Robsdak in hospital.

[Scroggins]

Afternoon folks. I've been asked to provide a sitrep here from Rob - he sent me a text this morning at 0730 PST saying he was taken to the hospital and had a blocked bowel which requires surgery. Talked to him briefly on the phone around 0030 and he was heavily drugged and still waiting for surgery, and I got another text from him at 1313 saying he was headed into surgery at that time.

If you guys could keep him in your thoughts and prayers, we'd both appreciate it. Please let me know if you have any questions and I'll provide info here as I can and as I receive updates.

Thanks.

James

[ElevenBravo]

Thanks James, keep us updated please. Also let him know the ANTS are all informed and wishing him the best... and I want some of the drugs he has! J/K of course, but maybe it will get a grin out of him!

Cheers,
EB

[Scroggins]

He's in good spirits and up to his old tricks, he asked if I was going to visit him in the hospital that I should bring Danielle with me (my fiance he has a crush on). I figure the day he calls and isn't cracking jokes or trying to steal my girl that things are pretty serious on his end. Luckily, today wasn't that day.

[eagle326]

As 11 Bravo said; Thanks very much for the notice James and that all ants are at the ready to help if they can.
Hope someone is watching his bees and such.
Please alert all nurses that he's a rascal. ;)

[Scroggins]

I think he already has his picture on the wall in the nurse's station. :)

[eagle326]

I think he already has his picture on the wall in the nurse's station. :)

Did they use the one from the post office ? :p

[Scroggins]

Hahahaha :)

I'm sure he'll get a chuckle or 2 when he sees this thread. Haven't heard any updates from him yet. He went into surgery about 2 1/2 hours ago.

[Sniper-T]

thoughts and prayers out for him.

[Scroggins]

Thanks S-T. Still no word yet for better or worse, so hopefully no news is good news and he's sleeping or eating Jell-O and ice cubes. :)

[Scroggins]

On the phone with him now, he's out of surgery okay but on a breathing machine - so things look good! Surgery went fine. Just needs food since he's hungry!

[Scroggins]

Additionally, there are several good looking nurses. :)

[bacpacker]

Prayers out for Rob! Thanks for the post and updates James.

BTW, we need pics of his nurses. :)

[Sniper-T]

On the phone with him now, he's out of surgery okay but on a breathing machine - so things look good! Surgery went fine. Just needs food since he's hungry!

if I had his address, I would send him some garlic sausage! deer, goose and pork! That will clear him out!
lol

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

Hey, thanks for the updates James. Glad the hear he's in the "Clear" now. Please keep us all posted as to his condition if things get backed up again. I'm sure one of us has a great recipe.

[ladyhk13]

Wow, sounds painful! Hopefully he recovers quickly since everyone knows ya just catch diseases in hospitals....wouldn't want him to come home and give his "puppies" something nasty :)
Tell him hugs and prayers are sent.

[helomech]

thanks for posting, hope he recovers quick.

[eagle326]

Thanks again for the update James. Give him our well wishes for a speedy & healthy recovery.
Have the nurses put mittens on his hands yet ? ;)

[Scroggins]

I was out of cell reception most of today, and got a voicemail from him. Surgeon said everything went "very well" and he's been allowed to have clear fluids. His phone was off when I called him back, so either his battery had died or he was taking a nap.

Also, you can go ahead and send that garlic sausage to me and I'll forward him any leftovers.. ;)

[Sniper-T]

lol. vodka is a clear liquid... but alas, honey is not...

[mitunnelrat]

I'm glad to see he's recovering.

[ElevenBravo]

Whiskey is clear too... I can see clear to the bottom of the bottle!! HAHA!

EB

[Stormfeather]

Glad to hear he is out and doing good, got to hate it when the pipes get gummed up and backflow! Guess he needs more red meat in his diet!

[Scroggins]

Talked to him yesterday and he sounded better than I've heard him sound in several months, which is fantastic. He's feeling a lot better (hard to believe huh?) and he was discharged this morning. I'm sure he'll be along today or tomorrow here as well.

All is good!

[bacpacker]

Excellent news indeed!

Thanks for the update Scroggins.

