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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
I'm BACCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK
Geeze lost password and now I am back and typing again!!!!! YEAH!!!! I missed you all......... Keep in touch and look forward to sharing my little slice of the pie... Stay safe out there everyone, and if you can't stay safe at least have fun doing it!!!!!!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
A Call to Action by LT JOHN ANDREWS
This is LT John Andrews newest blog copied below........ All Chicagoans please recopy on your blogs and SHOW UP for this Call To ACTION........
An SOS has been sounded for Chicago: What will YOU do?
by John Andrews
We have much work to do... Stay focused, not on me, but the problems with public safety I brought to light.
The people of Chicago need to make a decision... Is this city safe to live in? Is it safe for our citizens? our children? our visitors?
I believe we need positive change now, not tomorrow. To change the status quo will require action on everyone's part.
On WGN Radio, I asked for 50,000 Chicagoans to assemble at Chicago City Hall on Wednesday, September 15th @ 10 am... to march for positive change in our police department and the safety of all Chicagoans.
So far, the mainstream Chicago media has ignored this call to action. With an understaffed and demoralized police force that cannot maintain social order on the streets of Chicago... With a murder rate of our citizens and children that is on par this year with the total number of miltary forces killed in BOTH Iraq and Afganistan... You have to ask yourself - WHY?
If we can get over a million people to come downtown to celebrate a Stanley Cup, can we get just a small fraction of that number... to care enough to take the time to stand up and voice their concern for the safety of our city... our people... our children?
The alarm has been sounded. Do not ignore the warning. The honorable guardians and centurions of this great city need YOUR help and they need it NOW!
A "Broken Arrow" has been called. This is a military code word that ground forces (CPD) have been overrun and (Chicago) faces imminent destruction. All available air forces (the people of Chicago) are to respond immediately to provide air support (their voices and actions).
This is an S-O-S message. Spread the word! On every channel, every frequency.
Who will answer the call? Does anyone really care?
Your city needs you... NOW!
Chicago City Hall - Wednesday, September 15th @ 10 a.m.
Be there! Bring your neighbors, family and friends.
The very future of Chicago may depend on it.
The synergy of a people can be quite infectious! Don't expect someone else to take action.
It begins with YOU!
Spread the word!
An SOS has been sounded for Chicago: What will YOU do?
by John Andrews
We have much work to do... Stay focused, not on me, but the problems with public safety I brought to light.
The people of Chicago need to make a decision... Is this city safe to live in? Is it safe for our citizens? our children? our visitors?
I believe we need positive change now, not tomorrow. To change the status quo will require action on everyone's part.
On WGN Radio, I asked for 50,000 Chicagoans to assemble at Chicago City Hall on Wednesday, September 15th @ 10 am... to march for positive change in our police department and the safety of all Chicagoans.
So far, the mainstream Chicago media has ignored this call to action. With an understaffed and demoralized police force that cannot maintain social order on the streets of Chicago... With a murder rate of our citizens and children that is on par this year with the total number of miltary forces killed in BOTH Iraq and Afganistan... You have to ask yourself - WHY?
If we can get over a million people to come downtown to celebrate a Stanley Cup, can we get just a small fraction of that number... to care enough to take the time to stand up and voice their concern for the safety of our city... our people... our children?
The alarm has been sounded. Do not ignore the warning. The honorable guardians and centurions of this great city need YOUR help and they need it NOW!
A "Broken Arrow" has been called. This is a military code word that ground forces (CPD) have been overrun and (Chicago) faces imminent destruction. All available air forces (the people of Chicago) are to respond immediately to provide air support (their voices and actions).
This is an S-O-S message. Spread the word! On every channel, every frequency.
Who will answer the call? Does anyone really care?
Your city needs you... NOW!
Chicago City Hall - Wednesday, September 15th @ 10 a.m.
Be there! Bring your neighbors, family and friends.
The very future of Chicago may depend on it.
The synergy of a people can be quite infectious! Don't expect someone else to take action.
It begins with YOU!
Spread the word!
Saturday, August 21, 2010
100th BLOG!! DEDICATED TO JOHN WILLS and his NEW BOOK FOR FEMALE LEO'S
Hi Everyone... It has been forever.......
Life for me as usual has been fast and furious.... house is up for sale, Getting back into shape after my heart problem and angioplasty... That has worked.. Dropped back down to a size 6. Not that anyone gives a fig about that.
What I really want to say is going through all my blogs and reading them over in the past few days, has taken me through a time chamber of my ups, downs and sideways........ AND all the great people I have gotten to meet through this forum.
