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Life is about falling – Living is about getting backup.
THOSE OF US WITH BP AND OTHER SERIOUS ISSUES NEED TO MAKE THIS OUR CREED!!
I'VE BEEN OUT OF TOUCH FOR A FEW DAYS. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG JUST REALLY....BUSY. YOU KNOW THE ROUTINE: APPOINTMENTS WITH THIS ONE OR THAT ONE, DEMANDS FROM OUR KIDS, GAL PAL MEETINGS, VOLUNTEER WORK, HOUSEWORK, YARD WORK, COOKING AND ON AND ON WE GO.
I AM NOW VOLUNTEERING AT THE HOSPITAL GIFT SHOP. IT IS ONE SHIFT A MONTH FOR THREE AND A HALF HOURS. I HAVE EVERY THIRD THURSDAY FROM 9:30 TIL 1:00. OF COURSE, YOU ALSO GET CALLS TO FILL IN FOR OTHERS. I GOT CALLED IN YESTERDAY. GLAD I HAD A BOOK IT WAS A LONG....SHIFT.
MY GIRLFRIEND, LINDA, HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY TRIP YESTERDAY TO WHERE HER YOUNGEST SON GOES TO UNIVERSITY. APPARENTLY, ON WEDNESDAY HE NOTICED THAT THE VISION IN ONE EYE WAS VERY SHADOWY. HE WENT TO EMERGENCY AND THEY RAN TESTS. THANK THE GOOD LORD HE HAD ENOUGH SENSE TO GO AS YOU KNOW KIDS. ANYWAY, IT TURNS OUT HE HAS FLESH EATING DESEASE IN HIS EYE. THIS IS VERY....SERIOUS!!! THIS BACTERIA CAN KILL YOU IN 8 TO 24 HOURS. IT IS VERY RARE, IN CANADA THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 200 CASES A YEAR AND 15 TO 25 PERCENT DIE!! AT ANY RATE, HE WAS VERY LUCKY AS THE RETINAS WERE NOT AFFECTED BUT HE DOES HAVE TO HAVE THE CORNEA REPLACED IN ONE EYE. HE IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. I HOPE TO KNOW MORE LATER TODAY OR TOMORROW. ALL PRAYERS FOR HIS RECOVERY WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THEY USUALLY DO NOT KNOW WHERE THE BACTERIA IS PICKED UP BUT IT IS CONTAGIOUS. OFTEN THE BACTERIA IS ALREADY IN YOUR BODY BUT FOR SOME REASON STARTS TO FEED ON ITSELF.
I GUESS I AM GOING TO HAVE TO HEAD OUT AND DO SOME WATERING. WE HAVE HAD VERY LTTLE RAIN AND THE POTS AND NEW GARDEN NEED A GOOD SOAKING. I AM THINKING THAT ALL THE STUFF I PUT AWAY FOR HURRICANE EARL I WILL JUST MOVE TO THE GARDEN SHED FOR WINTER AS IT IS GETTING ON IN THE SEASON. OH, POO!!!
WELL, I HAVE SOME LAUUNDRY TO DO AND A KITCHEN FLOOR THAT NEEDS CLEANING. FUN STUFF!!
BEW WELL. DEBBIE