Duck Pond Redneckery


This van is going to be my house for a few days. Because fuck Chicago traffic.

I'm going to try to inflate a 60" air mattress in there.

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Earlier today:

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Sarah is 42 years old. Had a stroke. Unresponsive, couldn't speak, right arm and leg paralyzed, droopy face.

Ambulance took her to Kankakee, they found a clot in her brain and it needed to be removed with surgery so she got to ride in a helicopter to Chicago and I got to put that car tire on the motorcycle to the ultimate test. I did some really stupid insane shit like you see the crotch rockets doing in those videos except I was on a Goldwing with a flexible rear tire.

But the surgery was successful and she's got her arm and leg back. But she can barely talk.

Visiting hours are 8-10 but they let me stay til 1AM. Sarah was giving me the puppy eyes and refusing to let go of my hand when I had to leave.

So tomorrow I'm bringing the van and when they kick me out I'm just going to sleep in the van in the parking garage.
Damnit I sure hate to hear about this prayers for a full and speedy recovery
 
This van is going to be my house for a few days. Because fuck Chicago traffic.

I'm going to try to inflate a 60" air mattress in there.

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Earlier today:

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Sarah is 42 years old. Had a stroke. Unresponsive, couldn't speak, right arm and leg paralyzed, droopy face.

Ambulance took her to Kankakee, they found a clot in her brain and it needed to be removed with surgery so she got to ride in a helicopter to Chicago and I got to put that car tire on the motorcycle to the ultimate test. I did some really stupid insane shit like you see the crotch rockets doing in those videos except I was on a Goldwing with a flexible rear tire.

But the surgery was successful and she's got her arm and leg back. But she can barely talk.

Visiting hours are 8-10 but they let me stay til 1AM. Sarah was giving me the puppy eyes and refusing to let go of my hand when I had to leave.

So tomorrow I'm bringing the van and when they kick me out I'm just going to sleep in the van in the parking garage.
I hope sure she gonna be "Okay"..

Hope ya doing alright yourself @Duck ..

Hopefully Sarah be alrighty ya guys drive home to Kankakee tomorrow..

I'll "Pray" for ya both ..
 
did he mention medications she will be on now, for this to not happen again??
No they're going to be doing tests to determine the cause.

Personally I think that clot might have built up slowly over time because she's had the same speech issues before, over the past few months but only temporarily. It'll last just a few minutes and she'd be back to normal.
 
I am so thankful for the doctors that took the time to explain an MRI and really, what to look for in one. Also that you can take the disc home, put it in a laptop or PC and really study the depth of the imaging.

The best to Sara, Duck.
 
My dad was texting me all day yesterday. He's a retired psychologist.

One of the things he told me was that the voice of the nurturing person who always holds and comforts a young child when they're scared, stays with them forever and it's been statistically shown that at any stage in life, even well into adulthood, that the voice that calmed them as a child usually helps them wake up from comas and also recover from traumatic brain injuries such as blunt force trauma from accidents.

There's not much of this type of data on stroke patients though, because strokes typically happen to older people whose parents have passed on.

But it's definitely going to be beneficial for Sarah in any case having her dad there today because he was the one who raised her. I told him to keep talking even if he runs out of topics and has to start rambling on about what he ate for dinner last Tuesday. She just needs to hear his voice. She's a daddy's girl.

The stupid covid rules only allows one visitor per day, so I'm at home today.

It's driving me nuts that I can't be up there today. She couldn't speak but she was giving me the puppy eyes and refusing to let go of my hand when the nurse was making me leave after visiting hours last night.

Tomorrow I'm going to try and get Facebook messenger video calls going with her daughter in Massachusetts, her sister, brother and probably two of her aunts. At least she'll be able to see them live on my phone screen.
 
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My dad was texting me all day yesterday. He's a retired psychologist.

One of the things he told me was that the voice of the nurturing person who always holds and comforts a young child when they're scared, stays with them forever and it's been statistically shown that at any stage in life, even well into adulthood, that the voice that calmed them as a child usually helps them wake up from comas and also recover from traumatic brain injuries such as blunt force trauma from accidents.

There's not much of this type of data on stroke patients though, because strokes typically happen to older people whose parents have passed on.

But it's definitely going to be beneficial for Sarah in any case having her dad there today because he was the one who raised her. I told him to keep talking even if he runs out of topics and has to start rambling on about what he ate for dinner last Tuesday. She just needs to hear his voice. She's a daddy's girl.

The stupid covid rules only allows one visitor per day, so I'm at home today.

It's driving me nuts that I can't be up there today. She couldn't speak but she was giving me the puppy eyes and refusing to let go of my hand when the nurse was making me leave after visiting hours last night.
I’ll bet that was one of the worst things you ever had to do
 
For the screws that stick out. I don't feel like trimming them and having them fly out of my fingers and disappear when I try to grind the sharp saw cut edges down.

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Clear acrylic drying

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Rubber sink washer so I don't have to crank the pivot bolt too tight for it to stay put. I don't want to bring wrenches into the hospital.

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