Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Mike Regenstreif Date: 22 Jun 01 - 10:03 AM Spaw, Very happy to hear that you're doing well. Looking forward to your Mudcat return. As Woody used to say, "Take it easy, but take it." Mike Regenstreif |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Big Mick Date: 22 Jun 01 - 08:51 AM Love that, Patrish. You must tell me how you did it. I spoke with Spaw this morning and I don't think we are very far at all from having his irrascible old arse back on the Cat. He sounds like shit, but he always sounds like shit. To me that means he is healing............LOL. I asked him if he wasn't taking this "Layabout" thing just a little too far. Seriously, he sounds like he is hurting, but very happy that he had this done. The prognosis is good, it looks like the operation was successful, and soon we will have our irrascible and lovable Catspaw back with us again. And if all goes well, he will be at FSGW in the fall. You won't want to miss that one. Now...............I can breathe.............I have been very, very nervous over all this. I do love this man........Good friend.........They are so hard to come by. Thanks be. Mick |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Patrish(inactive) Date: 22 Jun 01 - 06:44 AM
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Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: mooman Date: 22 Jun 01 - 04:35 AM I very happy to hear the continuing good progress and best wishes to Pat, Karen and the 'Spawlings. It's just as well that it was Pat's cardiovascular system rather than his digestive system. Specially as there's a big heart beating there. There are (yes it's really true folks!) several instances of operating theatres being wrecked when the surgeon's cauterising tool or laser scalpel came into contact with an endogenous source of explosive gas from the patient. Just one worry, I hope it was the DaVinci device the surgeon implanted and he didn't pick up the DiCaprio by mistake! For when you're able to laugh Pat: Q. What's the difference between a haemotologist (sorry about the European spelling!) and a venereologist? A. A haemotologist just pricks your finger! We miss you 'Spaw mooman |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: hesperis Date: 22 Jun 01 - 04:05 AM Yeah, get well soon, so you can see the picture I sent you the link for. You'll get a kick out of it. (Or at least a very good laugh.) (((gentle HUG!))) |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Steve Parkes Date: 22 Jun 01 - 03:38 AM "Some sort of gel in a bath cap"? "Gel" with a "GG" or a "J"? (You know "gel" is English English for "gal", don't you? Talk about "separated by a common language"!) Be sure to let us know when it's OK to make him laugh again--meanwhile we'll crack a few on his behalf ovver here. Steve & Sue |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Ella who is Sooze Date: 22 Jun 01 - 03:37 AM Well, still good news... That's great - I'm really intrigued by the bath cap - did Spaw get photos of that one... sounds great - would be brill for camping in the wild outdoors - especially when you go camping to places with no facilities... Or.... festivals - hey Spaw, you could make a fortune in selling those at the big music festivals, like they have here in the uk.... Glastonbry - wow.... I've seen a market - © to Ella.... lol But seriously Spaw... take it easy, and get fit soon Regards Ella |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Auxiris Date: 22 Jun 01 - 02:59 AM Seem to be getting in on the—dare I say this?-tail end of things here. All I can say is, I hope to hell they put you back together right!! Get better soon, Spaw! Best wishes, Aux
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Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: roopoo Date: 22 Jun 01 - 02:43 AM Well I hope he's getting off the painkillers before long: I have just read that morphine can cause constipation (even codeine). With his rep it'll be like a cork out of a bottle. Man the barricades! Andrea |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: wysiwyg Date: 22 Jun 01 - 01:52 AM Wet fone lines here = bad lines = static = getting knocked offline every 3 minutes... so I just keep praying, and . . . just remember, da Vinci or not, healing from surgery and being in the hospital is a big job.... to hold that all that love and concern without letting worrying creep into it is a tall order but then, this IS the Mudcat. So Pat, whenever you hear this.... hey, you.... [smoochy sounds]... And Kat... pace yourself darlin'. ~Susan |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Amergin Date: 22 Jun 01 - 12:01 AM Boy, Spaw...even my heart (which is two sizes too small) has been stretched a bit over this....get well soon! |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Susan A-R Date: 22 Jun 01 - 12:01 AM I'm so glad to hear that all's well. My brother's been through two "valve jobs" first one was pig, the second mechanical. I still remember sitting in a client's home and bursting into tears of relief when my secretary called