Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts-see new thread

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Ebbie
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 03:26 AM

:) :) :) :) :) :)

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: My guru always said
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 05:18 AM

Thanks for the update kat! Haven't been around much this past week as I've started on pain management for my back but this is one of several threads I check on when I can.

Still thinking of Pat & Karen from here. Sending positive thoughts, love & hugs.
Hil

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: GUEST,Jaze
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 05:55 AM

All the best, Spaw. Get well soon

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Charley Noble
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 09:24 AM

Just the usual holiday stress is enough to send most mortals to the emergency this time of year. Hope you get home in time to enjoy the Christmas tree. You can leave the Christmas guilt to next year.

Grumble, grumble,
Charley Noble, who still hasn't got the tree up

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: SINSULL
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 09:32 AM

Bobert,
Did you not notice the huge exhaust fan on the ceiling? Spaw has been in this hospital before.
You need a better plan.
The Reg Boys, indeed.
You'll have to do better than that.
As to you Spaw...we're waiting. How are you doing old man?
SINS

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Rapparee
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 10:14 AM

I have a wonderful idea! Let's chip in and buy Spaw a lifetime supply of...dare I say it?...no, I cannot.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 10:24 AM

I knew what the link was before I clicked it.

I don't think it's a good idea. What if he took it regularly for a while and then forgot about it one day? Small children, pets and the frail would be in grave danger.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 12:33 PM

Hey Charlie, I think I speak for all of the rest of us regarding your Tree when I say I sincerely hope you can get it up by Christmas Eve. Once you get it up, I suggest hanging some tinsel on it and putting a star on the top. If you are a married man, maybe your wife will help you hang some colored lights on it. After all, there's no reason to get it up unless it becomes the center of the celebration.

Sorry, but I knew if Spaw was here, he would find that one irresistable.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: olddude
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 12:50 PM

A Christmas gift for Spaw's Karen
For Karen

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 02:09 PM

Is Spaw Jewish?

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 02:30 PM

Hmmmm.... that joke may lose it's meaning once that item is sold on eBay, Dan.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Roger in Baltimore
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 02:45 PM

I hope Spaw continues to do well. Sometimes I think he gets ill so he can challenge the docs to find out what's wrong. He seldom gets simple straight forward illnesses. This apparently started out as an appendectomy. Of course most of us have those when we're in elementary school, not 112 years old like Spaw. A simple in and out of the hospital would do. But No-o-o-o-o-, Spaw has to start spitting up blood or whatever and scaring the bejesus out of his family and his doctors and his friends on the Mudcat. However, he will have my prayers and my hope that he will get well soon.

Roger in Baltimore

Subject: UPDATE
From: katlaughing
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 02:59 PM

Well done, LeeJ. You've done the guy proud.

Just spoke with Sister Connie. He is definitely on the mend, imo and hers. Troublesome stuff first: the sputum culture came back and the infection is one of the ones which are notorious for hanging out in hospitals. (I *think* I have the correct name of it, if anyone wants to know, please PM.) The best of all possible is that it means it is in his lung and NOT near his valve and/or intestines near the surgery site. REALLY good news is his temperature is down to 97.8!!

They have backed off on the pain meds and sedatives to the point that he hollered to Karen to get a nurse in there ASAP because his ass hurt! His first words, from all accounts after they took out the breathing tube. Since he's been on his back, and I know he has back problems, I can really relate. It really CAN hurt after a time! (I know you guys will take this and run with it...too many good lines there, eh?!)

Connie said he might get moved from SICU, today. She's sure they wouldn't mind as he has been so cranky.:-) She's sure he won't get out for Christmas, though, and they are planning on holding off the big Christmas meal until he is out, probably have it on New Year's Day. On Christmas, they will have other easy to fix and graze kind of food.

Thanks, folks.

luvyakat

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 03:09 PM

GREAT NEWS!!! At last the light at the end of his tunnel can be seen!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: olddude
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 03:15 PM

That is the same bug I got that landed me in the Hospital in Denver last summer. I went in for some chest pain while visiting the kids ... bam Pneumonia ... good news is they can clear it up but it is a stubborn one (just like Spaw) ... Well thank you Kat for the update. I am feeling a bit better now that the old fool is on the mend ...

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Rapparee
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 03:24 PM

They can do a fecal transplant! And yes, that's a genuine real no-foolin' medical procedure.

Light at the end of tunnel -- sounds to me like getting a colonoscopy and an endoscopy at the same time ("Doctor! I see a light at the end of the tunnel!")

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: GUEST,999
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 03:33 PM

I understand he`s taken a turn for the nurse!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 03:43 PM

"he hollered to Karen to get a nurse in there ASAP because his ass hurt!"

She should have hollered back "Your ass hurts? Good! It's been killing me for years!"



Man, this is fun picking on him when he can't respond!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: SINSULL
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 04:13 PM

No, I won't. It's too easy.



