Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: SINSULL
Date: 31 Dec 11 - 10:52 AM

Waiting always sucks. And with the holidays it sucks to be in the hospital.
But you are still with us and perfectly capable of enjoying the celebration in the Tavern. Plus we are preparing a suite for you at the NYCFTTS.
Chin up!
SINS

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 31 Dec 11 - 10:42 AM

I second what freda & Tam said

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 31 Dec 11 - 05:56 AM

I am here Severn,

with the rest of Mudcat community, making wishes for your return to good health and happy news for the new year.

Much love

Tamara

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: freda underhill
Date: 31 Dec 11 - 05:30 AM

Good luck Severn, we're all thinking of you.

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: My guru always said
Date: 31 Dec 11 - 04:09 AM

According to my clocks you should be fast asleep at the moment Severn, hope they don't wake you up to move you to your new room. Rest easy, worrying will not help!
Hil x

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: GUEST,Severn
Date: 31 Dec 11 - 02:54 AM

Still in cardiac, as an empty room has to open up in oncology. Still haven't heard any word on the biopsy,and the nature of any new cancer. Watch this space!

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: GUEST,999
Date: 31 Dec 11 - 12:20 AM

"Delete or not delete? It's such a question the moderators have to ask themselves, eh? Was his tongue in his cheek, or was it just Garg's usual Asperger self coming through?"

Whether or not Garg has Aspergers is not the issue. A reference to Aspergers and that post in the same paragraph makes an assumption about people WITH Aspergers and that is a non-starter, imo.

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 30 Dec 11 - 11:35 PM

Delete or not delete? It's such a question the moderators have to ask themselves, eh? Was his tongue in his cheek, or was it just Garg's usual Asperger self coming through?

Severn, I hope another day has brought you closer to having answers to this latest medical mystery. And I hope the nurses up some candles on a birthday cake for you.

SRS

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: YorkshireYankee
Date: 30 Dec 11 - 10:20 PM

Hi Severn, I remember getting to meet you at the Eurogather in Hull some years ago -- great fun!

So... as wise man say to thirsty homesteaders:
"Get well, soon!"

All the best,

YY/Vikki Appleton Fielden

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: Rapparee
Date: 30 Dec 11 - 06:34 PM

Dammit, if he doesn't get outa there soon he'll miss the New Year's Eve Party at the Tavern!

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: Pistachio
Date: 30 Dec 11 - 06:14 PM

Hello Severn,
I met you some years ago at a Yorkshire Mudcat gather (I'm Hazel from Hissyfit)
Very best wishes for your recovery. Take it easy.

Hx

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: SINSULL
Date: 30 Dec 11 - 05:30 PM

Oh Good. As I understand it he is being moved into the New Year's Eve Suite complete with Mumm's intravenous drip.
Happy New Year Sev.

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: GUEST,999
Date: 30 Dec 11 - 09:32 AM

STOP the PRESS.

I just talked with Severn and the hospital is moving him to another room soon (meaning in the next few hours). His phone number will change. He informed me that Lisa (or Emily) will post his new phone number, so if you were intending to call, please wait until the new number is posted here.

Bruce

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: freda underhill
Date: 30 Dec 11 - 07:06 AM

Yes, thank you Emily, it's good to know that Sev has family on the lookout.

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: katlaughing
Date: 29 Dec 11 - 11:19 PM

Thank you, Emily. May all be well and Severn retured home at ease and in health.

Lots of hugs from COlorado, {{{{{Sev}}}}}!!

kat

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: KT
Date: 29 Dec 11 - 11:05 PM

Thinking of you, Sev....Be well, and soon, okay?

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: olddude
Date: 29 Dec 11 - 10:25 PM

In my prayers my dear friend. Get better soon

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 29 Dec 11 - 09:14 PM

thank you Emily

sandra

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 29 Dec 11 - 01:31 PM

Hope to see you in the Mudcat Recovery ward soon, Severn. Very best wishes for you.

~ Becky in Tucson

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: gnu
Date: 29 Dec 11 - 01:06 PM

Yes, John. He's been known to go a bit nuts at times.

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 29 Dec 11 - 12:42 PM

Rap's talking bollocks again!

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: GUEST,Sister Emily
Date: 29 Dec 11 - 12:41 PM

Thank you to all mudcatters. Your thoughts and wishes mean a lot to Severn (and his family). Will keep you posted.

