He went fishing with his son, scratched his leg and it got infected. Cellulitis is a tough thing!
Meds seem to be helping. I'm not sure he wanted me to share this, but then I did anyway.

Gary speedy recovery !!!

Maybe tomorrow before I get home.

Gary

Jeez Donny, are you trying to get him out of the hospital or put him in?

Get well Gary (and stop doing your Barry White impersonation for the nurses ).

chas

Gary,

Get well soon but be careful of “smoking guns.”

Gary...
Carol and I are here wishing you the best. You gotta do something about that blabber mouth DonM.
Ed

It's 4am, a bunch of young people just left my room, they were in panic mode, apparently. My heart is acting up, beating very slowly and blood pressure sky high. not looking good right now. I will keep you updated when possible.

Gary

Sorry to hear this Gary . We are praying for a good outcome . Regards Worth and family .

Gary my prayers to you. May your body quickly respond to the treatments you are being given to restore your health.

John C.

Gary, I'm rootin' for you, buddy...get well.

Ian

Thanks guys. A bit more stable now,but still not out of the woods yet.

Gary

Our prayers are with you Gary get well soon. Cal

Get well Gary.
You're going to be "back in the sadle" very soon.

Gary, you are in our prayers... Good to see you are well enough to post... Stay strong ...

Sorry to hear of the set back. Seems like the doctors are all 15 years old now. Maybe you can tell them what to do to get you out of there!

I just did, Don. I am checking out of here at 2 pm.

Gary

Tried to reach you...no answer. Damn, I've heard of going out of the way to avoid irritating friends, but THIS is a little over the top!

Be well. Hope to see you soon.


Russ

Heading home is always good news. Looking forward to more as you recover.
Eddie

Gary,
Hope you respond to treatment and are feeling better today. Your
always upbeat and that will carry you thru. Best regards,Lloyd

Thanks for the well wishes, everyone. I just got home from the hospital, still have another week of recovery and taking antibiotics, and last night was the really scary part. The docs overloaded me with IV fluids, which I detected about halfway through yesterday and told them to stop drowning my system with fluids. Despite this, they continued to pour fluids into me, thus causing my blood pressure to sky rocket to nearly 200/110. The overload taxed my heart to the point to where my pulse fell to a dangerously low level of 29 beats per minute. This occurred about 4 a.m., the nursing staff panicked, and a dozen cuties showed up around my bed and alarms were going off down the hall at the nursing station like crazy. They even brought in a defbrillator - just in case, though on my chart, had they bothered to read it, it clearly stated I was a NO CODE - NO RESUSCITATION patient per my advance directive. They stopped the fluids, gave me some stimulant medications, and by about 11 a.m. I was pretty much out of trouble.

The docs came in to see me about 11:30 and said I could be discharged today. The food was abominable, the beds were like sleeping on a bed of broken bricks with a sheet over them, and I think if they would not have given me the OK to leave today, I would have checked myself out. I have a habit of doing that, especially at this brand new hospital.

Sure feels good to be home,

Thanks again,

Gary

Good to hear you're improving, now get well and stay well ...
Ciao

Jerry, unfortunately, it ain't in the cards for me. Pulmonary fibrosis caused by Asbestosis is terminal. Of course, some folks will tell you life is terminal as well.

Thanks Jerry,

Gary

We all get closer to the end every day ... and NO ONE knows when, where, or how that will be ...

Tony, there's an old saying about this "Life is like a roll of toilet paper, the closer you get to the end the faster it comes off the roll."

Gary

Gary ... that may be true, but we still know when the toilet paper is going to end ... not so with life ...
Wishing you many more good years ...

It ain't pretty but I'm trying to use just one sheet of toilet paper at a time . Too much???



chas

Now that's funny chas. But you do know you can use more if you need to

Hope you are doing well Gary

Hi Gary:

As one of the stalwarts here, you make up part of the core of this forum. I hope and pray your health condition improves quickly so you can keep us on an "even keel" and entertain us with your wit and perspective on just about any subject.

Thanks for all you do for us. ----Dave Rice

Thanks Dave, it's always a pleasure to see you posting here.

Gary

Keep on truckin', Gary. Hoping for the best for you.

I'm headed for the boat today - hope I can handle it.

Gary

Blessings Gary. In our present state of health it's important to keep on keepin on. I hope to go fishing tomorrow. You enjoy hat boat and the fresh ocean breezes.

God Bless,
Don

Thanks Don, the day was spent mostly motoring around the Chesapeake's upper reaches, mainly chillin out and watching American (bald) eagles swooping down from the nearby hillsides and catching big fish in their talons. There was no wind for sailing. The eagles were often just a few yards from the boat when the caught their fish and carried them back to their nests on top of the ridges. Some of the nests are absolutely huge, weighing up to 15,000 pounds. From what the park rangers tell me, the nests are used and added to every year until the weight causes the tree to topple under the excessive load.

Here is something I get to see every day on my way to the boat, which is docked just 6 miles downriver from Conowingo Dam. https://vimeo.com/152926627

It's a pretty amazing sight to watch unfold, especially when the birds are just a few yards away.

Gary

Gary, i'm so glad to hear you're getting out on your boat. Wishing you the best and a speedy recovery.

Thanks Paul. I hope get out again this coming Thursday with my son and an old friend from way back when I was still working in medicine.

All the best,

Gary

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