[robsdak]

HELLO BOYS! (think...Ocean's 13, when Rubin walks into the Casino)

it was an Umbilical Hernia Rupture w/ Bowel Incarceration. lot of $2-$3 words for a butt load of pain. i was discharged at 14:27 hrs home by 15:00 hrs. finally got settled down enough to get online. had puppies to play with. yes it went well, the part that got fixed, during however i coded twice and had a 'rough time' coming out from anesthesia. the coding is due to other medical issues going into it. talked to surgeon at great length before and after. it was something that needed to be done, really no choice. i lost several inches of the small bowel, due to bruising, surgeon said ' harder for you now, but easier on you in the long run'. i have VERY GOOD Doctors looking after me, not 'in house' doctors. mine have formed a 'Group Care' deal, with general physicians and a surgical team. they have a nurse that will stop by if i feel i need her. i am home, resting and taking care of me. no pain meds for 24+ hrs. i have this thing whipped! but, rest assured i have them if needed. :) no real pain, just some discomfort, horrendous gas, mostly. but too be expected. as Jimbo stated, i feel better than i have in months.

just for the guys.... plenty of young and pretty nurses around. no pictures though. see ladies, i kept it g-rated.

as for the good thoughts and concern, you guys are the bestest!

any questions,thought or concerns, just ask. be here all week. Be Sure to TIP your waitresses... (throughs mic to stage floor and exits left)

[eagle326]

HEEEEEEEEEE'S BACCCCCCCCCK!!!!!! :cool:

[ElevenBravo]

We could have used a FEW more daze without ya, but given the circumstances... I reckon WELCOME BACK!

So rumor has it you had your uterus scraped but I dont believe it... It normally doesnt take that long.

EB

[Sniper-T]

Geez... You sure milked this thing. Around here that is day surgery and you're at the Mongolian buffet 4 hours later... did you get any pics of those cute nurses???

lol!

Welcome back bud! Glad you're ok!

[robsdak]

We could have used a FEW more daze without ya, but given the circumstances... I reckon WELCOME BACK!

So rumor has it you had your uterus scraped but I dont believe it... It normally doesnt take that long.

EB

bitch and complain all you want. takes a little more than this too keep me away! :)

[bacpacker]

Glad your back Rob, and things went as well as they could.

[robsdak]

thanks guys, i am strolling along now. :) it's just good to bee home and sleeping in my own bed. the hospital beds are cool, all the buttons and things it can do, but nothing sleeps like the queen sized bed here. :D hosp. admins, hosp. lawyers and husbands frown on 'hey darlin' sit here and let me speak with you'. LMAO!!!

my dr. caught me out walking and asked what i was up too, i told him, i thinking about chasing one of the slow nurses. he then asked what i was gonna do with her once caught, told him giggle like a school girl, let her go and run her down again... :rolleyes:

[Sniper-T]

you're single, right?

lol

[robsdak]

you're single, right?

lol

yes sir, as my profile states, "not married, no kids and not gay". ( had to put that in there, here if not married or have 10 kids by 4 different women, something is wrong. LOL )






you're single, right?

lol

yeppers, i am. but something about, 'hosp. admins, hosp. lawyers and husbands frown on 'hey darlin' sit here and let me speak with you'

[helomech]

Glad to see you made it home.

[Scroggins]

There goes the neighborhood again.

[robsdak]

There goes the neighborhood again.

again??? really??? never went bad, "Bad Hunter":p

[Sniper-T]

"bad hunter":p

^
bwahahahahaha

[robsdak]

up early, went to the store, fed the bees and piddled all day long. it was a good day. :D

[Sniper-T]

maybe while you were under the knife you shoulda got that piddling problem stoppered up...

[robsdak]

maybe while you were under the knife you shoulda got that piddling problem stoppered up...

i am thinking at this point 'piddling' has 2 different meanings. LOL i guess i should have said 'puttered'. your killing me S-T. i don't need to be laughing.

something has changed... i feel different, better about life. not the pain meds, still sitting on top of my dresser. IDK???

[jamesneuen]

having the guarantee of pain every morning puts you in a terrible state of mind. i look forward to my nerve blocks just because i know when i wake up, i won't be in pain.

[Sniper-T]

I wake up in pain... I take every breathe in pain, I go to sleep in pain. My positive attitude is the only thing in my life that my injuries and my pain cannot take away! I refuse to let it... If I do (let it) then it wins! And THAT, my friends, is unacceptable!

[Willie51]

Glad to hear you're home and doing well.

[Domeguy]

I wake up in pain... I take every breathe in pain, I go to sleep in pain. My positive attitude is the only thing in my life that my injuries and my pain cannot take away! I refuse to let it... If I do (let it) then it wins! And THAT, my friends, is unacceptable!

No offense here intended, but because of my positive attitude on life, I am getting nerve blocks sometime in the coming weeks. I look forward to going to sleep with less pain, and definitely waking up with no lower back pain. Neck pain I believe will always be there.

