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[Krikit 1,165]

Happy Valentine's Day!

(No idea what chiggers are, but I hope to never encounter one.)

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Happy Valentine's Day! And I'm not exactly sure I want to say good morning back to Charles

[Ban Hammer 13,490]

Happy Valentine's Day!

(No idea what chiggers are, but I hope to never encounter one.)

generally in the southern usa.

info on them nasty buggers

more stuff!

Happy Valentine's Day! And I'm not exactly sure I want to say good morning back to Charles

if you don't i'll post info about the brown recluse

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Eek! You meanie. Good morning then, Charles!

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

An awful 24 hours here in the Elm City... My Bruce had a very bad slip and fall on ice at noon yesterday; it turned out he dislocated his shoulder. He called me to say he had fallen and he couldn't feel his arm, could I come get him? I found him crouching in the doorway of an office block, clutching his arm. We rushed to the hospital (luckily only about 4 blocks away, but the uneven road made it agony) and they pumped him full of drugs. The morphine did NOTHING -- watching him trying to be tough whilst clearly close to fainting from pain made me feel so powerless.

The doctor and nurses were great though; they gave him something even stronger which calmed him down enough to take him off for x-rays, as the doctor was afraid he might have fractured his arm. Luckily, there was no break, but they did have to put him under general anaesthesia to reset the arm. It apparently popped right back in -- one of the easiest the doctor had ever done! He was very ill coming off the morphine and other meds (the nurse said Bruce must have been in extreme pain, as weedy guys like him hardly ever need that much! ), but he's now installed in bed, on the mend. He actually thought he was going back to work today!

Throughout the whole thing, he kept his humour and was making the medical staff crack up with his dry wit. He was really afraid he was going to act "like a baby", he said. I was so impressed by his strength and bravery and stoicism -- typical Yorkshireman! And when he was coming out of the general, he said all sorts of hyper-lovey dovey malarkey he never goes in for, which was quite amusing, but very charming nonetheless.

So...send your healing powers our way, VJers!

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Oh no, poor Bruce! I'm sending healing vibes your way - what a way to spend Valentine's!

[ginger1981 0]

Anyways, don't forget the suicidal deer who love to jump in front of any moving vehicle. And the occasional cougar/mountain lion, and neighbors with shotguns who "don't like you on their property."

oh yeah, forgot about the suicidal deer. have them here in kansas. allegedly we have mountain lions, not seen one. got plenty of coyotes.

happy valentine's day for everyone

Raccoons getting into the trash too. I can remember coming home one time and my dad had left the garage door half way up. I pull it up the rest of the way to park inside and a good 3-4 of those nasty buggers run out...nearly scared the bejesus out of me.

I hate on coyotes though...especially in packs. I remember when I lived out in the country hearing them attack a calf one time as the momma cow bellowed...just a very eerie situation esp when it's dark and all you can hear is the pack and the mother cow trying to protect it's young.

[redkitty 0]

Morning! The sun disappeared again.

Hope you all have a lovely Friday and a great weekend!

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

Get well soon to Bruce. Hope coming off all those meds isn't too hard for him. That's a good reminder to make sure to sort out some health insurance, you never know what's around the corner. resetting arms is no fun when you have to do it yourself, with no anesthetic

Edited February 15, 2008 by Poiteen

[Ban Hammer 13,490]

good morning uk peeps

[Krikit 1,165]

Good morning afternoon UK Forum. I trust everyone had a nice Valentine's. Well, everyone except Bruce, that is. Mind you, Maven did get her little bit of love as a result of the drugs, though. lol

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Good morning all!

I spent last night at a friend's house...she'd said I could sleep in her bed (she's absent this week) so I wouldn't disturb my housemate. I brought along my own sheet so she'd come back to the same clean bed that she'd left. Woke up this morning and...whoops, I bled all over my sheet, her sheets and the mattress cover.

Fortunately the sheets went straight into the wash and when I checked back at lunchtime everything had come out pristine - no stains anywhere! So I've left the sheets to dry and cleaned her kitchen and left a big bar of chocolate by way of apology.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Good morning afternoon UK Forum. I trust everyone had a nice Valentine's. Well, everyone except Bruce, that is. Mind you, Maven did get her little bit of love as a result of the drugs, though. lol

Morning! Bruce is on the mend, and cranky as ever so he must be improving! He's back at work today. If it were me, I would have milked this for all it was worth, but not him. What's driving me nuts is that when the doctor was giving us follow-up care advice, Bruce was pretty out of it and didn't hear anything (although I heard it all) EXCEPT one little thing: if your arm is numb, go to the doctor. Now, he has a small area of pins and needles on his forearm -- not big, and he can certainly feel it if you touch it or pinch it. He has normal colour in his arm and can squeeze really tight. But because he heard this one piece of advice, all he can think is that his arm is going to die and he won't be able to use it. My mom and I tried to reason with him: your arm is in a sling, of course you're going to get pins and needles! But no, he's a candidate for amputation, clearly.

And I have to drive him to work now, which involves a lot of commentary from the peanut gallery situated in the passenger seat. "Accelerate into the corner!" "Look out for that school bus!" "Why are you getting annoyed with me?"

I do love my darling convalescent boy, but sheesh.

[Krikit 1,165]

didn't hear anything (although I heard it all) EXCEPT one little thing: if your arm is numb, go to the doctor. Now, he has a small area of pins and needles on his forearm -- not big, and he can certainly feel it if you touch it or pinch it. He has normal colour in his arm and can squeeze really tight. But because he heard this one piece of advice, all he can think is that his arm is going to die and he won't be able to use it. My mom and I tried to reason with him: your arm is in a sling, of course you're going to get pins and needles! But no, he's a candidate for amputation, clearly.

And I have to drive him to work now, which involves a lot of commentary from the peanut gallery situated in the passenger seat. "Accelerate into the corner!" "Look out for that school bus!" "Why are you getting annoyed with me?"

I do love my darling convalescent boy, but sheesh.

My right arm is in a constant state of numbness due to an old neck injury. But it never occurred to me that I might have to get it amputated!!!

Here is a Scottish joke to brighten your day:

Voted Best Scottish Short Joke

A bloke walks into a Glasgow library and says to the prim librarian, "Excuse me Miss, dey ye hiv ony books on suicide?" To which she stops doing her tasks, looks at him over the top of her glasses and says, "Fook off, ye'll no bring it back!"

[Alex & Rachel 78]