to let me know that Proctor had come through the second surgery with flying colors. Deja Vu all over again. Take care Spaw. Obviously we love you ya old fart! |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Pelrad Date: 21 Jun 01 - 10:40 PM Mr. Patrick Catspaw, you get better just as fast as you can. You've had all of us with our hearts in our throats over this. I'm glad your heart is functional again (and hopefully not located in your head). God bless you, Karen and the boys. Kim |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: katlaughing Date: 21 Jun 01 - 10:07 PM You can email them to me Mary and I can pass them on via Connie, but I don't think he's up to snuff for jokes quite yet. This is the latest from Connie: Just talked to P again he fell asleep on the phone mid-sentence. The op site hurts but he says he can tell a difference in the way his chest feels --not so "big". He is not recooped yet but i think he is doing real well for about 30 hr post op. Hnag in the, Spaw, tomorrow's another day, fiddle-dee-dee! luvyakat
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Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Mary in Kentucky Date: 21 Jun 01 - 09:57 PM kat, is Spaw ready for some jokes yet? Where can we send them? I'd rather not post these on the Internet! At least not with my name on them! Luvya Spaw! Heal fast! Oh yeah, Jeri just said that. |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Jeri Date: 21 Jun 01 - 09:48 PM CamiSu was not the only person to notice that bit about "blood and yuk in his hair." Nosiree! They were supposed to operate on his heart! Question: is he acting particularly nice? Has he made any jokes, even semi-incoherent ones about passing gas? I'm concerned. Please keep a close eye on him. If, once the meds wear off, he still drools more than usual or says he wants to learn the banjo, I'd be worried that they snuck in a bit of unplanned minor surgery. That DaVinci thing sound awful sneaky, and it would be too easy to go in through a nostril and...oh, it's too horrible to think about! (Love ya, Spaw. Heal fast!) |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Date: 21 Jun 01 - 09:42 PM Were still praying for you Spaw, get back soon.john |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: MMario Date: 21 Jun 01 - 09:39 PM yeesh! I just realized the crowd at old songs is gonna be out of touch for several days. Everyone check the thread before leaving...that way we won't be "current" but we may get some news. |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Date: 21 Jun 01 - 09:25 PM Almost too good to be true! Thanks for the updates! |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 21 Jun 01 - 09:09 PM Rise again |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Mountain Dog Date: 21 Jun 01 - 07:06 PM Great stuff, Amos. Thanks! |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Dorrie Date: 21 Jun 01 - 06:58 PM love from the cryans |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Bert Date: 21 Jun 01 - 06:55 PM Lionheart? LION-BLOODY-HEART!!! I guess you haven't heard where they get those spare valves from. They gets 'em from pigs, that's where. So come on Cat-hogheart-Spaw *** let's get back on line where we can have at ya. This little piggy went to market... |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Amos Date: 21 Jun 01 - 06:46 PM Sure. Just spin that tune from "Oh Brother Where Art Thou"'s soundtrack, pump up your spiritual vibes and sing along with me.... A Better Way |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Áine Date: 21 Jun 01 - 06:43 PM Go Spaw Go!! Now, if you can get Karen to stick a couple of those hair-washing bags in her purse, I've got a great business opportunity for you -- Bubbly Butt Bags for your favourite pouch or pussycat -- No muss, no fuss, no hoses, no smashed up toeses -- just pop it in the 'wave, and then on the butt of your fave mammal -- Oh dear, on second thought, this might not bode well for our small furry friends . . . Nope, never mind, I can just hear those gears grinding in your kinky 'magination . . . Oh geezus, what have I done -- the ideas that must be blooming in your wicked, saggy assed mind . . . Forgive me, dear gerbils of the world, I knew not what I did . . . ;-) Hugs and snogs to you and Karen and the kids, Áine (and if there's a really cute male nurse that happens to wander into your room, give 'im a squeeze for me, will ya?) |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Metchosin Date: 21 Jun 01 - 06:19 PM And in case it wasn't included before kat sent the other thread.... YEAH SPAW!!!! |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Sam Pirt Date: 21 Jun 01 - 06:09 PM From Sam's Mum - Gill It's great to hear that things are going well - Spaw will spend lots of time laughing over all these posts. What a tonic - nothing better! Sam & I both send our love and warmest wishes to Catspaw and all. And yes - it's great to have Sam back (but he's planning the next trip to The Getaway already!) Sam & Gill