[Stormfeather]

Good to have ya home brother!

[Gunfixr]

Damn, somehow I missed this until now.
Late, but glad to see all went well. Had a hernia with incarcerated bowel myself once, so I got a pretty good idea how you feel.
It'll get better, stay moving will help, just don't overdo it.

Feel better about life? I'm sure the docs told you what would happen if you decided to just "ignore it".
Realizing life could have been over tends to make you feel better about it when that doesn't happen.

[ladyhk13]

I wake up in pain... I take every breathe in pain, I go to sleep in pain. My positive attitude is the only thing in my life that my injuries and my pain cannot take away! I refuse to let it... If I do (let it) then it wins! And THAT, my friends, is unacceptable!

If you snuggle with your kitties more they somehow take some of the pain away.

[ladyhk13]

Sounds like you are doing great! Glad you are in your own bed and back online.

[Sniper-T]

If you snuggle with your kitties more they somehow take some of the pain away.


That's not 'pain' lady... it's 'pang'!

As in hunger pangs...
;)

[robsdak]

No offense here intended, but because of my positive attitude on life, I am getting nerve blocks sometime in the coming weeks. I look forward to going to sleep with less pain, and definitely waking up with no lower back pain. Neck pain I believe will always be there.

no offense, Domeguy... but dude, with a head like that. it's a wonder that's all the problems you got happening... :p



Damn, somehow I missed this until now.
Late, but glad to see all went well. Had a hernia with incarcerated bowel myself once, so I got a pretty good idea how you feel.
It'll get better, stay moving will help, just don't overdo it.

Feel better about life? I'm sure the docs told you what would happen if you decided to just "ignore it".
Realizing life could have been over tends to make you feel better about it when that doesn't happen.

there was NO ignoring it... didn't know i had a problem until it ruptured. had a long talk before and after with dr. some choices aren't choices, their 'odds against the house' roll the dice and see what happens.

- - - Updated - - -


Sounds like you are doing great! Glad you are in your own bed and back online.

doing wonderful. slept better than 14 hrs last night, didn't move! got up, moving about, took a nice walk around the neighborhood and back home. S_T, no 'piddling' today, 'puttering' is what i do. :p

[robsdak]

just a little update.

went to my dr. today for a visit. Lauren removed the stitches/staples, nice girl she is. i told her i didn't like pain. she started with the staples and i hollered a bit. she smacked me on the leg and the first words out of my mouth were 'foreplay, i like it' poor thing blushed. LOL

doc came in and we talked for a minute and he said 'looking and doing better than i had expected, considering where you were when we started this'. just a little seeping from a small spot. if it doesn't stop in a week, i need to go back to see him. back to driving. (yeah me) nothing like being stuck at home with all kinds of places i could be. just have to take it easy for 3-6 wks and no lifting over 10 lbs for 6-8 wks.

little more discomfort this week, eating is getting better. main thing is i am in good spirits. feeling really good.

[Sniper-T]

Now, lay off the cheese and start eating more fibre! Like beer!

[bacpacker]

Glad your progressing well.

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

Good to hear that you are healing fast. Now as for that seeping spot........SQUEEZE IT! Yeah that's right, get all that nasty stuff out of there. Then get ya a syringe full of peroxide and stuff it in that hole and squirt it till it's over flowing and foamy. Yeah that's it and then squeeze it again. OH and put a band aid on it you'll be fine! Yup, that's what i would do. Uh, what did you have done again????????? He, he, he.........

[ElevenBravo]

^^^
And rub some dirt on it, you'll be fine...
EB

[Willie51]

Good to hear you're doing better and flirting with the nurses. Now that you can drive, you can get out and enjoy the perfect panhandle weather we have for the next 10 days! Man, we needed it after that mini tropical storm we had the past two days. :)

[Sniper-T]

meh! scrub it with gas, and then cauterize it with a fiery poker.

Good to go!

[ElevenBravo]

Firey Poker... sounds so... kid friendly, but yet medieval! Akin to a coloring book about the henchman...

EB

[Sniper-T]

Exactly... it's all about the children!

"Won't somebody think of the children"!
Tsssss....

[eagle326]

meh! scrub it with gas, and then cauterize it with a fiery poker.

Good to go!

OH YEA!!! no pain ; No gain !! At least that's what my marriage vows said ! Iffin' it don't hurt ; It don't work. :p

[Sniper-T]

did you guys write my vows too? although it was my wife who emphasized this one! :eek:

[eagle326]

did you guys write my vows too? although it was my wife who emphasized this one! :eek:

It's a universal woman thang. Don't ask it only brings more PAIN. :eek:

[Sniper-T]

Mmmm.... Pain....