I appreciate you all. Today I want to celebrate one that has done it all. John. M. Wills ....... Army Veteran, Chicago Police Officer and FBI Agent...... John is a blogger as well here on Blogger. He also is a very accomplished writer, with a series of books he has written about Chicago Police Officer's......... FANTASTIC BOOKS..... I am a proud owner of both signed copies of them, and awaiting the 3rd in the series coming out in the spring of 2011. John, is also a regular contributor to OFFICER.COM as well as several other sites on the net, magazines etc..... OH hell, instead of me telling his story, read it here...... http://johnmwills.com/id13.html
John is writing a new book about Female LEO's as I said...... Warriors in High Heels..... He is looking for true stories about females on the job. Police, Corrections, Sheriff's, Deputies etc................ The link I posted above is about the book, but, please go to the home page on that site so you can read what an accomplished author he is and what he does now that he is retired. He is a wonderful man, Christian through and through and loves this country as much as we all do.
If you know of any female LEO'S out there that would like to contribute to this book, send me or John and email here or on our personal emails.......... He is looking for 40-60 stories from all over the country.... You won't be disappointed and while your at it, buy his books, they surely won't disappoint you!!!
I think this book concept is a fantastic way of getting out the stories of all the females out there that fight along side with their male partners...... So if you know of one, you are one please please come on out and submit one of your war stories.....They can be anything from funny, to sad, to inspirational, to whacky to whatever you think would contribute to this book.
John has been an inspiration to me and continues to tell me to WRITE. I close up at times and hold my emotions in because that is the way i write. I am always pretty raw...... This is your chance to be raw and get out there and show the world what it is to be a Female Law Enforcement Officer!!! I will submit my story or stories and hope they make the cut!
Let your creative writing skills flow and submit your story!!! It isn't that hard once your start typing...... We all have those memorable times that stand out in our careers. As John says on his website, tell it like you would in the bar after your tour is done. Just raw and factual.
Females LEO's from different countries of course are welcome as well....
THANK YOU JOHN for thinking of us female LEO'S out there, we are at times the forgotten BLUE out there. Much prayers and good wishes sent your way on your latest project!!!
Life for me as usual has been fast and furious.... house is up for sale, Getting back into shape after my heart problem and angioplasty... That has worked.. Dropped back down to a size 6. Not that anyone gives a fig about that.
What I really want to say is going through all my blogs and reading them over in the past few days, has taken me through a time chamber of my ups, downs and sideways........ AND all the great people I have gotten to meet through this forum.
I appreciate you all. Today I want to celebrate one that has done it all. John. M. Wills ....... Army Veteran, Chicago Police Officer and FBI Agent...... John is a blogger as well here on Blogger. He also is a very accomplished writer, with a series of books he has written about Chicago Police Officer's......... FANTASTIC BOOKS..... I am a proud owner of both signed copies of them, and awaiting the 3rd in the series coming out in the spring of 2011. John, is also a regular contributor to OFFICER.COM as well as several other sites on the net, magazines etc..... OH hell, instead of me telling his story, read it here...... http://johnmwills.com/id13.html
John is writing a new book about Female LEO's as I said...... Warriors in High Heels..... He is looking for true stories about females on the job. Police, Corrections, Sheriff's, Deputies etc................ The link I posted above is about the book, but, please go to the home page on that site so you can read what an accomplished author he is and what he does now that he is retired. He is a wonderful man, Christian through and through and loves this country as much as we all do.
If you know of any female LEO'S out there that would like to contribute to this book, send me or John and email here or on our personal emails.......... He is looking for 40-60 stories from all over the country.... You won't be disappointed and while your at it, buy his books, they surely won't disappoint you!!!
I think this book concept is a fantastic way of getting out the stories of all the females out there that fight along side with their male partners...... So if you know of one, you are one please please come on out and submit one of your war stories.....They can be anything from funny, to sad, to inspirational, to whacky to whatever you think would contribute to this book.
John has been an inspiration to me and continues to tell me to WRITE. I close up at times and hold my emotions in because that is the way i write. I am always pretty raw...... This is your chance to be raw and get out there and show the world what it is to be a Female Law Enforcement Officer!!! I will submit my story or stories and hope they make the cut!
Let your creative writing skills flow and submit your story!!! It isn't that hard once your start typing...... We all have those memorable times that stand out in our careers. As John says on his website, tell it like you would in the bar after your tour is done. Just raw and factual.
Females LEO's from different countries of course are welcome as well....