His sister Emily

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: Rapparee
Date: 29 Dec 11 - 12:31 PM

And don't let them do an orchidectomy. It has nothing to do with orchids.

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: SINSULL
Date: 29 Dec 11 - 12:25 PM

I had a very young girl with Down Syndrome who had just undergone a hysterectomy and did not have a clue what was going on. Horrible for all in the room but imagine her state of mind.

By the way, Sev. Do Not let them do a hysterectomy on you. It has nothing to do with being hysterical.

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 29 Dec 11 - 09:01 AM

From (too much) personal experience, I can testify that the loud elderly patient with dementia is standard equipment in ICU wards.

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: My guru always said
Date: 29 Dec 11 - 06:31 AM

We've been thinking of you Severn, positive thoughts from Old Keepers!
Love & gentle hugs,
Hil xx

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: freda underhill
Date: 29 Dec 11 - 06:03 AM

a big cyber hug from me Severn. Are you sure your neighbour in the ICU hadn't OD'd on puns?

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: Bert
Date: 29 Dec 11 - 12:02 AM

kendall says 'Get some 4 year old to read to him. That will put him on his feet!'

what he meant to say was 'Get some 7 year old and pour it for him. That will put him on his feet! '

We'll keep the tavern open for you lad.

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 28 Dec 11 - 11:37 PM

It sounded like the first night was one where he was a captive audience to a patient with dementia and the staff weren't trying to quiet her or help ease her distress. Pretty horrible.

SRS

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 28 Dec 11 - 11:33 PM

The first night in the ICU was awful because a woman in there (apparently demented) kept screaming "Help me! Help me! Save me!" and occasionally "Thank you, Jesus!"
I assume Severn was not alternately spouting puns and lapsing into silence at the time?

We are all with you in spirit Severn, and hope you come through this clean, quick, and soon.

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 28 Dec 11 - 11:08 PM

I picked up the new smart phone this evening and gave Severn a call. I won't transcribe the conversation or the puns that drifted through it, but there were many and various. I winced several times through conversation - in the first few minutes as we spoke, as he was apparently coming out of a "twilight" medication from a procedure, he was still tossing puns around.

The first night in the ICU was awful because a woman in there (apparently demented) kept screaming "Help me! Help me! Save me!" and occasionally "Thank you, Jesus!" in a way that was very unsettling. He was glad to be out of there, as the medical staff apparently were ignoring her and anyone in ICU had to listen to it.

He said had an MRI yesterday and "they found a mass around and in my heart (and I'm not even Catholic)." They don't know what it is, and while he wonders if it is a lymphoma or sarcoma, I reminded him that it might also not be one of those, it might be benign. One must always keep that as an option! He was told they would give him results tomorrow.

He described a procedure they did, taking a vein from the groin and snaking it up to the heart to increase blood supply, and apparently at the same time they took samples of the mass. I commented that it sounded like the team included a plumber. He said that luckily they didn't use any Drano.

He wants people to know some good news - that his daughter brought him a Kindle, so he's going to play with that to find some books to read while he's there, and he expects to be there for several days.

To the secret santa folks, he didn't have an opportunity to open the gift sent to him. He was at the local hospital on xmas eve, and they flew him to the Baltimore hospital without stopping at his house to get that gift.

This is a summary of an hour's conversation, and for anyone tempted to feel instant alarm as two cancer survivors discuss the possibility of a couple of types of cancer now, you have to understand that cancer (the Big C) is survivable, and those of us who have been through it before know better than to fly off the handle at the possibility of such a prognosis. Severn was speculating in a general sense, but no rubber will hit the road until he knows what the doctors think and he and others can research what the options are.

After all, it could be that the giant squid (from the Mudcat Tavern) has managed to snake in an arm (heaven knows how - through an orifice?) and give his heart a squeeze. I know a lot of Mudcatters will want to give Severn a virtual squeeze (or at least a hug) and that phone number that Bruce posted earlier is a direct line to his room.

SRS

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: Gorgeous Gary
Date: 28 Dec 11 - 09:30 PM

Get well soon!

-- Gary

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 28 Dec 11 - 09:04 PM

thanks for your reports, Lisa. Please give him a hug (real or air) from me.

sandra

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: lisa null
Date: 28 Dec 11 - 07:22 PM

He is waiting for detailed answers to his tests-- it must be hard waiting....