[eagle326]

Mmmm.... Pain....

I KNOW!!!
Man how I love the thrill of no pain ; no gain!!
If you can't survive the easy shit then back off from my pain game!

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

I thought it was "If'n you don't work, you get hurt" oh, that was the Navy. But I'm glad to see everyone here has read the same survival medtech manual that I use. I told ya'll we'd mesh well after the apocalypse! This is going to be so much fun! I get to use the hot poker on him next! Honey get the epi pen in case he passes out this time! Man this is like being back in the littler box again!

[robsdak]

man, tough crowd you are... talk of peroxide and squeezing, dirt, hot pokers, medieval times, children, coloring books and marriage vows.

some of you are off your nut. i like it. but, alas i will pass on the medical advice, i want to be able to see/use my spot in the chicken coop. now that we have a 'pecking' order so to speak.

i plan on getting out tomorrow. heading over to a buddies place to see about the hive tops that never got finished. funny thing with him, his ambition/motivation seems to be tied too my health. go figure. plan on taking it real easy, per Lauren's instructions.

be well, my forum family.

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

Stay out of trouble, Oh hey did I mention that you can take a jar full of bees and place the jar lid side down against the skin next to the wound and unscrew the lid and slide the jar over the wound and smack the shit out of the jar a couple of times? Well all of the venom from the bee stingers produce a huge welt that looks really cool................it doesn't do much for your problem but it looks cool. Just before you pass out, you call LadyHK and she comes over and stabs you with an Epi pen and we all chase you around the yard. Then we have tasty beverages and talk about how stupid, uh I mean brave you were. Hope you get the tops for the hives...........:rolleyes:

[Sniper-T]

It's all about looking cool!

Pain heals
Chicks dig scars!
Glory... lasts forever!
-SF

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

It's all about looking cool!

Pain heals
Chicks dig scars!
Glory... lasts forever!
-SF

REPLACEMENTS, great movie.

[eagle326]

Right after we roll him in honey and toss him in bear cave with a knife for skinning. :p

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

Great minds think alike........

[robsdak]

Stay out of trouble, Oh hey did I mention that you can take a jar full of bees and place the jar lid side down against the skin next to the wound and unscrew the lid and slide the jar over the wound and smack the shit out of the jar a couple of times? Well all of the venom from the bee stingers produce a huge welt that looks really cool................it doesn't do much for your problem but it looks cool. Just before you pass out, you call LadyHK and she comes over and stabs you with an Epi pen and we all chase you around the yard. Then we have tasty beverages and talk about how stupid, uh I mean brave you were. Hope you get the tops for the hives...........:rolleyes:

yes, i know this... thanks, i'll PASS. couple of problems there. been stung and not allergic, EPI Pen just might KILL ME and your only gonna chase me so far, before i turn on ya'll all pissed off. :rolleyes:


Right after we roll him in honey and toss him in bear cave with a knife for skinning. :p

as long as i get too choose the knife.

the tops didn't get done. he needed a breaker replaced in the house panel. then we talked about his 'ambition' is tied directly to my health. funny/odd i tell you. sorry ass hasn't hit a lick at anything, since i haven't been there. going back today too light a fire under his arse and get him motivated.

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

OK ya know that Jar a bees I mentioned? Well I'd be more than happy to hold him down while you administer that new "Honey Tattoo" on his ass! We'll do the Epi just for a spectator sport.

[robsdak]

ain't gonna happen captain. i am for sure you aren't big enough too hold me down. besides, the EPI just might blow up what little bit of the heart i have left. :) remember this old saying ' you may run up, but your gonna limp off'. LOL

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

Noooooo, Motard, I was talking about your buddy who's supposed to be making the tops to your hives. Sheez and i thought i had a hard time with only ONE brain cell. Look man I got jumper cables if you need them.

[robsdak]

Noooooo, Motard, I was talking about your buddy who's supposed to be making the tops to your hives. Sheez and i thought i had a hard time with only ONE brain cell. Look man I got jumper cables if you need them.

'Motard' i like that. :) i got it, now. still a little slow. shit, i got the put together and they aren't for my hives, they're for his. he needs to paint them or get the granddaughter to do it. i refuse to paint with a brush. :)

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

Did I ever tell you about Mary Sue? She painted ships in Hong Kong, all using rags. They would trade for scrap metal, old line, what ever gear your could spare or scrap. You supply the paint, she and her crews would hang over the side of your ship and paint that sucker out all the way to the water line......with rags. You'd be surprised how damn nice it looks. This old woman has been doing this for years, I mean like YEARS. She's like a Navy Sea Story all by her self. Every West Pac sailor knew who Mary Sue was. Well, If you were a Boatswainsmate anyways. OK that's my bedtime story for tonight........