THANK YOU JOHN for thinking of us female LEO'S out there, we are at times the forgotten BLUE out there. Much prayers and good wishes sent your way on your latest project!!!
Friday, May 21, 2010
The American Warrior. A tribute to slain Chicago Police Officer 1st Lt. in the US Army Reserves Thomas Wortham IV.
The American Warrior is someone who is walking the hero's path. Someone who can walk into the heart of darkness for Duty, Honor and Country.
The American Warrior is someone who frightens many people because they live in denial of reality, the American Warrior reminds those people that violence exists in the world.
The American Warrior has the capacity for violence towards those who threaten America and the American way of life.
The American Warrior is a constant reminder that there are terrorists in the land and those that wish to destroy America are already here on American soil.
The American Warrior on September 11, 2001, rushed towards the danger instead of fleeing from it, intent on defending and helping those American citizens in danger. Many American Warriors gave their lives that day and many more were willing to give the ultimate sacrifice for America and its citizens.
Most Americans are glad that they were not on the planes that crashed into the WTC and the Pentagon - the American Warrior wished they had been on those planes because they might have made a difference.
American Warriors were on United Airlines Flight 93 and defended unto death America and its citizens with the cry "lets roll".
The American Warrior waits for the day that they have lived for and trained for their entire life - to defend until death, America and its citizens.
"There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men."
Edmund Burke
On this day May 20, 2010, I salute the American Warrior, both living and dead. Men and women who serve in the Armed Forces, Police Forces, Fire Departments and ordinary civilians who rush forward to our defense instead of running from danger.
The American Warrior is someone who frightens many people because they live in denial of reality, the American Warrior reminds those people that violence exists in the world.
The American Warrior has the capacity for violence towards those who threaten America and the American way of life.
The American Warrior is a constant reminder that there are terrorists in the land and those that wish to destroy America are already here on American soil.
The American Warrior on September 11, 2001, rushed towards the danger instead of fleeing from it, intent on defending and helping those American citizens in danger. Many American Warriors gave their lives that day and many more were willing to give the ultimate sacrifice for America and its citizens.
Most Americans are glad that they were not on the planes that crashed into the WTC and the Pentagon - the American Warrior wished they had been on those planes because they might have made a difference.
American Warriors were on United Airlines Flight 93 and defended unto death America and its citizens with the cry "lets roll".
The American Warrior waits for the day that they have lived for and trained for their entire life - to defend until death, America and its citizens.
"There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men."
Edmund Burke
On this day May 20, 2010, I salute the American Warrior, both living and dead. Men and women who serve in the Armed Forces, Police Forces, Fire Departments and ordinary civilians who rush forward to our defense instead of running from danger.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Mary and Densey Cole Contest.......... HELPPPPPP
Folks we have 3 HOURS to vote for Mary and Densey to come in first place in the VOTES..................... Please go to my link below for one of our brothers in blue........... Densey had a terrible car accident on duty, and then became a victim by a shithead that climbed into his squad car, stealing Densey's gun and wallet, moving his body around as he was pinned making his injuries worse.............. I am begging you to vote for Densey and put this up on your blog ......... The 2nd place couple has come up from a 10,000 deficit to being within 2000 votes of Mary and Densey who are in the lead.............. PLEASE VOte and PLEASE PASS THIS ON NOW!!!!!!!!!! WE need all the votes we can get...........
here is the link to vote.......
http://www.ultimateweddingcontest.com/entries?sort=votes
here is the link to vote.......
http://www.ultimateweddingcontest.com/entries?sort=votes
Monday, March 29, 2010
It's my birthday
It is...... I didnt think i was going to make it through the beginning of the week, nevermind getting to type it here........Long week for both David and I..... Glad it is over..... Happy Palm Sunday to everyone...... God does miraculous things, even when you think he isnt watching YOU because he has a few other billion people to watch over.......
I had a wonderful day, other then a migraine for 2 days..... Not sure if it is stress or just allergies, or the heart crap I went through......
I absolutely love the singing ensemble Celtic Woman.....When I first met David, he would fly in from wherever he was working to Chicago and spend the weekends with me. I burned a bit of time due, but well worth it to get the weekends off..... When he came in we would sit in my living room, light a fire in the fireplace and I would put on these 2 new CDs i stumbled upon.......voices of angels as I called them..... We nicknamed out time together 2 days a week "couch time". Where we got to catch up on what happened in our very different worlds, and relax and get to know each other better. The music of Celtic Woman was always playing on the stereo....... It seemed to fit.....
