Sparta be damned. THIS IS DU!!!

[flvegan]

Ridicule me if you must...I'm good with it.

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My Wife May Be Dying Right Now, And There's Nothing I Can Do About It.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=6954659&mesg_id=6954659

As many of you know, my wife has breast cancer and is undergoing Chemo. We ran into a problem after her 2nd round. Our two young sons had been sick for awhile, and last Friday my wife started coming down with it. The next day (saturday) she started running a fever that warranted our bringing her to the emergency room. We were there 6 hours and they released us saying it was probably just a passing virus and the chest xrays were ok. Then, Sunday, they called and said they looked over the xray again and she has some small spots that may be pneumonia.

That night, she started vomitting profusely and her fever got to 103.3. I called the Sloan Kettering emergency number and at 11 pm that night, I woke up the kids and off to Manhattan we went. They took a CT scan and confirmed the pneumonia. So starts the longest week of my life.

Some may have noticed that I've been even more sarcastic and irritable than my usual pricky self this week. Part of that is my defense and way of distracting myself from real life. Since Sunday, things have been really rough. I've been really sick myself all week and still had to go back and forth to manhattan and take care of my two young kids alone. I've gotten almost no sleep all week and have barely eaten. But that's not the problem. The pneumonia is the problem.

After being admitted Sunday night, it was around day 7 after her Chemo which is when white blood counts begin to plummet. She also had pink eye in both eyes. By tuesday, she was officially neutropenic with almost no white blood cells at all (.5). She was put on IV antibiotics and we knew it would be a few days.
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Please look at the original thread.

OPERATIONMINDCRIME, OMC, you and I...we've had at each other. Superficially, we probably don't like each other.

However, I didn't see anything here in GD that would send your family the good, positive vibes that you and yours can use.

So, lest I be the least obvious person to do this...I hope to God that you, your wife and your family walks away from this.

I may not like you sometimes, but I love you, brother.

Sorry, had to say it. Prepared for my ridicule now. Thanks.

[The Straight Story]

1. We are on the same wavelength my friend

did not see your post before I posted mine, apologies.

[flvegan]

3. Brother, no apologies.

We're on that wavelength. It's so very, very good.

Family, right? Good link, here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1875184

[flvegan]

4. Oh, and BTW, you were first. Linky...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1875184

You also stated it better than I did.

Anything for OMC and his family is awesome for me.

I hate denigrating my own posts, but then...what's important, right?

[The Straight Story]

5. The end result is what matters my friend

DU is a family, and sometimes we don't all get along. But when someone in the family needs us, we are there.

Since I am here, how about a fun video for a friday night:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJEdtcTB7g4

Helps me to deal with my own problems sometimes to laugh/smile. This video, for some dumb reason does that tonight...

[flvegan]

6. I'm pushing the Lounge to your post.

'Tis what I can do.

Peace, TSS. Yes, yes we are.

[zabet]

2. Good vibes for

Mrs. OMC
and Mr. OMC too.
:grouphug: