Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts-see new thread

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: Jeri
Date: 25 Dec 10 - 08:28 PM

Hard to be sick and in the hospital on Christmas, but your family loves you loads, and a lot of your extended-across-the-world family loves you some too. Kick microbial butt on the inside. On the outside, rest easy. Try to stay right-side out and get well.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: kendall
Date: 25 Dec 10 - 08:28 PM

Sins, that was an ape, not a Monkey

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: Little Hawk
Date: 25 Dec 10 - 08:39 PM

Yes, I was going to say that too. Chongo gets so upset when people do that.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: Rapparee
Date: 25 Dec 10 - 10:10 PM

The only difference between a chimp and a monkey is the length of its tail.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: Rapparee
Date: 25 Dec 10 - 10:11 PM

And intelligence -- the monkey IS smarter and much better looking.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: Fortunato
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 09:28 AM

Hey, Spaw, are you better yet?

I hope so. Send us a picture of yourself in hospital attire, wheeling your various IVs down the hall to the john, chasing nurses and generally being the true pain in the ass you are capable of being.

PPppthbsssssssss!

chance

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 09:29 AM

If you get better real soon, I promise NOT to come visit you.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: Rapparee
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 10:31 AM

If he don't get better real soon I'M going to take his presents!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: SINSULL
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 11:41 AM

No news is good news?

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: katlaughing
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 11:44 AM

Hi, folks. Just got up, here, and it is earlier here than there. Morgan is on his way over for Christmas presents. I'll give Karen a call soon. Thanks for keeping up the ribaldry, etc.:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: maeve
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 11:53 AM

You might take his presents, Raparee,


















but Spaw has unshakable presence of mind!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: SINSULL
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 12:06 PM

Morgan first, kat. Even Spaw would agree with that.
M

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE
From: gnu
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 01:45 PM

Alright Super Bee, listen up. Yer gonna get severely kicked in the nuts from Max on down to me if you don't take care of business. You know how many kicks in the nuts that is? Of course you do. You're the Super Bee. So heal Spaw or yer gonna regret it. We might even get Dan to give ya one a them there karate type chops in the gonads just fer extra measure.

If you don't want yer balls buzzin and lookin like Rudy's nose, get the lead out eh!

Subject: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: katlaughing
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 02:25 PM

Pat is back on the vent. His O2 sats drop way low without it. They have him on morphine which doesn't help with that. When they put him back on it, they sucked up some really nasty looking crud from his lung.

They reopened the appy incision to clean out a bunch of blood clots and have packed it and left it open.

They have given him something to stabilise the rhythms of his heart.

Karen and the boys are at home, today. She's making a special dinner, doing laundry, giving her fish some attention, being loved up on by all the cats and the dog and she is staying home for the night. She will go back to work tomorrow night, but will see Pat before that. Last night she and Tris were up 'til midnight playing Mexican Railroad Dominoes and had a great time. Michael has a friend coming to town.

One day at a time sounds trite, but that's kind of what we've got going on. Karen says "Thanks" for all you are doing.

kat

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: maeve
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 02:34 PM

Thank you too, kat. Rest, and experience a semblance of peace, Karen.
We'll be here.

Maeve

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-
From: Charley Noble
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 02:44 PM

More mead being offered to the Old Gods.

They certainly are a thirsty crowd!

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: Ebbie
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 03:32 PM

You know what really shines through all this is how strong the Spaw is. He has met and conquered so many potentially fatal ailments and I choose to believe that it has made him only stronger.

Karen has strength of a different sort, different but remarkable.

Bless them both.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: gnu
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 03:52 PM

Yes, Ebbie. Bless.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: Bill D
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 03:58 PM

.......... if thoughts can help, he has mine.....

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: Lox
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 04:10 PM

There's nothing trite about "one day at a time".

There's a lot thats brave and practical about it.


Come on Spaw!

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: GUEST,Frug
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 04:47 PM

Sincere best wishes and powerful healing thoughts............c'mon man legends are needed on duty.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: SINSULL
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 05:10 PM

Michael has a friend coming to town????? Male or female? Does Auntie SINS have to pay a visit and check out this scheming...HMMMMM

Spaw get your ass back home. You may be needed.
M

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: Janie
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 05:54 PM

Thanks for the update, Kat. Just arrived back in NC, and all day have been wishing, for the first time, for a G3 device so that I could check in.

I figure if voices and bytes can be sent and received through the ether, the energies of loving kindness can also, be they in the form of prayer, good thoughts, or fart jokes.

And what Lox said....

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 06:14 PM

ditto

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: LilyFestre
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 07:36 PM

Still thinking about you and praying for strength, healing and some kick ass pain meds!

Love to you!!

Michelle

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: GUEST,Art Thieme
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 08:15 PM

Once again, Pat, be well. We're with you.
Art & Carol

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: Amos
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 09:18 PM

Pat:

Sending your ass my very best sass, to energize that damnthing. Please place it into gear tomorrow. 'Kay?

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: Tinker
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 10:38 PM

Blessings and light on all of you.... thought I posted here earlier.... Just keep on keepin' on....

