Mr. Shoe is in the hospital

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
742

Yes, better kind of sucky, for sure.

You know all those people who two months ago were telling you to let them know if there’s anything they can do? This is when they’re most useful. Tell them he’s bored and would really love to see a new face, even just for a few minutes. *Particularly *just for a few minutes - long visits are probably still tiring for him, but a 15 minute “Oh, hai, I was just driving by on my way to work…” is perfection. Just let them know they should budget an hour for a 15 minute visit, between parking and getting a pass and waiting for elevators and being shown how to scrub/gown up properly before going in.

Assuming, of course, that he does want to see a new face. Some people are too tired/private/embarrassed by medical equipment to actually want visitors other than close family, and that’s cool, too. Whatever works for him. :slight_smile:

I suspected as much. Yeah, probably not the best choice for a guy working to breathe. Darnnit.

743

Dayum. All this from West Nile Virus.

Sending more get well wishes Mr. Shoe’s way!

744

My drug of choice is Versed. Thats because its what was used during my surgery. I don’t know if I hurt, I just forgot about it.

I’m so sorry that TOS is in such pain. PHS, I agree that now is the time to ask friends to visit him. We (friends) always say that we want to help, but forget when its been a while. If I was in your neck of the woods, I would be happy to be asked to visit.

Maybe its time for another round of Doper postcards?

745

What they said - bored is better, at least. I hope he continues to improve.

746

Yeah, he was in a better mood tonight, that’s for sure. Still says his chest wall hurts, but at least his face isn’t all squinched up in agony. He was just starting to yawn and stretch his arms as I was leaving, so hopefully he’ll be asleep soon. (I didn’t so much take a nap today as I fell into a short-term coma. It was awesome, even if it did mean a “Hey, you coming to see me today?” text from Shoe, and me sleeping through what looked like a lovely day.)

ETA: my apologies to anyone who asked for our address and didn’t get a response. I totally let that page of this thread get away from me, so please feel free to hassle me as needed.

ETA II: a special thanks to the Paypallers who made this round of bill-paying into not nearly the ordeal I was expecting. After the new year, Shoe will be on COBRA (which is better than no insurance but still wildly expensive) and I’m planning to take my leave whenever he’s well enough to be home, which I’m sure will mean he’ll need more attention from me, so for now we’re OK but as soon as the holidays are over I’ll be on ramen’n’beans. So, thank you, to everyone who fended off the wolves at my door for at least a bit.

ETA III: I hate that phrase, as I really do like wolves. But it’s a useful saying, so I’m letting it stand.

747

Yawning and stretching is a good thing I think.
Face not scrunched in agony is even better.
Keep up the good work!

748

X-rays are showing signs of progress (less cloudy) and plans are in the works to start weaning him off the massive Agent Orange-strength antibiotics, and hopefully a swallow evaluation sometime this week.

749

Awesome news! Keep up the healing work Othershoe!

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751

Woot woot! Go Schmoopie!

A swallow study is definitely something you want to wait until the lungs are good. Trust the docs on this one.

And yes, definitely less sucky. Bored is good, it means he’s getting better. It also means he’ll be driving you nuts. Enjoy! :slight_smile:

I second the motion to call all of his friends and family and tell them to come visit. Now’s when you need them, but they don’t know it yet. So tell them.

752

Good deal - sending out a wish for continued improvement.

753

Good news! Fingers crossed the weaning off the abx and swallow tests.

754

This is great news. You do it TOH!

755

This

756

Ok, fine. I’ll ask. Is that a Snoopy dance or a Schmoopie dance? :smiley:

757

Look closely at the ears, and all will be revealed. :wink:

758

:stuck_out_tongue:

759

Schmoopie! I had forgotten about that! :smiley:

760

What about a grizzly bear? or some other manly kind of critter?

761

I didn’t ask before, but put me on the list, we got lots of fun postcards around the house just begging to be sent out.