one of the only places to have the da Vinci and Michler (Head of Cardiothoracic) has more time on it than anyone.

I am a bit anxious but I'm very confident in all of this going right. The aneurysm makes it a high risk surgery and is certainly a "Wild Card"......but I've had the feeling since the gitgo that this is going to go well and I'm looking forward to feeling better and having a heart that's fully functional for the first time in many years. I suppose I'll get run down by a Peterbilt as I leave the hospital and the whole thing will be academic!!!

Karen and I are making plans for camping and such in July and with a few bucks saved perhaps we can make the Getaway in October....that's the plan now at any rate. We really didn't have to think very hard about this surgery because the other option was a significantly reduced lifespan.....very reduced. When it's fixed, I can expect a reasonably normal lifespan and a much better quality of life overall. If by some chance it goes badly, well, "so long, it's been good to know you.".........But that's not what's going to happen and if I believed it were, I wouldn't make a joke about it.

Our love to you all and our many thanks for all of your concern and good thoughts. Kat will keep you all posted and I'll be back within a week or ten days after a good valve job.

Pat & Karen