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Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Big Mick Date: 21 Jun 01 - 05:19 PM I have been away for most of the last 12 days with only occasional moments at the computer. No 'Catting time, which sucks by the way. I did manage to send Spaw an E-pistle before he went in. I came in today and read all the updates and all I can say is ...............wheewwwwhhhh. I am glad that it is looking better. Connie has been keeping me informed and I read them all at once. Talk about a harrowing 20 minutes while reading them in order. Awwwwrrriiighhtteee then, Spaw..........git that woman and them rugrats in the car and come on up to Barry County, Michigan............I will race you across the lake swimming............Wait, no fair.........you got bionics,.................you swim, I will take the Viking with the 150 horse............just to even things up...........and you damn well better be ready on time for FSGW............ Love ya, buddy. Mick |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: katlaughing Date: 21 Jun 01 - 05:11 PM And now for some COMIC RELIEF, a very appropriate joke about a car mechanic, which our Spaw once was, and a heart surgeon. Connie just sent this to me: A mechanic was removing the cylinder heads from the motor of a car when he spotted in the shop a famous heart surgeon who was standing off to the side , waiting for the service manager to come take a look at his car. The mechanic recognized him, because he had operated on the mechanic's mother. The mechanic shouted across the garage, "Hello Doc! Please come over here for a minute." The surgeon, surprised, walked over to the mechanic. The mechanic straightened up, wiped his hands on a rag and asked argumentatively, "So doctor, look at this. I also open hearts, take valves out, grind 'em, put in new parts, and when I finish this will work as good as a new one. So how come you get the big money, when you and me is doing the basically the same work?" The doctor leaned over and whispered to the mechanic "Try to do it while you keep the engine running." |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: katlaughing Date: 21 Jun 01 - 04:37 PM Well, he's moved into a new room, has called Connie, and Karen has crashed for some much needed rest. He has a lot of pain in the op site, which is the right side, but is eager to get back online. He and Karen send their love. I've sent all of the messages, from all of the threads. Connie is still printing, Karen was reading them before she went to sleep. She will take them up to him next visit, so then you all will probably get an earful. BTW, he and Karen have not been told about the Spawfund. It's a bit delicate, plus Connie wants him to feel more up to par, so she's waiting a few days for the right moment to tell them. By my reckoning, we've got about $900 pledged and the checks are coming into Connie as of today's mail. Thank you all so very, very much. I know it, along with cards and your messages here, plus all of your prayers, mantras, mediations, etc. have been a very important part of how this went for them. We are an incredible community, you know it?! I'll bet even his surgeon could feel that halo of love! kat |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Burke Date: 21 Jun 01 - 04:00 PM I thought I'd heard with the traditional type of open heart surgery there's a lot of post op chest pain. My step brother was given a huge pillow to clutch to his chest to help the pain when he had to cough or laugh. I'm worried that all you people trying to make him laugh are going to cause great pain. Here's hoping that new DaVinci guy makes it OK to laugh sooner than the old way did. Keep getting better! |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: SINSULL Date: 21 Jun 01 - 03:29 PM gLAD YOU ASKED cAMIsU. tHE INCISION WAS IN HIS SIDE. hOW DID THE BLOOD GET IN HIS HAIR?hmmmm. dAMN cAPSLOCK! |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Mountain Dog Date: 21 Jun 01 - 03:28 PM Amos, Are you going to share the rest of the song with us? We didn't even get to the chorus yet! |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: CamiSu Date: 21 Jun 01 - 02:58 PM Pat- Glad to hear you're doing well, but I thought this was heart surgery. why is there gunk in your HAIR? (Or is your heart inside your head?) Anyhow we're pullin' for you here. CamiSu-who is glad she got back to the 'Cat in time to know about this! |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Amos Date: 21 Jun 01 - 02:55 PM I wrote a song last month or so for Larry Dossey, on the subject of Alternative Therapy! -- he's a senior editor on the board of a publication in these parts on the subject -- and it had him ROTFL. So it's only fair he should provide inspiration back to Catspaw! :> It starts out (to the tune of "In the Jailhouse Now"): Wal, I knew a nurse named Susy; Well, anyway, Larry Dossey loved it. A |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: kendall Date: 21 Jun 01 - 02:47 PM You think your German spelling is bad, check my English spelling, eh MT? |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Clinton Hammond