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JonSidneyB
06-19-2006, 08:50 PM
I have not had the time to be out here as much as I had hoped to have. It looks like for awhile I might have even less.

My Dad has meningitis and has been unresponsive and running a 105 degree temperature. I will be out here even less for a little while.
pipedreams
06-19-2006, 08:52 PM
My thoughts are with you and your Dad.

todd
M.TEX
06-19-2006, 08:54 PM
I hope he gets better quick. Take care of your family first.
We all are praying for a quick recovery.

Best wishes,

M.TEX
Deaths Head
06-19-2006, 09:22 PM
Sorry to hear the news Jon. I hope he gets better soon.
deeker
06-19-2006, 09:29 PM
You and your family have my prayers. I trust you will return with better news.
Lunal_Tic
06-19-2006, 09:46 PM
Here's hoping for a speedy recovery.

-LT
scríbhneoir
06-19-2006, 09:54 PM
So sorry to hear the news. Here's wishing him a quick recovery. You and yours are in our thoughts.
Karen
RoisonDubh
06-19-2006, 09:57 PM
I'll include you in my prayers at Mass.
Fr. Rod
LifeNRA
06-19-2006, 10:18 PM
Jon,
Prayers sent for your Dad.
LowWorm
06-19-2006, 10:34 PM
Hang in there, Jon.
xDANx
06-19-2006, 10:38 PM
I'm sorry to here that. My prayers are with you.

Dan
Mahachippy
06-19-2006, 11:14 PM
My prayers are with you Jon...I wish him a speedy recovery.
Jim101
06-19-2006, 11:17 PM
In my thoughts and prayers...

Jim
greenLED
06-20-2006, 01:59 PM
Praying for your father...
kamkazmoto
06-20-2006, 02:28 PM
Prayers sent. Hang in there Jon.
Nightwatch
06-20-2006, 08:59 PM
We are praying
0dBm
06-20-2006, 09:03 PM
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your entire family.
robertrock
06-20-2006, 09:49 PM
I am very sorry to hear that, Jon. Sincerly hope he get well, prayers for both of you.



robert
Perfect_Cut
06-21-2006, 03:32 AM
I'm sorry to hear that, hopefully he'll get better soon! If there's anything I (or we) can do for you I am (or we are) here for you.
Sunnie
06-21-2006, 05:07 AM
Very sorry indeed to hear this news. I hope you can call on all your reserves in order to be strong for your Father. I pray for his recovery.

Sunnie
JonSidneyB
06-21-2006, 11:27 AM
It looks like I am about to have a huge change in life. It appears that he will need 24 hour care. I will soon become a hermit and try and take care of him. This means that all my work will have to be out of the house so now I have to be able to make my business fly since working outside of the home will soon not be an option for me.
Deaths Head
06-21-2006, 11:32 AM
I wish your dad a speedy recovery and I wish you the best of luck with your business as well.
Codeman
06-21-2006, 12:18 PM
It looks like I am about to have a huge change in life.* It appears that he will need 24 hour care.* I will soon become a hermit and try and take care of him.* This means that all my work will have to be out of the house so now I have to be able to make my business fly since working outside of the home will soon not be an option for me.



I'm sure you'll get things worked out, Jon. Just remember to take care of yourself, too.
copykat
06-24-2006, 09:27 AM
Sorry for that news Jon. I will pray for your dad to have a speedy recovery.
Let me know when i can help you through your store.

~Live Strong
ToolFool
06-24-2006, 02:08 PM
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this challenging time, Jon. Don't ever hesitate to call on your edcf "family" if you need help of any kind. We're not just strangers on the internet! Hang in there buddy!
Peter Atwood
06-24-2006, 05:00 PM
Sorry to hear that you are going through family health troubles. That's a tough one. I sure hope it isn't going to be as bad as it looks now and I wish your dad the best. Stay with it John, we're all keeping you in our thoughts and prayers.
TKC
06-24-2006, 10:31 PM
I will keep you and your Dad in my prayers!! I am sorry that he is so ill. :(
kamkazmoto
06-25-2006, 08:45 PM
Please don't forget to take care of yourself and keep up a great attitude in front of your dad. You will do no one any good if you are sick or upset at the world.
JonSidneyB
06-26-2006, 08:04 PM
It is looking like there is not going to be any meaningful recovery. He is in very bad shape right now.
Deaths Head
06-26-2006, 08:30 PM
JonSidneyB I am sorry to hear the news. I give you and your family my deepest regards.
pipedreams
06-26-2006, 08:39 PM
Hang in there, Jon.

todd
flashlight
06-27-2006, 08:17 AM
Jon, don't give up yet. Hope your Dad bounces back soon. Take care yourself.
Codeman
06-27-2006, 12:35 PM
It is looking like there is not going to be any meaningful recovery.* He is in very bad shape right now.