We have been busy as alot of you know with the house and the restoration, my back, and now the heart thing, and family issue's....... About 2 months ago, I put on the same 2 CD's we listened to when we met by Celtic Woman..... We both had tears in our eyes..... It brought us back to a place 5 years ago, where life was simpler, easier, he was with IBM, I was with CPD with an injury still, and we were planning a wedding....... It was so easy back then....... It was that PURE LOVE people pray for...... To hear those CD's that we havent listened too in 5 years I believe rocked us back into reality of what and who we are and what our love and marriage stands for. It was a good thing.
Life gets in the way at times...... And we have had alot of bumps in the road, mostly due to outside forces..... We have tried to handle them with grace and dignity and keep US together....... At times it was touch and go........ He nor I will deny that. Nothing good comes easy to anyone. But, if you want it bad enough you hang tough and MAKE IT WORK........... So far so good!
A month ago, I turned on the TV and found the PBS channel that was airing Celtic Woman for their show at a Castle in Ireland........ Their new album....... I yelled to David who was in the kitchen watching basketball to come watch....... We both sat there in awe of these amazingly pure voices that sound like Irish Angels...... I cried, i will admit.......... They sung a few old songs, like Danny Boy, Amazing Grace and Oh America that floored me............. Some of their stuff is in Gaelic......... All the same it is beautiful....... PBS was selling tickets for here in Cincinnati.......... I saw the date, which was today my birthday and looked at him, and he looked back and said "order them, happy birthday!!!!"................... Thrilled, happy, elated, beside myself is an understatement.............. Best Birthday gift ever............
I had the angioplasty in the beginning of this week, and thought i had to give the tickets to friends...... I was "heart" broken so to speak........ We got there tonight...... I was like a kid in a candy store!!!!!! First thing i did was ask David if i could have the last 2 CD's and the DVD..... Of course he said yes!!! We had a few glasses of wine and sat for the show.
Lovely people sitting around us..... Young and old alike..... Everyone was chatting before the show. it all started because David is so tall, and the women behind us wanted he and i to switch seats so they could see......... LMAO...... We of course did...... I got to sit next to a woman who was clearly black irish and her husband...... They were both singing every song along with the girls on stage..... Huge fans......... At the break we spoke for a bit....... About the music what she did, her husband did and what David and I did...... I told her if they sing Amazing Grace and bring the bagpiper out I was going to cry so dont be alarmed...... She laughed and said, "Did you see me sob when they sung Ellis Island?" Which i did....... The group makes your cry and feel your soul and God.......
After the break the second song was Amazing Grace........ The piper walked down our aisle and i felt the tears...... David grabbed my right and and this stranger grabbed my left............ WOW.... Alot of love in that Concert tonight........ I can't hear the pipes anymore because of 9/11........ 42 friends and family killed during the attacks... too many funerals i attended............ I knew going in they would play it, and hoped i held my composure. I kinda did but didnt. It was hauntingly beautiful.
David and I enjoyed ourselves so much!! It was a great birthday and ending to a not so perfect week.
A dear friend came up here unannounced today, as i sat in my robe, looking like hell on the couch with BLUE ROSES for the police and cards from her and her family for my bday and get well wishes........... I really have good friends........... Then the concert, and a great dinner at an irish pub afterwards....... And now here to chat about it......
The woman that sat next to me in the concert had written out all her information, phone, address, email, work, etc........ at intermission......... She wanted to get to know David and I.......... She and her husband were so sweet! I exchanged of course, and look forward to getting to know another new friend......... She is heavily involved with irish dancing and is getting help from the Irish American Center in Chicago of ALL things!!!! LOL..... I thought that was Divine Intervention....... She does costume and set design... I didnt bother to tell her I had a PhD in art and am good at designing... I will save that for a surprise for another day............... She did know our home though and was shocked that she met the ones that restored the most historic house in the county...... That was after the tears and hand holding.......
Whan an emotional night for me.......... The music is a symbol of David and I. It is my birthday, WE went through hell this week, and this wonderful magical night happened when i thought it wouldn't. I thank God and my husband for making this all happen.............
Happy Palm Sunday Everyone........... Next week Jesus will rise again!!! Love you all.
Here is the link to Celtic Womans "AMAZING GRACE"...............http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsCp5LG_zNE
Here is one to Danny Boy......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DquA6KyHTos&NR=1
And to one of my most favorites...... You Raise me UP.......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofYrt9ymTRo
I had a wonderful day, other then a migraine for 2 days..... Not sure if it is stress or just allergies, or the heart crap I went through......