Date: 21 Jun 01 - 02:09 PM Ahhhh! Got it now... sorry... not enough coffee yet today! LOL!! |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Clinton Hammond Date: 21 Jun 01 - 02:07 PM I don't get it... issue #49??? |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Little Hawk Date: 21 Jun 01 - 02:07 PM Point well taken, SINSULL! - LH |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: SINSULL Date: 21 Jun 01 - 01:57 PM I am more concerned about the removal of the vent. Do they know what havoc he can create once he's back on solid food? |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: mousethief Date: 21 Jun 01 - 01:38 PM LOL, MDog! Alex |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Mountain Dog Date: 21 Jun 01 - 01:38 PM That's "Ganz Schwantz", of course. My German spelling is deplorable, I fear! |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Mountain Dog Date: 21 Jun 01 - 01:35 PM Rick, don't worry. "Schwan Gantz" is OK to remove...It's a "Ganz Scwhantz" removal that would land him in the John Bobbit Addadictomy Recovery Wing. (Thank goodness for my high school German; that post-op report had me worried, too) |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Rick Fielding Date: 21 Jun 01 - 01:26 PM CATSPAW!!! "Schwan Gantz Removed"!! Aww, Buddy, let 'em do anything but remove your Schwan Gantz! Heather and I are callin' ya "Lionheart" around here this Morning. Keep kickin' ass. Thanks kat. R and H |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: mousethief Date: 21 Jun 01 - 01:19 PM Clinton -- is there an issue #49 of this magazine-within-a-game? Alex |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Clinton Hammond Date: 21 Jun 01 - 01:17 PM This just struck me... Anyopne here ever played the computer psudo-RPG called Fallout?? On of the things you stumble across from time to time are the magazines called "Catspaw"... They turn out to be porno mags... A connection?? :-) |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: katlaughing Date: 21 Jun 01 - 01:13 PM LOL, I will pass on your message, Dan, via email. I probably won't speak with him until the end of the week or next. He will love it. Mountain Dog! Thank you for that article!! My sister used to work as a Telephone Prayer Worker at Unity in MO and has many stories on the power of prayer. She is a Unity minister, now. I will pass that, along with all of the other message to Connie, via email. I think I'll tell her she should buy a ream of paper out of the Spawfund for all these she is printing out for him! Thanks, luvyakat |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: jeffp Date: 21 Jun 01 - 01:05 PM Sounds like wonderful progress. Keep getting better, Spaw! jeffp |
Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Liam's Brother Date: 21 Jun 01 - 12:59 PM If you're talking with Pat, tell him I have the tennis court booked for 9:15am on Saturday. If he can get over from Ohio in time I can guarantee him a spot in the vistors parking lot which is only a half mile walk from the court. Very happy for the good news.
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Subject: RE: THE CATSPAW REPORT -DAY TWO From: Mountain Dog Date: 21 Jun 01 - 12:52 PM Thought this was most apropos in light of the prayers and good wishes we've been sending Spaw of late: June 18, 2001 (Ivanhoe Newswire) Clinical studies continue to show prayer heals. Dr. Larry Dossey, author of "Reinventing Medicine" and Prayer is Good Medicine," revealed the results of a second phase study at Duke University on the power of prayer. Dossey was keynote speaker, Saturday in Boulder, Colo. at the annual conference of ISSSEEM (The International Association for the study of Subtle >Energies and Energy Medicine). The MANTRA project at Duke is headed up by cardiologist Dr. Mitchell Krucoff and nurse practitioner, Susan Craven. The results show that heart patients who receive prayer have 50 percent to 100 percent fewer side effects than those patients not prayed for. If patients agreed to be part of the study they were randomized and the "prayer" patients' names went to prayer groups around the world. First names only were sent via e-mail to Buddhist groups in Nepal, Hindus in India and Jewish groups in Jerusalem. Catholic nuns, Unity Village Missouri and Protestants in North >Carolina also participated.
The full report on the study will be published in an upcoming issue of the American Journal of Cardiology, according to Dossey. It will be the first time a heart journal has published a study on the effects of "distance" prayer. Dossey also noted hundreds of other studies on the power of prayer that, until now, have been mostly ignored by the allopathic, or traditional medical community. However based on the Duke study Dossey concluded, "There's no going back. This is a huge transition in medicine. Medicine will not be able to retreat from the impact."
Copyright © 2001 Ivanhoe Broadcast News, Inc. So keep those prayers, chants, mantras and good thoughts a-comin! It's doing more good than we may know! |
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