ARGHHHHH!
SIGH

Glad you're better.
SINS

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: olddude
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 04:24 PM

His hospital room is going to need an exorcist when he is done I just know it. I bet it ain't ever heard that much cussing since it was built. Wonder how many people heard "fuckwit" over the last day or two LOL.

By the way, for me, prayers do work in my humble opinion

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: alanabit
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 04:32 PM

Glad you are on the mend Spaw. Good news for all of us.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Jeri
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 04:49 PM

You guys STOP IT! I had a colonoscopy on Monday. My ass hurts too (not from the procedure butt from the prep), and they wouldn't give me a doggie bag of drugs. Damn.

Staph aureus? Pseudomonas? Gonnorrhea? Glad things are improving. Hopefully, he'll start throwing Jello around soon. (preferably before it's been eaten)

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 05:05 PM

In celebration and observance I have decided to make a veggie soup and chuck the rest of the beef stew I made on Saturday which is now only turnip, carrots and barley. I have passed a lot gas in your honour for three days now, Spaw, but I think my work is now done. Glad it helped.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Little Hawk
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 05:34 PM

I have an idea here. Chongo needs money "bad" with the holidays approaching. "Real bad." He's willing to work at any time.

Spaw needs additional security while he's bedridden, someone to watch over him and make sure he gets treated right, and that's where Chongo comes in.

Chongo is willing to stand guard over Spaw and be in his room at all times to make sure that no one does anything they shouldn't and that all is copacetic. He will be heavily armed, because he always is. Spaw need fear nothing with Chongo on guard at the foot of the bed.

He's willing to do it for very reasonable wages too, and will while away the hours reading his entertainment magazines and perusing those nice pictures that fold out in the middle pages.

Phone information in Chicago and ask for the number of Chongo Chimp, Karen. Do it now.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Slag
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 05:40 PM

Spaw, the original dirty mouthed kid, hang in there buddy and get yourself well.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Mrrzy
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 05:49 PM

The moon looked worried too last night...

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Bill D
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 05:55 PM

Best Christmas present possible is just the news that he's out of SCIU and easing off all the discomforts. New Years will be a FINE time to celebrate the holiday seasons and, hopefully, hear from his nibs himself about his generous effort to keep doctors & nurses employed.

(oh...Karen...don't bite on the offer from Chongo to 'stand guard'... he steals food off the supper trays.)

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Bobert
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 06:14 PM

Why on Earth would anyone hire Chongz... He shows up to work with a laundry list of demands... He pisses everyone off... And worse than anything, he really isn't exactly toilet trained... Like not at all...

No, Spawzer can make a call to the Reg Boyz and they'll not only do a fine job but give Spawzer some new material for when he gets out...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Little Hawk
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 06:21 PM

Bobert, it just breaks my heart how you are always running down poor Chongo, a hard-working ape with a big heart, a guy who always bends over backwards to please other people and do a good job. I think you should reconsider all those thoughtless things you have said about him and make amends before his feelings get hurt and he comes down there, busts yer arms and legs, punches yer lights out, and stuffs you headfirst down the hole in the backyard privy... ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Bobert
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 06:31 PM

Then why don't you hire him, LH??? Huh???

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: SINSULL
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 06:56 PM

Probably because Chongo throws his poop at people.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Little Hawk
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 07:07 PM

OH!@!!! That is just the sort of rank specist stereotyping that drives Chongo around the bend and causes him to foam at the mouth, SINSULL. How could you?

I would hire Chongo, Bobert, but times are lean financially for me too. I can't afford to hire him.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 07:17 PM

good news & bad puns & other stuff

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Bobert
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 07:27 PM

Whatever, LH??? Word on the street is that you are rollin' in dough... And if ya' wonder why things might seem a little, ahhhhhh, strained between you and Chongz it's because he's heard those stories, too...

In other words: Bad Answer...

But, heck, this thread is about Spawzer... Not a stenkin' monkey...

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Little Hawk
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 07:39 PM

"Rollin' in dough"??????

Yeah, sourdough! There was an industrial-sized accident at the Orillia bakery the other day, and I got caught in the "blowback". I was purchasing a loaf of rye bread when there was this godawful "WHOOOMPF!!!!!!!" sound and the entire kitchen area at the back exploded into the shopping area at the front. I and 13 other innocent people were engulfed in a tidal wave of rapidly expanding sourdough. They had to call ambulances from as far away as Gravenhurst to deal with it. The sourdough came to life like in that movie "The Blob" and it crawled down the street and engulfed the City Hall and the Chamber of Commerce. 39 Orillians have vanished! The army had to be called in to cordon off the downtown. I barely escaped alive.

So as usual, Bobert, this street you keep getting word on is grossly misinformed. I bet they still think Elvis is alive down there too.

Say...did you just call Chongo a monkey? You did, didn't you? Boy, when he gets ahold of you....! Ouch. It will not be nice.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Bobert
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 08:12 PM

He is alive, LH... Saw him riding thru the Walmarx parkin' lot just today... Had the 8 track blarin' and a couple hot chicks in that Coupe de Ville... I mean, he was lookin' good for 70... Still has hair... Maybe ya'll related...