I absolutely love the singing ensemble Celtic Woman.....When I first met David, he would fly in from wherever he was working to Chicago and spend the weekends with me. I burned a bit of time due, but well worth it to get the weekends off..... When he came in we would sit in my living room, light a fire in the fireplace and I would put on these 2 new CDs i stumbled upon.......voices of angels as I called them..... We nicknamed out time together 2 days a week "couch time". Where we got to catch up on what happened in our very different worlds, and relax and get to know each other better. The music of Celtic Woman was always playing on the stereo....... It seemed to fit.....
We have been busy as alot of you know with the house and the restoration, my back, and now the heart thing, and family issue's....... About 2 months ago, I put on the same 2 CD's we listened to when we met by Celtic Woman..... We both had tears in our eyes..... It brought us back to a place 5 years ago, where life was simpler, easier, he was with IBM, I was with CPD with an injury still, and we were planning a wedding....... It was so easy back then....... It was that PURE LOVE people pray for...... To hear those CD's that we havent listened too in 5 years I believe rocked us back into reality of what and who we are and what our love and marriage stands for. It was a good thing.
Life gets in the way at times...... And we have had alot of bumps in the road, mostly due to outside forces..... We have tried to handle them with grace and dignity and keep US together....... At times it was touch and go........ He nor I will deny that. Nothing good comes easy to anyone. But, if you want it bad enough you hang tough and MAKE IT WORK........... So far so good!
A month ago, I turned on the TV and found the PBS channel that was airing Celtic Woman for their show at a Castle in Ireland........ Their new album....... I yelled to David who was in the kitchen watching basketball to come watch....... We both sat there in awe of these amazingly pure voices that sound like Irish Angels...... I cried, i will admit.......... They sung a few old songs, like Danny Boy, Amazing Grace and Oh America that floored me............. Some of their stuff is in Gaelic......... All the same it is beautiful....... PBS was selling tickets for here in Cincinnati.......... I saw the date, which was today my birthday and looked at him, and he looked back and said "order them, happy birthday!!!!"................... Thrilled, happy, elated, beside myself is an understatement.............. Best Birthday gift ever............
I had the angioplasty in the beginning of this week, and thought i had to give the tickets to friends...... I was "heart" broken so to speak........ We got there tonight...... I was like a kid in a candy store!!!!!! First thing i did was ask David if i could have the last 2 CD's and the DVD..... Of course he said yes!!! We had a few glasses of wine and sat for the show.
Lovely people sitting around us..... Young and old alike..... Everyone was chatting before the show. it all started because David is so tall, and the women behind us wanted he and i to switch seats so they could see......... LMAO...... We of course did...... I got to sit next to a woman who was clearly black irish and her husband...... They were both singing every song along with the girls on stage..... Huge fans......... At the break we spoke for a bit....... About the music what she did, her husband did and what David and I did...... I told her if they sing Amazing Grace and bring the bagpiper out I was going to cry so dont be alarmed...... She laughed and said, "Did you see me sob when they sung Ellis Island?" Which i did....... The group makes your cry and feel your soul and God.......
After the break the second song was Amazing Grace........ The piper walked down our aisle and i felt the tears...... David grabbed my right and and this stranger grabbed my left............ WOW.... Alot of love in that Concert tonight........ I can't hear the pipes anymore because of 9/11........ 42 friends and family killed during the attacks... too many funerals i attended............ I knew going in they would play it, and hoped i held my composure. I kinda did but didnt. It was hauntingly beautiful.
David and I enjoyed ourselves so much!! It was a great birthday and ending to a not so perfect week.
A dear friend came up here unannounced today, as i sat in my robe, looking like hell on the couch with BLUE ROSES for the police and cards from her and her family for my bday and get well wishes........... I really have good friends........... Then the concert, and a great dinner at an irish pub afterwards....... And now here to chat about it......
The woman that sat next to me in the concert had written out all her information, phone, address, email, work, etc........ at intermission......... She wanted to get to know David and I.......... She and her husband were so sweet! I exchanged of course, and look forward to getting to know another new friend......... She is heavily involved with irish dancing and is getting help from the Irish American Center in Chicago of ALL things!!!! LOL..... I thought that was Divine Intervention....... She does costume and set design... I didnt bother to tell her I had a PhD in art and am good at designing... I will save that for a surprise for another day............... She did know our home though and was shocked that she met the ones that restored the most historic house in the county...... That was after the tears and hand holding.......
Whan an emotional night for me.......... The music is a symbol of David and I. It is my birthday, WE went through hell this week, and this wonderful magical night happened when i thought it wouldn't. I thank God and my husband for making this all happen.............