[robsdak]

nope, never heard that one. do tell. had this discussion. never severed. bad knees. i was recruited and woo'd a couple times.. funny story about the first time i met the recruiter. i was at the range, shooting at 800 m. he came over and introduced himself and asked if i had ever given a thought to joining up. did really well on everything, but the physical.

[Sniper-T]

Did I ever tell you about Mary Sue? She painted ships in Hong Kong, all using rags........

A little more about this...

Mary Soo was one of the more remarkable individuals whose path crossed mine. She and her crew of mostly women would contract to paint an entire Navy ship while it was anchored at Hong Kong. Hong Kong was always the high point of every WESTPAC cruise, liberty was generously granted. One of the things that made this possible was Mary Soo and her outfit. Typically, we would stop in Hong Kong for a full week of rest and recreation (R&R).

Here is a panorama of Hong Kong harbor showing Navy ships anchored out in the bay —there were no port facilities:




Hong Kong Harbor

Upon arrival Mary Soo or one of her lieutenants would come aboard and work out a deal to paint the ship. Sometimes she would do the job just for the right to the garbage from the ship’s messes. Because Hong Kong was a liberty port, and a good portion of the crew was ashore at any one time, much of the food prepared aboard ship went unconsumed. This was carefully packaged and turned over to Mary Soo who sold it here and there in the city. It was sometimes wryly observed by seasoned salts that food purchased by sailors ashore might have been had for free aboard ship.

Because Navy regulations prohibited paying foreign nationals in cash for work accomplished on the ship, other means of compensation had to be found. Garbage was one solution, but the PICTOR was quite experienced in these matters, and we would usually load up with war surplus scrap metal in the Phillipines before proceeding to Hong Kong. Mary Soo was always delighted to see all of that stuff, especially if there was brass invovled.

After the deal was completed, a small fleet of sampans would arrive and an army of mostly women would file aboard to start painting. We provided the paint and they did the work. One reason that most of them were women was because Mary Soo also ran an orphange. She would “buy” unwanted female children and raise them in her orphnage. She probably saved the lives of many girl babies in this way. When the chilren were old enough to work they would join the ship painting effort. As workers they were paid a small wage, but this was put into an account for them which they would receive in full upon reaching adulthood. After that they could stay with Mary Soo or make their own way in the world. Sometimes some of the small children would accompany their older counterparts out to the ship. They didn’t actually come aboard but would stay on the sampans alongside. I remember on one occasion looking over the side and watching several girls of about age five or six playing on the stern of one of the boats. One of the girls was blond and fair. Needless to say that was highly unusual. I wasn’t close enough to see her facial features, but she was speaking fluent Chinese. I assume she was one of Mary Soo’s orphans.

The workers were always dressed in ragged, paint-covered clothes and they all wore the conical coolie hat as protection from the Sun. It was almost impossible to tell what they looked like. Instead of brushes, they used rags or textile waste to spread the paint. The few men there were used long poles to paint the sides of the ship from sampans moored alongside. They were a good natured bunch and there was much laughing and joking between the girls and the PICTOR’s deck force.

Because the PICTOR was such a good paying ship, May Soo always threw a big party for us at the end of the week. It was at this party that I first saw Mary Soo in person. She looked to be about eighty years old at the time (1963), yet she was obviously a very shrewd business person. The big surprise at the party, however, was the girls — they were gorgeous! They all wore their best party dresses, had their hair done and their makeup on. Our first reaction was these can’t be the same girls that painted the ship, but they were.

Several years after I left active duty I read in the newspaper that Mary Soo had died. It made the news all over the world.

Not mine, but sniped from here:

http://schoonermoon.com/tag/mary-soo-painting-navy-ships-in-hong-kong/

[robsdak]

almost 1 month report. be 1 month Saturday...

kicking arse and taking names. busy as a bee. LOL helping set up a buddies shop, power tools, work table, welders... feeling real good. still taking it easy.

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

Great news! Keep up the good work, No Brain, No Pain! You don't think about it, it won't hurt.......as for Mary "SOO" maybe we delt with one of her daughters, hell who knows. Was quite the show though, she do good work, make ship shiney long time no shit. Well at least till we make it back to the states right? Nope, we had to paint her again in Pearl before we got back.