Lakewood Hospital Saved My Life!

dl meckes · Post by **dl meckes** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:49 am

I think everyone who was anyone was in the hospital over the winter!

One of the things we were so impressed by were the number of nurses who have been at Lakewood for the majority of their careers. They were so wonderful and as Jim mentions, very professional, very informative and simply the best.

Missy Limkemann · Post by **Missy Limkemann** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:58 am

So happy to see that you are alive and kicking. Now take care of yourself so we dont have to have this happen again.

Phil Florian · Post by **Phil Florian** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:25 pm

Bret Callentine wrote:mine wasn't cold related.

my stay involved a table saw, a piece of pvc pipe and a lesson in rotational inertia. Let's just say that if someone would have been there with a video camera, I'd be making a ton of money right now with royalties. If the pipe would have hit me three inches over and three inches down, I'd probably STILL be unconscious (and a soprano).

long story short, lots of pain, but no internal injuries.

This reminds me of my favorite ad from the Superbowl. "I'm good."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8OriX9PWqs

Glad all on here are feeling better. Jim, didn't hear about your bit until this past weekend. See, this is why I miss my old office!! Glad you are out and back in biz.

Later!

Thealexa Becker · Post by **Thealexa Becker** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:05 pm

Glad to hear you are back up and running Jim. I admit, I was worried after your rather cryptic e-mail. Guess all worked out for the best.

Jim DeVito · Post by **Jim DeVito** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:38 am

Thealexa Becker wrote:Glad to hear you are back up and running Jim. I admit, I was worried after your rather cryptic e-mail. Guess all worked out for the best.

HA I would be worried if his email were not cryptic!

Jim O'Bryan · Post by **Jim O'Bryan** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 6:57 am

Jim DeVito wrote:HA I would be worried if his email were not cryptic!

While I did mention to Bill Call about discussing the Lakewood Hospital while laying in one of their beds, we were trying to keep it on the QT.

Immediate LO family members were told, because frankly we had no idea what was going on and what was happening. When someone mentions pneumonia, you think, "wow, people have died from that." When you mention Heart Failure, you think people usually die from that.

Even my very good doctors in the hospital told me, some of the test could lead to complications, though those chances were very, very slim. However it was a real eye-opener making arrangements, for many of the other projects going on with AGS.

Throw in a best friend dying in New York, afte going in with "pneumonia" later diagnosed as cancer, and working on volume 2 of the paper, and it was a tough week that saw the nurses and friends begging me to put the computer down.

Note written near the Crypt might be the best description.

All better, working out daily, and in cardiac rehab at Lakewood Hospital. regulating my meds seems to be the priority, or at least that is what many friends are telling me. "They better regulate your damn meds!"

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