From: Keane on
On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:08:46 -0400, meshmar
<meshmarNOTPARTOFTHIS(a)gtcom.net> wrote:

>On July 12 I get admitted to the VA Hospital in Gainesville, FL. On the
>14th I am due to go in for some rather major surgery. The veins (not
>arteries) feeding into my heart have decided to clog up (due to scarring
>from pacemaker leads and the severe infection I had that required their
>removal). Now the Surgeons are going to take the large veins from my
>thighs; crack my chest and use the veins to shunt from my jugulars to my
>right atrium. While they are in there, they are going to place 4
>epicardial pacemaker leads (the kind that attach directly to the outside
>of your heart); make a pacemaker pocket; and hopefully put in a new
>pacemaker. They are also placing 3 additional temporary epicardial
>pacemaker leads and running them to an external pacemaker. All in all,
>it's not going to be a lot of fun and I could use some overflights by
>Tinkerbell to stir up a little Magic ...

Yikes! Well, I got jars of the stuff from all the great people here,
axe murderers and all. Sending some your way...

(Does anyone know what pixie dust does to electronics? It's not,
like eel skin wallets, is it? (Yes, I know that's a urban legend.
But we're talking pixie dust here...))

>Needless to say, I will be away from here for a while too.

I am surprised how fast you're shoved outta the hospital these
days. You'll be back here before you know it.

Good Wishes, Ed. Keep that button they give you nearby...

(It'd be the 2+ weeks waiting that'd drive me nuts.)

Keane
--
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One of them is this, They have the power to make a wish come true...
-- Wishes
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From: meshmar on
On 6/25/2010 12:34 AM, kidagain wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:08:46 -0400, meshmar
> <meshmarNOTPARTOFTHIS(a)gtcom.net> wrote:
>
>> Needless to say, I will be away from here for a while too.
>
> You will be back here sooner than you think. Can't stay away from this
> bunch of strange friends very long.
> Wishing for you the best care and a speedy recovery. And remember it's
> an excuse for a Disney trip.
> Sending you all the pixie dust I have.
> Bill

A week at Disney had already been planned for Dec 5-11 :)
--
Not 'THAT' Ed
TDC Royal Inspector of the Pork Loins, Guardian of the Rub and Taste
Tester for Boma
From: Lisa Cubbon on
On 6/24/2010 9:08 PM, meshmar wrote:
> On July 12 I get admitted to the VA Hospital in Gainesville, FL. On the
> 14th I am due to go in for some rather major surgery. The veins (not
> arteries) feeding into my heart have decided to clog up (due to scarring
> from pacemaker leads and the severe infection I had that required their
> removal). Now the Surgeons are going to take the large veins from my
> thighs; crack my chest and use the veins to shunt from my jugulars to my
> right atrium. While they are in there, they are going to place 4
> epicardial pacemaker leads (the kind that attach directly to the outside
> of your heart); make a pacemaker pocket; and hopefully put in a new
> pacemaker. They are also placing 3 additional temporary epicardial
> pacemaker leads and running them to an external pacemaker. All in all,
> it's not going to be a lot of fun and I could use some overflights by
> Tinkerbell to stir up a little Magic ...
>
> Needless to say, I will be away from here for a while too.
YOu bet!!! Double batch of pixie dust and let us know when you need
more. Doctor's work miracles these days.

Lisa
From: Caren on
On Jun 24, 9:08 pm, meshmar <meshmarNOTPARTOFT...(a)gtcom.net> wrote:
> On July 12 I get admitted to the VA Hospital in Gainesville, FL.  On the
> 14th I am due to go in for some rather major surgery. The veins (not
> arteries) feeding into my heart have decided to clog up (due to scarring
> from pacemaker leads and the severe infection I had that required their
> removal).  Now the Surgeons are going to take the large veins from my
> thighs; crack my chest and use the veins to shunt from my jugulars to my
> right atrium.  While they are in there, they are going to place 4
> epicardial pacemaker leads (the kind that attach directly to the outside
> of your heart); make a pacemaker pocket; and hopefully put in a new
> pacemaker.  They are also placing 3 additional temporary epicardial
> pacemaker leads and running them to an external pacemaker.  All in all,
> it's not going to be a lot of fun and I could use some overflights by
> Tinkerbell to stir up a little Magic ...
>
> Needless to say, I will be away from here for a while too.
> --
> Not 'THAT' Ed
> TDC Royal Inspector of the Pork Loins, Guardian of the Rub and Taste
> Tester for Boma

Hugs and pixie dust. Take care of yourself and you'll be back to Boma
in no time.

--
Caren
TDC Queen of Adventureland
From: Charlotte Johnson on
On 6/24/2010 11:34 PM, kidagain wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:08:46 -0400, meshmar
> <meshmarNOTPARTOFTHIS(a)gtcom.net> wrote:
>
>> On July 12 I get admitted to the VA Hospital in Gainesville, FL. On the
>> 14th I am due to go in for some rather major surgery. The veins (not
>> arteries) feeding into my heart have decided to clog up (due to scarring
>>from pacemaker leads and the severe infection I had that required their
>> removal). Now the Surgeons are going to take the large veins from my
>> thighs; crack my chest and use the veins to shunt from my jugulars to my
>> right atrium. While they are in there, they are going to place 4
>> epicardial pacemaker leads (the kind that attach directly to the outside
>> of your heart); make a pacemaker pocket; and hopefully put in a new
>> pacemaker. They are also placing 3 additional temporary epicardial
>> pacemaker leads and running them to an external pacemaker. All in all,
>> it's not going to be a lot of fun and I could use some overflights by
>> Tinkerbell to stir up a little Magic ...
>>
>> Needless to say, I will be away from here for a while too.
>
> You will be back here sooner than you think. Can't stay away from this
> bunch of strange friends very long.
> Wishing for you the best care and a speedy recovery. And remember it's
> an excuse for a Disney trip.
> Sending you all the pixie dust I have.
> Bill
Wishing you a speedy recovery and am sending tons of positive thoughts
and bags of pixie dust.
Charlotte