I hope you can spend as much time with him as you can. I lost my father to Parkinson's last year, and I value the time we spent over those last few months a great deal, even though it wasn't the best of times.
JonSidneyB
06-28-2006, 06:33 PM
They have moved him to another hospital. These people are giving me more information.

Here is what I know.

The bacteria is Listeria. He was found on passed out on the floor and no one knows how long he had been there. He was taken to a hospital on 6-18. For several days he temperature was over 105f. The MRI from the 23rd shows a lesion in the right occipital lobe.

The curious thing is that two nurses asked where he got his milk at.

It seems like one thing after another keeps coming up that is stopping me from being active in my own forum. I will one day be an active member.
Deaths Head
06-28-2006, 06:36 PM
They have moved him to another hospital.* These people are giving me more information.

Here is what I know.

The bacteria is Listeria.* He was found on passed out on the floor and no one knows how long he had been there.* He was taken to a hospital on 6-18.* For several days he temperature was over 105f. The MRI from the 23rd shows a lesion in the right occipital lobe.

The curious thing is that two nurses asked where he got his milk at.*

It seems like one thing after another keeps coming up that is stopping me from being active in my own forum.* I will one day be an active member.

Glad to here from you Jon. Hang in there and think positive.
Gadget Guy
06-28-2006, 06:38 PM
Jon,

We are all sorry for the bad news. Our hopes and prayers are with you and I hope you know that. We hope your Dad makes a full recovery...

Sincerely,

John-Gadget Guy
copykat
06-28-2006, 06:43 PM
Thanks for the update Jon!
It is cool you started something that can run like a well oiled machine while you are away.
Did you mention what type of meningitis he has? bacterial, viral ...
My dad had the bacterial type and had to have a spinal tap.
I wish for a recovery!
there are many here for you anytime you need them so do what you have to do.
greenLED
06-28-2006, 07:04 PM
Copykat, Listeria is a bacteria transmitted via contaminated food from what I can remember. Usually it infects people with supressed immune systems.
fasuto
06-28-2006, 07:10 PM
Our best wishes for you and your father Jon.
scríbhneoir
06-28-2006, 07:19 PM
"It seems like one thing after another keeps coming up that is stopping me from being active in my own forum. I will one day be an active member."

Jon, the most important place for you to be right now with your dad. You're in our thoughts and prayers.
Karen
porkchop
06-28-2006, 07:37 PM
Jon,

I will keep you and your family in my prayers.
No need to worry about us; we will be here if you need us.

I ,unfortunately, had to learn the hard way that my most essential piece of EDC is not something I carried in my pocket.
Topper
07-01-2006, 02:53 PM
Jon, I am still praying for you and yours. If there is anything I can do let me know. I'm not hard to get a hold of.
Give me a call or PM here or CPF. I wish I could do more but prayer is a powerful thing and a times the only thing we
can do.
Topper :)
knuckleduster
07-02-2006, 03:10 PM
hang in there Jon! I can relate all too well. Thoughts and prayers are with you.

Dave
kamkazmoto
07-04-2006, 12:19 PM
:wha: Jon, I hope that your Dad is better. Please update us when you can
JonSidneyB
07-12-2006, 11:52 AM
The hospital called me this morning.* They wanted consent for a feeding tube to be placed which I agreed to.* I told them I thought he already had one installed.* They told me this one was more permanent than the one he has now.* They told me that he could get better but they think it is not likely.

I actually thought he was improving, he went from seeming lifeless to speaking.* While he was speaking he was lost in time, he thought he was needing to teach a military class that he thought in the 60s.* At lest he was not having the image of being in Asia in his head. I guess I was wrong by the fact that he is now speaking that he is getting better.

I am not sure what my options are going to be but I am going to try and take care of him when and if they release him.
Deaths Head
07-12-2006, 11:55 AM
You're a good man Jon. You're doing the right thing.
luigi
07-12-2006, 12:05 PM
Jon,
I wish you the best, you have many friends here to support you.

Luigi
Codeman
07-12-2006, 02:56 PM
Tough decisions ahead. When we put my father into a nursing home, it broke my heart. That was the last thing he, or us, wanted. It broke his will. But his condition left us with no alternative. Mercifully, he didn't last long after that. I don't feel guilty for the decision we made as a family, but it was the hardest decision I've ever made and it was the biggest one in my life that I wish could have been made differently. We simply couldn't. We lost him a year ago yesterday.

Point is, whatever decisions you have to make, you'll have to live with. Down the road, all the little things that might seem to weigh into your decisions, won't be important at all. Doing right by your Dad, though will be. Like I said, I don't feel guilty about the decision we made, but I will always know that I was partially responsible for breaking his will. Knowing that I did everything I could is the biggest reason I'm at peace. Maybe, it's the only reason.