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: katlaughing
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 10:46 PM

I just re-read the old thread from six years ago when I went into hospital and was so very ill with chf. Spaw and the rest of you were in your prime and it gave me some great laughs as well as tears. There is one posting I would like to post here, for Pat. Janie posted it back then:

May you be surrounded by light and love and healing. May all our relations in the four directions come join us as we gather round now and hold and sooth you.

That's just beautiful, to me, and says just what is in my heart.

luvya'll...kat

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 11:04 PM

Thanks for the update again, Kat.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: katlaughing
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 11:09 PM

Welcome, SRS. My honour and privilege to be of service.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: Hollowfox
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 11:32 PM

Merry Christmas, Pattersons. Karen, I just started up a fresh $#@!-reduction candle for yuns guys, as they say here in Youngstown. This morning I had a gig as the liturgist in church. I don't know if the location during the prayer makes a difference or not, but wotthehell, it don't hurt, eh? Michael, I look forward to seeing some more of your artwork sometime. I'll see if Amy and I can stop by sometime. I'm proud of how well you've been handling this hard situation. Tris, I'm so proud of you being on your own for the night. It's not everybody who can do so well with a project like that. I love you all, Hollowfox/Mary

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 27 Dec 10 - 01:57 AM

Yet more wishes for good health to Pat and strength to Karen. And even a bit of tenacity to the medicals treating Pat. Our man Spaw is too unique to be a textbook case. He needs some creative treatment.

Perhaps he needs the real life version of

this guy

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 27 Dec 10 - 02:09 AM

I truly accidentally just happened on this while trying to find a Charlie Brown Christmas video on youtube.

It seems fated it should go to Spaw.

Happy Christmas man.

Jingle Farts

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: mouldy
Date: 27 Dec 10 - 02:23 AM

I'l re-echo what Kat just posted from Janie.

Spaw, when I mentioned clotting I expected you not to go overboard!



Andrea

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: jacqui.c
Date: 27 Dec 10 - 05:07 AM

Still sending energies from the UK and hoping for good news very soon.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: Rapparee
Date: 27 Dec 10 - 10:32 AM

I tell you, I'm gonna send my friend Alice over. She's from Northern KY and between her ramps salad and kind, motherly manner she'll sort this out in less than a day. Spaw, however, might never be quite the same, if he ever was.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: Micca
Date: 27 Dec 10 - 10:47 AM

it was christmas day in the ICU
and Spaw was liying there
with nurses a fussing round him
a combing of his hair
in came the Bold bad Surgeon
and said " about your Heart..."
and Spaw just raised his a blanket
and released a mighty..
Tidings of Comfort and Joy
Oh Tidings of Comfort and Joy

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 27 Dec 10 - 12:04 PM

Get well soon 'spaw, we're missing your wit and wisdom round here. Much love and healing to you and Karen xxxx

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 27 Dec 10 - 12:14 PM

Candles burning, warm thoughts wafting your way (prevailing winds notwithstanding!).

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: alanabit
Date: 27 Dec 10 - 01:25 PM

Waiting and hoping...

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: jacqui.c
Date: 27 Dec 10 - 05:22 PM

Animaterra - are you sure that you want candles around Spawser?

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: LilyFestre
Date: 27 Dec 10 - 05:28 PM

Just checking in to say hello....hope today is better than yesterday.

Hurry up and get well, would you please? I'm running out of ways to say I hope you are feeling better and on your way home soon! ;)

Love,

Michelle

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: maeve
Date: 27 Dec 10 - 06:07 PM

Checking in, Pat and Karen. Hold on.

Maeve

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 27 Dec 10 - 06:22 PM

Spaw, Hospitals are one of the least restful places to hang out, and they're usually not warm enough. The television selection is poor, and some poor sod comes around at 3am and pokes you for more blood work. Is this any way to spend the holidays? Please overpower that infection, get the oxygen levels back where they're supposed to be, and get yourself out of that place!

If you need an interim place to heal, we can always set up a new room in the Mudcat Recovery Ward and let you have Nurse Ratched all to yourself. Won't that be nice?

SRS

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-26
From: Janie
Date: 27 Dec 10 - 07:36 PM

Hi Pat and Karen. Thinking of you and youngin's.

Subject: UPDATE 12-27
From: katlaughing
Date: 27 Dec 10 - 07:50 PM

I was just talking with Karen. She was in the room with Pat. He is out of it under morphine, but did try to open his eyes and I spoke to him of you all, just for a second whilst she held the phone to his ear.

It's still too early in the evening for her to have spoken with anyone, but here's what she told me:

he's stable, has a feeding tube, fever still up around 101.5 at 4p this afternoon. They did another blood culture which she will find out more about sometime this evening, before she goes to work. It will tell them if he is septic or not. (No jokes, please guys?:-)

Tris went to work with the garbage guys, today, and earned ten bucks. He is a happy camper. Michael got to go see his girlfriend.:-)

We're in a Holding Pattern for Patterson for now, folks.:-)

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-27
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Dec 10 - 07:59 PM

Still hoping for the best here. Sending positive energy by the truckload :)


                              Neil and Christina

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-27
From: Dave Swan
Date: 27 Dec 10 - 08:05 PM

Wow. Continued best wishes to Pat, Karen and the kids, Connie and Wayne.

This makes the great aneurysm scare look like a walk in the park.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 12-27
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 27 Dec 10 - 08:13 PM

adding my good wishes to the mix

sandra