# 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:** 44
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/862 "2012-11-09T21:25:49Z")
I’ve been away from this thread for a while, but I wanted to share my happiness over all the good news that I’ve been missing out on! Yay! ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/863 "2012-11-10T01:10:29Z")
SUNLIGHT!!! How wonderful! I hope TOS’s recovery keeps snowballing. Runs around tossing confetti in the air. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/864 "2012-11-10T01:13:00Z")
Sending congratulations and best wishes for continued improvement for TOS, along with the now-customary bumping of\*\* flatlined\*\*! :):):):)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/865 "2012-11-10T01:16:56Z")
I think when all is said and done and he’s home, then \*\*purplehorseshoe \*\*should start a “HE’S HOME!!!” thread, and we should let \*\*flatlined \*\*flatline this thread. 😉 ---
**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:** [November 10, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/866 "2012-11-10T03:54:59Z")
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: “YES. Yes. yes.” I was going to go with a standard smiley, but then I remembered the sunshine. So Sunglasses it is! 🆒🆒🆒 -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/867 "2012-11-10T04:40:44Z")
And it was a beautiful day for it, too. I guess it was still in the 100s when Mr. Shoe checked in, but today it was a breezy 75. So good to hear that things are going well. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/868 "2012-11-10T06:47:38Z")
I’m SO glad he’s getting better! Yay for outside! Yay for sunshine! IIRC COBRA only lasts for 18 months and is very expensive. ☹ Contact Social Security and check into Medicaid, as others have suggested. It can be short-term or long-term. It can provide more than you’d ever believe; rehab, prescriptions, home hospital beds etc. They, or United Way, or even your local newspaper can maybe hook you up with people who provide ramps and things. Hope he gets to come home soon. What a Thanksgiving THAT will be! ---
**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:** [November 10, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/869 "2012-11-10T21:20:06Z")
Such exciting news! Woot Woot! ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/870 "2012-11-11T03:02:03Z")
It’s amazing the things we take for granted until they are taken away from us. Godspeed to both you and the Mr. for a speedy recovery. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/871 "2012-11-11T03:26:47Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Just got a text here at the office that he just got back inside from being out in the sunshine. Oh yay! What good news! ---
**Author:** ![rivulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rivulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rivulus)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/872 "2012-11-13T03:57:31Z")
Been following this thread, too, for all these many weeks, and just want to add to the joyful noise and happy dancing. Hooray!!! ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/873 "2012-11-13T13:12:26Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I think when all is said and done and he’s home, then \*\*purplehorseshoe \*\*should start a “HE’S HOME!!!” thread, and we should let \*\*flatlined \*\*flatline this thread. 😉 Dadgummit, where’s the “like” button on this newfangled contraption?!!! ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/874 "2012-11-13T13:17:30Z")
::: Looks at watch::: ::: Taps foot::: ::: Looks at calendar::: Update? 🙂 We need our dose of TOS good news. (Post when you can) ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/875 "2012-11-13T13:34:41Z")
He’s getting the trach thingamahookey pulled out of his throat today. That’ll be nice; it’s been capped off but if he bumps it accidentally with his chin or whatever, it moves inside his windpipe and makes him cough … The plan is still to discharge him from acute care next week and move him to a physical rehab facility. Next frigging week! OMG! ---
**Author:** ![F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/876 "2012-11-13T13:44:51Z")
YAY!!! ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/877 "2012-11-13T14:01:39Z")
Coooooool! Thanks for the update. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/878 "2012-11-13T17:41:39Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > It’s amazing the things we take for granted until they are taken away from us. Godspeed to both you and the Mr. for a speedy recovery. I just saw this: MAN, ain’t that the truth? I will **never** take for granted the ability to scratch my own nose ever again. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/879 "2012-11-13T20:51:34Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > He’s getting the trach thingamahookey pulled out of his throat today. . . **pop** And out it went! 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/880 "2012-11-13T20:58:48Z")
:happy bouncing: ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/881 "2012-11-13T21:16:57Z")
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