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: gnu
Date: 28 Dec 11 - 02:13 PM

Sev, I hope you go Savage on that Nurse Wretched!

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: Leadfingers
Date: 28 Dec 11 - 12:20 PM

Typcal isnt it ? He has 'Puter problems and finally gets back on line and promptly get put out of reach of his keybord !
All the best Sev , and get the Hell out of there A S A P !

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: Rapparee
Date: 28 Dec 11 - 10:14 AM

He just wants a Jacqui shawl.

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: Sarah the flute
Date: 28 Dec 11 - 05:05 AM

Get well soon Severn
Love and good thoughts from your twice Santee

Sarah x

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: GUEST,Nurse Ratched
Date: 27 Dec 11 - 10:39 PM

Goddamn that man. When I walked into his room, he looked at me and said "I'm cured". Then maybe, it could have been a pre-emptive strike against the treatment I was offering.

I wanted to find out just what was happening in there, and tried give him an autopsy – they wouldn't let me for some reason and said it's a dying practise. Then I offered to assist Sev in becoming an organ donor, and told him there was a good deal going for early contributions. For some reason, he wasn't co-operative (operative being the requirement here).

Then I offered to give him a total vasectomy, it could be very good for his heart, and stop the risk of those heartus interruptus moments. But he treated me like a persona non gratuitous and what could I do?

I bound him up real tight, enough bandages for an Egyptian mummy, because I wanted to keep the germs out (you know what those hospital rooms are like – swimming with streptococchi) and it's neat when you do the vaccum thing on the heart fluid. I had my vaccum cleaner and knife ready and was just about to give it a go when the meal tray came in – what a lot of baloney. So I scraped it into a bag and whizzed out real quick – Sev doesn't need to eat right now, and I just thought, that careless pyromaniac could make a real ash of things if I don't keep him tied up and out of trouble. The soup was stale and it was hard to tell what origin the mush was, but, hey, a free meal's better than none. I'll be back tomorrow Sev, just around meal time. In the meantime, don't remove the drip, it's keeping your organs warm for the transplant.

Bye for now
N.R.

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: lisa null
Date: 27 Dec 11 - 07:44 PM

From Severn:

"Thank you very much and I can't get to a computer for awhnile. I had a very good last-minute Christmas thing for the Tavern but I did not get to print it, but it may see the light of day some day. I've been going through some bad times and a lot of different kinds of pains. I had an MRI today and will find out more about things i can tell you tomorrow.

"Nothin's been able to beat me down yet! There's a whole lot of life in my heart still."

I just read him all your wonderful messages. Keep them coming, visit or phone: [phone] University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, Room 626 on sixth floor (WEINBERG BLDG)

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: Noreen
Date: 27 Dec 11 - 07:34 PM

Thinking of you, Severn. Feel better soon :)

Nx

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: Richard Atkins
Date: 27 Dec 11 - 05:15 PM

Severn
Wishing you a fast return to good health for 2012, from us all at Old Keepers

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 27 Dec 11 - 01:40 PM

Sev - please get well and home soon!

Kitty
xx

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: kendall
Date: 27 Dec 11 - 12:49 PM

Get some 4 year old to read to him. That will put him on his feet!

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: katlaughing
Date: 27 Dec 11 - 12:05 PM

I second that, Sins!

Rap, he already did a getaway...on a chopper, what could top that?:-)

Sev, may you recover quickly and thoroughly. Mudcat mojo is mighty powerful, so hang on and get ready to ride the road to Wellville!

luvyakat

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: SINSULL
Date: 27 Dec 11 - 10:40 AM

Good morning Sev. Out of ICU is good. Now get out of the hospital. There are sick people there.
M

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: Rapparee
Date: 27 Dec 11 - 10:32 AM

they're not very hospitable there, sev. needles and things and no booze.

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: Janie
Date: 27 Dec 11 - 08:23 AM

Just seeing this - best wishes, Sev.

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: kendall
Date: 27 Dec 11 - 08:23 AM

It's difficult for me to talk on the phone so I avoid it if possible.

Subject: RE: Severn in hospital 26 Dec 2011
From: GUEST,999
Date: 27 Dec 11 - 08:16 AM

Severn can be reached at

443-462-4770

That's his phone in the hospital.

Bruce