# sailboat, I hope your wife is okay. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 14, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679 "2017-08-14T22:13:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679/81 "2017-08-15T22:00:57Z")
I’m extremely happy she’s ok, and I hope that she makes a full recovery. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679/82 "2017-08-15T22:03:17Z")
I never met her, yet I hung on edges hoping she would be okay. She will. She’s strong. I can tell. Together, you are even stronger. Wishing you both healing thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679/83 "2017-08-15T22:47:52Z")
Glad to see the update! Best wishes for a speedy recovery. It’s sad to see we now live in a country where a guard has to be posted at your wife’s door…I’m glad the hospital is treating this so seriously though. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679/84 "2017-08-15T23:44:17Z")
Your wife is awesome and so are you. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679/85 "2017-08-16T00:00:45Z")
Wow. I’m sorry she was injured, glad she is recovering, and grateful for her bravery in being out there to counter-protest. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679/86 "2017-08-16T00:45:20Z")
Best wishes to your wife, and to you, **Sailboat** , and my hopes for a speedy and full recovery. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679/87 "2017-08-16T01:36:13Z")
Thank you for posting Sailboat. I hope your wife gets better quickly. Take care of yourself too. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679/88 "2017-08-16T01:47:58Z")
I hope the healing process goes as well as it can. She’s a hero and thanks for keeping us updated. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679/89 "2017-08-16T02:27:10Z")
Thanks for the update. I wish you and your wife well through her recovery. She is a hero. ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679/90 "2017-08-16T04:35:45Z")
Glad she’s on the mend. Be sure to thank her for fighting Nazism on behalf of those of us who couldn’t be there. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679/91 "2017-08-16T04:41:02Z")
So glad to get a positive update and hoping things go as smoothly as possible for both of you during her recovery. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679/92 "2017-08-16T05:15:08Z")
Thanks for the update! I’m sending good thoughts your way. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679/93 "2017-08-16T05:45:32Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > My Dad’s Bronze Star for fighting Nazis sits on my dresser, but he had an 81 mm mortar. Seriously, before she gets home, you should quietly move it to her dresser. See how long it takes her to notice it. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2017, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679/94 "2017-08-16T06:35:51Z")
I’ve been on the road a lot this last month or so and I’ve had a whole bunch of very bad news in that time period too; **Sailboat** , your update was a good thing to read. I know I can’t have been the only person relieved once we figured out that the deceased was not **First Mate** (did we make that up or is that her Doper name?), but I know I was still afraid that the news was gonna be horrific. Somehow, it seems fairly positive to find that she is “only” seriously injured, in excruciating pain and going to have to go thru months or years of physical therapy. But she’s got you, and you got her and y’all got us. Let us know if, how and when we can help. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679/95 "2017-08-16T06:47:53Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > I told her she is a hero and she categorically rejected the idea with embarrassment. I’ll settle for saying she is MY hero. Hehe, I know the feeling (“uh? All I did was call 911 and calm everybody down!”). Sometimes being a hero is a matter of being the one trained person at hand, sometimes of being the person who keeps their head when everybody else’s is rolling on the floor, and sometimes of doing something despite it carrying physical risks; normally we only refer to this last group as heroes if the risk does happen. Being attacked with a car is a bigger weapon that she was expecting to see, but I imagine she knew there might be violence. She accepted the risk and did the right thing despite that risk, and a murderer with a car happened. I’m glad she’ll be able to return home; may she recover quickly and well, and the resulting media and trial circuses not be too horrible a pain. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679/96 "2017-08-16T07:25:24Z")
I am glad to hear that she is on the mend, **Sailboat**. My best wishes to her for a full recovery; and to the both of you, because you both deserve them. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679/97 "2017-08-16T11:37:58Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I’ve been on the road a lot this last month or so and I’ve had a whole bunch of very bad news in that time period too; **Sailboat** , your update was a good thing to read. I know I can’t have been the only person relieved once we figured out that the deceased was not **First Mate** (did we make that up or is that her Doper name?), but I know I was still afraid that the news was gonna be horrific. Somehow, it seems fairly positive to find that she is “only” seriously injured, in excruciating pain and going to have to go thru months or years of physical therapy. > > But she’s got you, and you got her and y’all got us. Let us know if, how and when we can help. I made up the **First Mate** name. I actually was going to go with **Luxury Yacht** but that would have spawned a string of Monty Python references. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679/98 "2017-08-16T12:46:41Z")
Best news I have heard coming out of this weekend’s horror. Give her my Regards, Shodan ---
**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 16, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679/99 "2017-08-16T13:44:22Z")
Another one checking in with best wishes for a speedy and hopefully uneventful recovery from surgery and the rest. And **Sailboat** - please, remember to take care of yourself. It’s just as important to take care of the caregiver as the patient. More specifically: eat healthy. Try to get sufficient sleep every night. Take naps when you can. Get away and give yourself a bit of “me time” every day to recharge your own batteries. Keep up with any exercise program you have. Let people take care of you, or your chores, or a cook a meal for you or take you out to eat if they offer. You need to care of yourself so you can take care of your wife. If you feel a bit guilty for doing any of that while she’s lying in a hospital bed in pain remind yourself that you need to stay strong so you can take care of your wounded hero. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679/100 "2017-08-16T13:47:55Z")
I don’t know you or your wife, but I wish you nothing but the best for the future. And read Broomsticks’ message directly above this; lots of smart in there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailboat-i-hope-your-wife-is-okay/793679.md?page=6)