# Mr. Shoe is in the hospital **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 12, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279 "2012-08-12T16:58:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 31
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/602 "2012-10-15T19:13:42Z")
Awesome!!! ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/603 "2012-10-15T19:15:13Z")
Way way cool ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/604 "2012-10-15T19:24:05Z")
Hooray! That sounds like very good news indeed! ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/605 "2012-10-15T19:25:32Z")
Hip Hip Hooray!! ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/606 "2012-10-15T22:41:30Z")
that is the finest kind of news!!! fantastic! ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/607 "2012-10-15T23:37:05Z")
… annnnnd another half-hour this afternoon, too. 🙂 I was actually right there when the resp. tech re-connected him to the oxygen. It looks like it must feel very weird. Fingers crossed, everyone: they’re planning a swallow evaluation for him tomorrow! ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/608 "2012-10-15T23:55:41Z")
Not posted til now, but I’ve been following; I’ll be sure to have my fingers, toes, legs, arms and eyes crossed. And yay for vent-free breathing! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/609 "2012-10-15T23:58:49Z")
Nice news! ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/610 "2012-10-16T00:11:52Z")
(insert really big smile here) -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/611 "2012-10-16T00:15:21Z")
Sending out good thoughts that his swallow test goes well! ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/612 "2012-10-16T00:36:55Z")
Paint the bedroom, fluff the pillows, he’ll be coming home soon! Well, maybe not _THAT_ soon, but, this is progress. I’m so proud of you for not killing or maiming your in-laws. You are a good wife. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/613 "2012-10-16T00:55:46Z")
What great news! and nice that your IL’s apologized. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/614 "2012-10-16T01:19:15Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > - \*breathes deeply \*\* > > His mom left me a nice apology voice mail, and came by during the noon visiting hour to apologize to Shoe as well - she just went … a bit nutso, I guess. Anyway, we’re cool. > > Every day? HA! Try four times a day. > > Ooooooh … on a happier note: guess who just texted me to let me know that he successfully spent \*\*an entire hour off the vent \*\*today! 😃 ```auto MD+++++++++NM +D+++++++++++++++++N: M+++++++++++++++++++++++M. I+++++++++++++++++++++++++++:. M+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++M M+++++++++?+++++++++++$+++++++++M. M+++++++++MMMM+++++++MMMM+++++++++M M+++++++++8MMMM+++++++MMMMM+++++++++N ++++++++++=MMMM+++++++MMMMN++++++++++ D+++++++++++MMMN+++++++=MMM+++++++++++Z M+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++M N+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++M M+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++M. M++++++++$+++++++++++++++++++=++++++++M I+++++++D+++++++++++++++++++++M+++++++Z ++++N8+M+++++++++++++++++++++M+$N++++ $+++++++M+++++++++++++++++++M+++++++8 M+++++++MM+++++++++++++++MM+++++++M .M++++++++MMD+++++++++$MM++++++++M. M++++++++++MMMMMMMMM++++++++++M. .=+++++++++++++++++++++++++I, O++++++++++++++++++++++=D. .M+++++++++++++++++M, ..DMZ+++++++8MN. . GlassGiant.com ``` ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/615 "2012-10-16T01:45:06Z")
Yay! That is the news we have all been waiting for! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 ---
**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:** [October 16, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/616 "2012-10-16T02:04:38Z")
Wonderful news! And the fact that you won’t be in jail for in-lawicide makes it even better. StG ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/617 "2012-10-16T02:06:50Z")
What **Mamma Zappa** said. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/618 "2012-10-16T02:44:42Z")
Man, y’all are great. Love the smiley, **Mama Z.!** I think MIL just cracked under the strain a bit - she was just so … _uncharacteristic_, so unlike herself. Whatever, water under the bridge, bygones are bygones and all that crap. My Shoe was in a fairly fine mood tonight and BOY is he looking forward to the promised soup/yogurt/mashed potatoes/etc! I have chicken broth in the freezer waiting for him, just as someone waaaaay upthread suggesting I get ready. His resp. tech said, “It’s just about having soft food, stuff that’s easy to swallow, so they’ll even let you have mac’n’cheese and things like that!” and I thought I might cry right there. I’m sure hospital-grade mac’n’cheese isn’t anything to write home about, but just having some salty carbs filling his tummy up will I’m sure (I hope!) feel sooooo nice for him. 🙂 He’s getting stronger! He’s getting better! **Snoopy-style happy dance** ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/619 "2012-10-16T02:47:03Z")
::Joins in the happy dance:: ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/620 "2012-10-16T03:07:22Z")
Definite happy feet! **Yay!!** ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/621 "2012-10-16T05:03:07Z")
The news just keeps getting better and better! _Snoopy_ er, _Schmoopie dance._ About the shower chair…measure first. We got one for my brother and it didn’t fit by a couple inches. When I needed one I sat on a ice chest. He’ll have a lot of muscle weakness for a while so bedside sponge baths may be all that’s needed at first. What you have to do to make things work are going to constantly change as he progresses. The goodness of things getting better will eventually make all this seem like a dream, a good one I hope. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279.md?page=32)