Happy Palm Sunday Everyone........... Next week Jesus will rise again!!! Love you all.
Here is the link to Celtic Womans "AMAZING GRACE"...............http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsCp5LG_zNE
Here is one to Danny Boy......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DquA6KyHTos&NR=1
And to one of my most favorites...... You Raise me UP.......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofYrt9ymTRo
Friday, March 26, 2010
Matters Of The Heart
Well I havent been feeling all that well lately, sluggish, tired, winter blahsssss... 3 days ago i felt extra not so good. I was on the puter and looked at hubby and said, " I think I am having a heart attack". He looked at me for a second, and thought i was talking about something i was reading. I said, No seriously like a heart attack". He called the bambulance. My face was numb as was my left arm, chest pain that wasn't going away, dizzy....
I am on the fiscal board here in our town for the fire department and expected to hear and see our guys come flying out of the firehouse a half mile away. No sirens no sound. I got worried. Hubby called the Fire Chief who is our neighbor, he had heard the call, but was in the state capitol and if it is a heart call they send out the next towns rig.... They got here quick. Our Fire Chiefs mother who is 88 still runs an engine, and we all call her granny. She drove from her house and was here in no time even though it wasnt her engine pulling out.
They loaded me in, blood pressure was real low 50 over 33. Not good. Off we go. Hubby was terrified, I could see the look in his eyes. I felt horrible for him. David is the big protector, the one that takes care of everything, the one that is in control...... The look on his face hurt me. I didn't want to cause him any pain at all. My back injury has been enough for us to handle. Now this. He handles everything with grace and ease, and i could see this stressed him. I am a pain in the ass, but i don't want to be that much of a pain in the ass!!!
Everything for me never happens just right, there is always a comical twist to things. The bambulance driver is a little upset cause hubby was riding his ass on the highway and blowing lights with the ambulance and wanted me to call hubby as the medic is trying to hook up an IV in my arm as we are taking the turns on those lovely back roads in KY. Needless to say the needles missed the first few times and I didnt get on the phone even though my phone was ringing off the hook. As I am watching hubby drive like Dale Earnhardt, the driver of the ambulance cursing like a sailor, and the kid trying to stick me with needles in my arm, I see another car come up behind hubbies at a high rate of speed. And it looks familiar!!! I started thinking this is pretty funny, it kept my mind off of things. It was one of my bestfriends who is a medic, who should have gotten the call, and didnt because of the heart condition. She runs the store in town and her husband came into the store as the ambulance turned in our driveway and said, "gee there was an ambulance up at Dave and Arlene's...... She hopped in her car right away got her scanner and started calling me, him and the firehouse.... I think i needed a glass of wine and some popcorn to see which vehicle was going to get to the hospital first, better then any Indy Car race i ever saw.
We get to the hospital, I looked at the driver and asked him not to yell at my 6'6 husband it would do no good, David is very protective of me and was highly agitated and scared. He agreed and the crew was great about the whole thing. I told him if you think that is bad you should see how our guys drive on the CPD!! I get unloaded and Carol my medic friend is already parked and at the back door of the ambulance banging on it! the door opens and her favorite pet name for me is DEAD BEAT.... So she says, "Hey deadbeat whatcha doing in there and you never pick up your fucking phone!!".... I told her i was a little busy getting busy with the young man in the back of the ambulance. LOL She laughed. And said, tell them I am your sister so i can go in with you. I do so.
They lead hubby to another area, and not into the emergency room which made him more frantic. Carol went and found David as he was fighting his way into the ER. As Carol and I are sitting there she trying to keep my mind off of things and questioning at the same time. I knew the drill. We had a dinner party at the house on Saturday night and just hung out with them. We see her or her husband once a day at least. Carol has in inoperable and incurable brain tumor. She has been on chemo for a year now. Carol and I made a pack if she went bald we were both shaving our heads together for camaraderie. Thank goodness it hasnt come to that yet. A few months ago, I gave her my dog Rebel. He loves her and everytime they are here he sticks by her side. Great little Jack Russel, amazing how dogs know certain things...... The dog has done nothing but lift her spirits. Her husband came up one night without her knowing to have a few beers and thank David for giving them the dog that the dog did more for her then the chemo. They take him everywhere including in their grocery store, and the little bugger turned into an awesome hunting dog. Everyone is happy.
At the party Saturday I looked at her and said...... "hey deadbeat, when are you giving me MY dog back?"......Carol is as sarcastic if not more then me and says..... Listen deadbeat, you'll be dead before I ever give you MY dog back". We all had a good laugh. I know how she pampers the hell out of that dog and he barely says hello to me anymore when he see's me. LOL She teases me all the time and tells to the dog to go say hello to Auntie Arlene!!! Carol and I jab at each other quite a bit.
