Wow, What A Trip!

“Approximate dates:

4/11/09 - 4/22 Melbourne Hospital
4/22 - 5/12 Life Care Center
5/12 - 5/21 Melbourne Hospital
5/21 - present

I've been real busy meeting beautiful nurses! The first was Dorothy, from St. Johns Island. She claims to be the last virgin to leave the Virgin Islands. And, when she gave me a sponge bath, she left no spot unsponged! The last one was Bambi. with a name like that I expected to meet a dancer from one of the local night spots. She did turn out to be beautiful and was a very experienced camper and canoeist. We had a great time exchanging stories.

After my first admission to the hospital, they managed to remove a lot of weight and fluids from my body with medicines.

Then I spent 20 days in a Life Care Center. The weight and fluids filled my body again. So on May 12th I returned to the hospital. This time they used a machine to drain my blood, slowly, to extract the extraneous fluids and to return the blood to my body. This was the second time that they have tried this in this hospital, but other machines exist across the country. Their first patient walked out of the hospital in very happy spirits. I should be so lucky!

For a kicker they gave me a jump start! This served to stop my heart. They let my heart restart on it's own. This was supposed to stop my atraina fibulation for a while. It worked!

It appears that they ran the machine too long. Some of my body started to fail, like my kidneys. My blood pressure was ridiculously low and I was transferred to Intensive Cardiac Care, At the same time they discovered the medicine that appeared to be causing my trouble. So they tried to get get most of it out of my system. I recovered, somewhat, and in two days I was out of ICC. I thought I was headed for Bambi's area, but ended one ward away. She did come over to see me. Actually, I wanted to return to the nurse from the V.I. I could use another good sponge bath.

From TV I learned about lung fish and large white ants in Uganda. Then I had a long wait for lunch before returning to the Life Care Center.

5/17 - At an appointment with my primary doctor, I was told that I almost died twice while in the hospital. My heart is very, very weak. So in a few weeks I'll be going to Gainesville, where they might be able to help me further. Stem cell insertion in my heart is a strong possibility

By the way, I learned that the nurse did not use any sponges during my sponge bath.


They may have cleaned my blood, but there is still a lot of love in my heart for each of you. Happy hiking.”

“By the way, I learned that the nurse did not use any sponges during my sponge bath.


LOL! It's great the hear from you, Paul.”

“I MISSED YOU NOWSLIMMER and welcome home big guy!

never do that again you hear!!!!!!!!”

“great to gear from yiou man”

“Good to know you're on the mend Slimmer. Keep your spirits up. 20 days in a facility is a loooooong time. Time moves differently in there doesn't it?

Good luck and good health to young man. I'll keep ya in my thoughts.”

“I've been real busy meeting beautiful nurses!

Well, at least there was a legitimate reason for your absence. Otherwise we'd have to send you to the deans office for a tardy slip.
lol

Good to see you again.”

“Good ta see ya back and I hope things are gonna go better for you.
Randall”

“nowslimmer is BACK.....all the TT ladies will be leaving there secondary sugar daddies now and heading back to the big daddy.
Welcome back nowslimmer.....you have been missed sincerly.”

“Suddenly, trailtalk gets the burst of sunshine that keeps me hanging out around here!

Welcome back.”

“Welcome back dude... Too bad you couldn't have talked dorothy into giving both you and bambi a sponge bath...

'32oz”

“good news paul. i hope things continue to improve for you.”

“Wooo Hoooo...good to hear from you!!!...I've MISSED you!!!!”

“Hi! Glad to hear from you!”

“Hey Paul, best of luck.”

“Hugs to you Nowslimmer. You've been in my thoughts/prayers. Really glad to see you around again.”

“HOLY CRAP nowslimmer, and i thought this was just another trip thread. i want a sponge bath, is that what you have to do to get one? that's a little much; is there a different plan to sign up under? can you get two nurses at once? i want one of each gender then.

get better man.”

“Good to see you back around Nowslimmer. Hang in there and keep getting better.”

“Welcome back, Paul. And hang in there as you seem to do well. Yo bear!”

“Nice to hear from you nowslimmer. Be well.”

“welcome back paul! wow , what a really real life adventure! so glad you are up and able to share the experience.
Please let me know when you get to Gainesville, I work a stones throw from Shands and I could hike over. it would be great to see you. I cannot promise you a sponge bath, but I bet there are some fine young nurses over there!”

“NICE!”

“you are a tough and stubborn old man. good on ya!”

“Very happy to hear you're getting better.

Doug”

“Thanks for your messages. I'm still in the Life Care Center trying to build my strength back in their Rehab. Lab. I expect to get out of here in two to three weeks. Also, I may be able to get-off the insulin in about four months.

I still attend and watch at my advanced Martial Arts Class and at my previous class. My daughter takes me and it is about a four hour evening once a week. I do ask questions, make suggestions and help a few folks with their techniques.

Best wishes to all.”

“Rock on.”

“best wishes Nowslimmer.”

“keep at it paul.”

“Howdy NS!!!
...I do miss your morning hugs!!!
...we hope to see a hiking trip report from you after rehab!!!
...lots of hugs!!!”

“That's one hellova trip report!!!”

“Hey NS, I hope to see you on the trail again.Perhaps the smokies. Yo bear!”