# 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:** 59
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/1162 "2013-01-17T22:04:36Z")
Hallelujah! So glad to hear he is back home!!! And yes, please vent to us when you need to. ::happy dance:: ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/1163 "2013-01-17T22:39:26Z")
:Dhappyhappyhappy:D :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)🙂 ---
**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:** [January 17, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/1164 "2013-01-17T22:40:45Z")
That’s such great news! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/1165 "2013-01-17T22:42:53Z")
Glad to hear it. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/1166 "2013-01-17T23:08:50Z")
Yay! I hope the convalescence progresses quickly! Hooray for the Shoes! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/1167 "2013-01-17T23:11:35Z")
and there was much rejoicing. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/1168 "2013-01-17T23:31:07Z")
**Welcome Home Other Shoe!!!** ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/1169 "2013-01-18T00:33:21Z")
Back to a pair of shoes at home just like it should be. Yaaaa! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/1170 "2013-01-18T00:44:45Z")
Happy Kitty Conga Shoes! ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/1171 "2013-01-18T01:28:00Z")
Wonderful, amazing news. Congrats to both of you. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/1172 "2013-01-18T02:18:43Z")
And he didn’t even have to click his heels three times. I would say more, but [DEL]a shadow seems to have fallen over my face[/DEL] **Zebra** stole my line. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/1173 "2013-01-18T03:22:06Z")
Yaaaaaaaay! ---
**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:** [January 18, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/1174 "2013-01-18T03:51:43Z")
Yes! Yes! YES! Yes. So happy for you, shoe! It’s been a long road, and there’s lots of travel to go…but this is huge. Yes. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/1175 "2013-01-18T04:06:46Z")
Hurray! **Now** is he going to join the board? ---
**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:** [January 18, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/1176 "2013-01-18T04:18:39Z")
Welcome home Other Shoe! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/1177 "2013-01-18T04:24:26Z")
Woot! Very happy for both of you! ---
**Author:** ![FlyByNight512](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/82dd89/32.png) [@FlyByNight512](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyByNight512)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/1178 "2013-01-18T04:39:25Z")
Yaaaaay!!! ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/1179 "2013-01-18T07:40:15Z")
This is awesome news! ---
**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:** [January 18, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/1180 "2013-01-18T23:29:07Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Congratulations to both shoes! I know home will be very busy and stressful until he’s back to whole. (He will be.) Start a new thread to keep us informed, because we are invested in your well-being. You’ll have a safe place to vent. > Even though you love him so much, you’ll get frustrated and so will he. Let us absorb some of that frustration. We are sponges! 🆒 You’re right. You’re absolutely right. I’m tired and my back hurts, from helping him get in and out of his wheelchair. He’s tired and his back hurts, from getting in and out of his wheelchair (and potty chair, and shower bench, etc.) He’s frustrated at being semi-paralyzed, at being “stuck” in his own home, and sometimes, just at life in general. He’s on six different prescriptions - this, for a guy I could barely get to take a damn multivitamin before. I get frustrated at him being so frustrated, he gets tired of me being so tired, and on and on and on. We’re both grateful that he’s alive, home, and getting better, truly, but it’s definitely not all roses and sunshine and unicorns farting rainbows. Well, the weekend is here, so that’ll help. Thanks, sponges! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279/1181 "2013-01-19T02:22:03Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > You’re right. You’re absolutely right. I’m tired and my back hurts, from helping him get in and out of his wheelchair. He’s tired and his back hurts, from getting in and out of his wheelchair (and potty chair, and shower bench, etc.) He’s frustrated at being semi-paralyzed, at being “stuck” in his own home, and sometimes, just at life in general. He’s on six different prescriptions - this, for a guy I could barely get to take a damn multivitamin before. I get frustrated at him being so frustrated, he gets tired of me being so tired, and on and on and on. We’re both grateful that he’s alive, home, and getting better, truly, but it’s definitely not all roses and sunshine and unicorns farting rainbows. > > Well, the weekend is here, so that’ll help. Thanks, sponges! 🙂 \ Take a hot bath, after he goes to sleep. Put about a cupful of Epson Salts (Magnesium Sulfate) into the water as it fills. If you don’t have Epson Salts, get some. It’s cheapand really helps. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279.md?page=58) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-shoe-is-in-the-hospital/631279.md?page=60)