So in the ER she whispers in my ear, "you know i really didnt mean that about the dog, you can have rebel dawg back anytime, i don't want you to die!!" I laughed until i was crying, tears that, i could finally take the game face off and it all sunk in i was in some deep shit. And it was ok to be scared. Hard for me being the one in the bed instead of the one that is telling someone it is going to be ok with a bullet wound to the chest. Yup God has a sense of humor. We are all human.
David was incredible..... I don't know how he did it. I know he is stressing when his face goes red, and it was beet red.... He was pacing and sweating.... He started calling my family and my daughter.... They sedated me a bit, and did alot more blood work. They came back the first time with a blood clot, which wouldnt have been surprising, since I had 2 in my lungs after 9/11. I knew the drill on that one too..... Cumadin in my stomach for a week in the hospital and i can go home. then the second test came back negative as did the 3rd.....So everyone was scratching their heads. Blood pressure was still low and dropping, heart rate was not correct and showed inconsistencies. Me being a me asked hubby if he could get me a cheeseburger and fries with a side of burrito!!!! We were all hungry after 5 hours in the ER.... Of course he indulged me.... I thought maybe food would take away his stress, if it isnt food it is sex, and there was no sex in the ER!!! The logical conclusion was the cheeseburgers!!
David as I said has been incredible..... The stress that this put him under I can only imagine. We have all had crisis in our lives, but it is different when it is some this close. He called, emailed, blogged, facebooked everyone he could to keep everyone updated on what happened and my status. I had no idea what he was doing behind the scenes since i was knocked out most of the time. He calmed my daughter who was hysterical, my brother and i share share the same birthday, and my brother was floored, sister was floored, mom and dad were rallying the troops to drive out to KY. I told David not to have them come out, if i didn't have a heart attack i surely would if "The Griswalds landed on Petersburg Beach" Just think Chevy Chase with a New York accent... Kinda like landing on Omaha beach for my family. Northener's in a strange land.
I had a small blockage in an artery.... angioplast done, no stints in the heart...... On my back for a week and to the docs for a new routine of eating and exercise.......... I am grateful more then anything to be surrounded by people who love me. I am so grateful to hubby for being MY ROCK...... I was scared to death, but he held me up and got me the cutest rabbit i have ever seen. Made me laugh when i didnt want too and was on the phone and computer throughout the whole thing so he made sure my family and friends were up to date on everything. I am one lucky girl. Alot of ladies missed out with him. I got very very lucky!
I am on the fiscal board here in our town for the fire department and expected to hear and see our guys come flying out of the firehouse a half mile away. No sirens no sound. I got worried. Hubby called the Fire Chief who is our neighbor, he had heard the call, but was in the state capitol and if it is a heart call they send out the next towns rig.... They got here quick. Our Fire Chiefs mother who is 88 still runs an engine, and we all call her granny. She drove from her house and was here in no time even though it wasnt her engine pulling out.
They loaded me in, blood pressure was real low 50 over 33. Not good. Off we go. Hubby was terrified, I could see the look in his eyes. I felt horrible for him. David is the big protector, the one that takes care of everything, the one that is in control...... The look on his face hurt me. I didn't want to cause him any pain at all. My back injury has been enough for us to handle. Now this. He handles everything with grace and ease, and i could see this stressed him. I am a pain in the ass, but i don't want to be that much of a pain in the ass!!!
Everything for me never happens just right, there is always a comical twist to things. The bambulance driver is a little upset cause hubby was riding his ass on the highway and blowing lights with the ambulance and wanted me to call hubby as the medic is trying to hook up an IV in my arm as we are taking the turns on those lovely back roads in KY. Needless to say the needles missed the first few times and I didnt get on the phone even though my phone was ringing off the hook. As I am watching hubby drive like Dale Earnhardt, the driver of the ambulance cursing like a sailor, and the kid trying to stick me with needles in my arm, I see another car come up behind hubbies at a high rate of speed. And it looks familiar!!! I started thinking this is pretty funny, it kept my mind off of things. It was one of my bestfriends who is a medic, who should have gotten the call, and didnt because of the heart condition. She runs the store in town and her husband came into the store as the ambulance turned in our driveway and said, "gee there was an ambulance up at Dave and Arlene's...... She hopped in her car right away got her scanner and started calling me, him and the firehouse.... I think i needed a glass of wine and some popcorn to see which vehicle was going to get to the hospital first, better then any Indy Car race i ever saw.
