# Mike, @dropzone has been AWOL **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588 "2021-08-26T21:58:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/41 "2021-08-28T12:35:00Z")
Get well soon dropzone We need you back in the game. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/42 "2021-08-28T12:40:48Z")
Good fortune to him. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/43 "2021-08-28T12:42:46Z")
Yeah, sending good vibes to @dropzone ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/44 "2021-08-28T15:02:19Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I found his daughters email. I sent her an email. > She didn’t respond but her roommate did. So his daughter lets her roommate have access to her emails? How many of us do that? I think this says something abut dropzone----and not just him–his whole family. He’s raised a daughter who, like him, shares and cares about the people in their lives. Let’s hope he recovers, so he can keep sharing with us, too. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/45 "2021-08-28T18:49:23Z")
My husband and I have access to our computers, emails, amazon accounts, phones - my second computer at the house in western NY is accessible by our roomies there - but that one doesn’t have the credit card info or amazon instant buy on it. It will pull copies of my email but won’t wipe it off the server. Here’s more hope for Mike … ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/46 "2021-08-28T19:31:00Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Here’s more hope for Mike … And even more hope. 🕯 🕯 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/47 "2021-08-28T20:26:40Z")
My limited understanding is they have cohabitated for a long while. It’s most likely a shared computer. I received an update from roomie: The girls will see their Dad this evening, sometime. She said she would update after that. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/48 "2021-08-28T21:54:46Z")
I have an update: The girls said the hospital had him off the ventilator for 2 and 1/2 hours while they were with him. He knows I have made a thread. (Oops😳) And about all of our well wishes. I feel like this is good news. ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/49 "2021-08-28T22:00:56Z")
That sounds promising! Good thoughts and prayers to Dropzone and I hope he gets better and gets home soon so he can chew you out properly! (jk on the chewing out). Thanks for keeping us updated, Beck! ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/50 "2021-08-28T22:06:24Z")
That does indeed sound encouraging. Here’s hope for even less ventilator and more dropzone in the future. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/51 "2021-08-28T22:20:18Z")
This is encouraging and I hope it continues in the right direction. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/52 "2021-08-28T22:26:51Z")
I’m looking forward to the Beck (and SDMB) apology thread when Dropzone returns and everyone will be forced to apologize for making a big deal of it. We look forward to our comeuppance. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/53 "2021-08-29T02:59:55Z")
Don’t Drop, Zone [(1) The girl is mine - Micheal Jackson and Paul McCartney - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNqMrYgm9w0) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/54 "2021-08-31T14:58:28Z")
Since he’s been on the ‘vent’ so long, Mike is getting a ‘trach’ installed today. They told me it will make him more comfortable. I’m not sure if this is good news or bad. Maybe one of our board medical person’s would chime in. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/55 "2021-08-31T15:18:30Z")
I’m keeping @Dropzone in my thoughts. Get well! ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/56 "2021-08-31T15:49:34Z")
Not a doctor, but I do know that a tube down your throat and into your lungs is hard on your body, really bad for your vocal cords, and usually requires sedation. A trach seems a lot more invasive, but it’s what they do for people who need breathing assistance long-term and apparently it doesn’t require sedation to be tolerable. So… it seems less destructive. There might be other factors I’m unaware of. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/57 "2021-08-31T15:57:06Z")
Wishing you luck, 'zone. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/58 "2021-08-31T19:24:41Z")
Thanks for the update. StG ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/59 "2021-08-31T19:40:30Z")
All the good thoughts to dropzone! ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/60 "2021-08-31T19:44:25Z")
If you need to be on a ventilator for a while, it’s better. My mom had a trach installed when she was in intensive care on a ventilator for several months. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588.md?page=4)