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Post by hondobrode on Jul 6, 2014 13:12:57 GMT -5
God that's horrible.
What did they have to do to help him ?
Yeah, I'm sure your party mood isn't there after that.
A gastroscopy dislodged the meat and they gave him an IV of fluids to make up for having been unable to drink on one of th hottest days of the year so far. The gastroscopy had to be done under general anesthesia, so he had to sleep it off a little afterwards. I'm always a bit worried about general anesthesia... Anasthesia takes a little while to completely work out of the body. He just needs some time to rest.
I'm glad it worked out for him.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 6, 2014 14:20:22 GMT -5
There is a show about building tree houses. Tree houses. LOL
I know ! I think it was on the Animal Planet channel.
The show I like best is Alaskan Bush Family. It's on Tuesdays. Yeah it was on animal planet. I'm sitting with my father in law in the hotel and flipping through the channels when I saw it. I thought I haven't had cable or satellite for probably 6-7 years and it still seems there's much on. Or maybe it's I veg out on video games or reading over watching TV. But it being on animal planet through me off. Unless all these treehouses are real fancy bird houses. Lol
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Post by the4thpip on Jul 6, 2014 14:40:52 GMT -5
A gastroscopy dislodged the meat and they gave him an IV of fluids to make up for having been unable to drink on one of th hottest days of the year so far. The gastroscopy had to be done under general anesthesia, so he had to sleep it off a little afterwards. I'm always a bit worried about general anesthesia... Anasthesia takes a little while to completely work out of the body. He just needs some time to rest.
I'm glad it worked out for him.
They suggested he get some additional surgery to widen his esophagus (there is scarring from reflux tightening it up) and he might do that at the end of the month.
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 6, 2014 16:55:39 GMT -5
Oh wow Pip. I wish him luck with that. Hopefully it means no more incidents like this.
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Post by the4thpip on Jul 7, 2014 0:52:45 GMT -5
Thanks. I hope so, too. As a civil servant, he has really good insurance and it's fascinating how differently they treat him than me with my "national health service" equivalent.
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Post by puma on Jul 7, 2014 8:02:20 GMT -5
Morning people. Other Americans ready for work today? I'm not.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2014 8:05:30 GMT -5
Morning people. Other Americans ready for work today? I'm not. I usually work evenings and weekends, so Monday is actually my day off, so no not ready for work today... -M
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jul 7, 2014 8:07:36 GMT -5
'Morning Puma.No work for me this week
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 7, 2014 8:47:18 GMT -5
Morning people. Other Americans ready for work today? I'm not. I read that at work, so technically I wasn't working!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2014 8:49:37 GMT -5
I've got the week off as well. Though I'd be off anyway today, since we were given Monday off as a continuation of the July 4 weekend. One nice thing about working for a quasi-governmental nonprofit is the very generous holiday policy -- it's pretty much the opposite of the ways things were in journalism.
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Post by DubipR on Jul 7, 2014 8:52:20 GMT -5
I'm working this week and then I'm off next week for a couple of days to celebrate my birthday....
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Post by Cei-U! on Jul 7, 2014 9:20:08 GMT -5
I work pretty much every day, holidays included, because I can't stand the thought of not being productive. Even last Saturday, which I deliberately set aside for screwing off, found me pecking away at the article by the end of the day.
Cei-U! When the hell did I acquire a work ethic??!?
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Post by the4thpip on Jul 7, 2014 11:22:18 GMT -5
I'm not American, and not ready for work, but ready for a workout: Good to see you on this side of the divide, Puma.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 7, 2014 11:30:40 GMT -5
My work week is messed up. Last week was short. And the magistrate judges are gone this Friday so preliminary hearings were moved to Wednesday. Add to that I'm taking tomorrow off (Tuesday is my all-day court day) because Nathan flies out for Europe tomorrow and it's a very weird week.
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Post by impulse on Jul 7, 2014 12:03:10 GMT -5
I was supposed to work today, but we've been running ourselves ragged. I caught some kind of cold or flu bug, and I called out for the first time in..sheesh, at least a few years. I don't like not showing up to work, but I needed to sleep this off. Thankfully I can telecommute, too, so I will work remotely probably tomorrow and Wednesday, too. I don't want to inflict my sore throat germs on the rest of the office.
Oh, Pip! Sheesh, I'm glad your BF is okay! That stuff is so scary.
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