We get to the hospital, I looked at the driver and asked him not to yell at my 6'6 husband it would do no good, David is very protective of me and was highly agitated and scared. He agreed and the crew was great about the whole thing. I told him if you think that is bad you should see how our guys drive on the CPD!! I get unloaded and Carol my medic friend is already parked and at the back door of the ambulance banging on it! the door opens and her favorite pet name for me is DEAD BEAT.... So she says, "Hey deadbeat whatcha doing in there and you never pick up your fucking phone!!".... I told her i was a little busy getting busy with the young man in the back of the ambulance. LOL She laughed. And said, tell them I am your sister so i can go in with you. I do so.
They lead hubby to another area, and not into the emergency room which made him more frantic. Carol went and found David as he was fighting his way into the ER. As Carol and I are sitting there she trying to keep my mind off of things and questioning at the same time. I knew the drill. We had a dinner party at the house on Saturday night and just hung out with them. We see her or her husband once a day at least. Carol has in inoperable and incurable brain tumor. She has been on chemo for a year now. Carol and I made a pack if she went bald we were both shaving our heads together for camaraderie. Thank goodness it hasnt come to that yet. A few months ago, I gave her my dog Rebel. He loves her and everytime they are here he sticks by her side. Great little Jack Russel, amazing how dogs know certain things...... The dog has done nothing but lift her spirits. Her husband came up one night without her knowing to have a few beers and thank David for giving them the dog that the dog did more for her then the chemo. They take him everywhere including in their grocery store, and the little bugger turned into an awesome hunting dog. Everyone is happy.
At the party Saturday I looked at her and said...... "hey deadbeat, when are you giving me MY dog back?"......Carol is as sarcastic if not more then me and says..... Listen deadbeat, you'll be dead before I ever give you MY dog back". We all had a good laugh. I know how she pampers the hell out of that dog and he barely says hello to me anymore when he see's me. LOL She teases me all the time and tells to the dog to go say hello to Auntie Arlene!!! Carol and I jab at each other quite a bit.
So in the ER she whispers in my ear, "you know i really didnt mean that about the dog, you can have rebel dawg back anytime, i don't want you to die!!" I laughed until i was crying, tears that, i could finally take the game face off and it all sunk in i was in some deep shit. And it was ok to be scared. Hard for me being the one in the bed instead of the one that is telling someone it is going to be ok with a bullet wound to the chest. Yup God has a sense of humor. We are all human.
David was incredible..... I don't know how he did it. I know he is stressing when his face goes red, and it was beet red.... He was pacing and sweating.... He started calling my family and my daughter.... They sedated me a bit, and did alot more blood work. They came back the first time with a blood clot, which wouldnt have been surprising, since I had 2 in my lungs after 9/11. I knew the drill on that one too..... Cumadin in my stomach for a week in the hospital and i can go home. then the second test came back negative as did the 3rd.....So everyone was scratching their heads. Blood pressure was still low and dropping, heart rate was not correct and showed inconsistencies. Me being a me asked hubby if he could get me a cheeseburger and fries with a side of burrito!!!! We were all hungry after 5 hours in the ER.... Of course he indulged me.... I thought maybe food would take away his stress, if it isnt food it is sex, and there was no sex in the ER!!! The logical conclusion was the cheeseburgers!!
David as I said has been incredible..... The stress that this put him under I can only imagine. We have all had crisis in our lives, but it is different when it is some this close. He called, emailed, blogged, facebooked everyone he could to keep everyone updated on what happened and my status. I had no idea what he was doing behind the scenes since i was knocked out most of the time. He calmed my daughter who was hysterical, my brother and i share share the same birthday, and my brother was floored, sister was floored, mom and dad were rallying the troops to drive out to KY. I told David not to have them come out, if i didn't have a heart attack i surely would if "The Griswalds landed on Petersburg Beach" Just think Chevy Chase with a New York accent... Kinda like landing on Omaha beach for my family. Northener's in a strange land.
I had a small blockage in an artery.... angioplast done, no stints in the heart...... On my back for a week and to the docs for a new routine of eating and exercise.......... I am grateful more then anything to be surrounded by people who love me. I am so grateful to hubby for being MY ROCK...... I was scared to death, but he held me up and got me the cutest rabbit i have ever seen. Made me laugh when i didnt want too and was on the phone and computer throughout the whole thing so he made sure my family and friends were up to date on everything. I am one lucky girl. Alot of ladies missed out with him. I got very very lucky!
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