As for the explosion at the bakery??? No, can't say I heard about it... Doesn't matter tho 'cause don't matter how many bakery expolsions yer part of you know what I mean... They call it cabbage, man... Greenbacks... They say yer stack make the Chrysler Buildin' look like a dog house... Yeah, you can try to divert attention to it but when you sittin' on that kinda bread everyone knows it 'cause...

...ya' can't hide money!!! No, sir...

As for Chongz??? Monkey, ape??? Ape, monkey??? Hey, if he didn't want to be a monkey he should have picked different parents... Just stuff a Valium in him and stick him in front of some "I Love Lucy" reruns and he'll be fine... Word on the street is that monkey's love Lucy, too... Okay???

Now can we get back to poor ol' Spawzer who is gonna have to forgo his annual shimmy down the chimney routine and maybe his New Years Eve Flagellation Celebration with the Reg Boyz... Oh well, there's always next year...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 08:37 PM

Dearest Supreme Being:

Fuck off already eh? Watch the traffic light instead of talking on the cell, texting and eating your honey glazed while sucking on your double double. Jaysus H! When the light turns green, MOVE your sorry ass and go to the hop and spring Spaw you sorry assed MOFO!

This we pray for Brother Spaw.

Amen.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Rapparee
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 08:40 PM

I have investigated, quite thoroughly, the stories about Chongo and Chinga and have come to the inescapable conclusion that they are completely true. Chongo did indeed leave home and thereby forced his sister into a Life Of Shame in order to support their aged mother.

I cannot agree that Chongo would be a good bodyguard for Spaw, as records of the Chicago Police Department clearly show that every time he sees a ventilator he thinks it's some sort of bong, that he's shot up Emergency Rooms when they wouldn't give him morphine and/or cocaine, and that when he was once hired to empty bedpans he flung the feces at passers-by.

Subject: UPDATE
From: katlaughing
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 09:17 PM

And now, back to our regularly scheduled program...ahem...:-)

Karen just called before she left to go to work. She confirmed he is "much better" today, though he is in isolation as they do not want the nasty stuff he caught to get passed on to any other patients. Of all the ones he could get, typical of him, he got the worse, but his doc says it IS treatable and his fever is gone as of today. Anyone working at the hospital, who has to work with him, has to suit up with gloves and aprons, no masks, though. Visitors have to wash hand thoroughly. (I can't believe all the straight lines I can feed to you guys!)

Moving along, his BP is good and he's able to keep his O2 sats at 91-92% on the cannula. And, get this...you're gonna love this..things are starting to m-oo-v-e! He had some gassy cramps today and has started to eat a tiny bit!! I love getting the scoop from Karen; she doesn't hold anything back!:-)

She also said to please let you all know she can feel your support and all and thank you, big time. It means a lot to her and everyone else.

luvyakat

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: maeve
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 09:22 PM

Yippee!

Please return to us, Pat. Folks are getting restless and the stories are getting worse.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Jeri
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 09:27 PM

Maeve, the stories will likely get a LOT worse when he's back. I look forward to it. Good news (other than the one about him being the Boy in the Bubble). Thanks, kat.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: maeve
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 09:28 PM

Well sure they will, Jeri. But Spaw is certified for storytelling...certifiable?

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 09:47 PM

Holy Christ! He's got gassy cramps and they're encouraged?! I just hope there's not a heart patient in the room with him when these so-called "gassy cramps" resolve themselves into what can only be predicted to be a Force 10 methane gale after this long period of inaction!!

(keep up the straightlines, Kat! And, by the way, it's great to hear some good news!)

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: ClaireBear
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 09:50 PM

I don't know about y'all, but my family is having heaps of roasted Jerusalem artichokes -- about the most flatulogenic food I can think of -- for Christmas dinner. Join us; together, we'll make Spaw proud!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Hollowfox
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 10:16 PM

Thanks for keeping us updated, Kat. And much love from Northeastern Ohio to Central Ohio to Pat and all the family and friends down there. Much love and many $#@!-reduction candles.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: open mike
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 10:32 PM

maybe they have not heard so much of Spawzer's colorful language as we do cuz he might be saving it for his dear friends on the cat...since he does use it as terms of endearment...special wishes for continued improvement to you, my dear Spaw!!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Bobert
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 10:37 PM

What??? Gassy cramps and Spaw in the same sentence??? How could that be???

Seriously, kat... Tell Karen that there's one heck of a lot of love for that gassy cramps guy...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Rapparee
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 10:49 PM

Finally! Columbus and Cincinnati will again have heat!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: GUEST,Lilyfestre
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 10:54 PM

Still gotcha on my mind Spaw. ((((((((((((Hugs))))))))))))

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 11:31 PM

Not much more to add; I check in a couple of times a day here to see the state of Spaw's bowels. I'm so glad to hear there is something in the wind. . .

SRS