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| are some of the OFC members from Brevard that will be here tomorrow...
Bob wrote the song for our freecycling groups a couple of years ago..
Don\'t throw it out... aka the Freecycle Rag!~
and his videos of other performances at other events with our groups.. Summer Save it event
Bob has been an entrant/contestant on Nashville Star for several years now... just never makes it to the big show... he is a great friend of ours and has been a regular performer on the local cruise ships/gambling boats in our area for years... Sterling lines who he was working for just pulled out of Canaveral, so he lost that regular gig, and is now back to doing the Club and Tavern scene in Canaveral, Cocoa Beach, and Daytona.
Marsha Barton, my wife's right arm and moderator for the non-profits and .orgs we run, and very wonderful lady organized this event for my wife and to help with the mountain of Hospital, Doctor, medical, lab, and prescription bills that have about buried us...
Florida Today Help! Column Doug is our local columnist and one of our freecycle group members and supporters.
weekend insert story by Ms. Sonnenburg
Hometown News Article
we started setting up for tomorrow about 5 am this morning, and there are a couple of tons of items available, most free or make offer, and lots of it is really really nice... slydog's running the grill, and the entire neighborhood will be having their own yard sales, plant sales, and bake sales as well, and it is a Township and County supported and fun time family event for all....
anyway.... if you're in the neighborhood...
Stop on in!! and plug it in with the rest of us.
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Location: everywhere | Cool i'll swing by round 11:00. one mans roobish is another mans rubies. bye now | |
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| knew that I could count on ya CR...... Bob's setting up about that time...see ya then,.
Glenn | |
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Location: GA USA | Good luck with the sale, Glenn. Having the community come together like this is what Freecycle's all about, huh? | |
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| Hey Bill, my neighbor Bob, not Bob Neace, is an ex-employee of the factory, he lives on Crescent a half a block from me, and told me about some of the Dump runs, and FRGs, 2nds and rejects that you all used to love busting up and having fun with... as you were beating the parts and bodies into oblivion....
sounds like it was a lot of fun,,... said he used to recover a lot of the mahogany and maple..
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | Hope everything goes well,Glenn.
Hope you have FUN and make LOTS of money!.... | |
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| Hello all, Char's strength and stamina are improving daily, but
unfortunately as many of you freecyclers and friends noticed at the event, her stroke symptoms
and confusion and memory loss are increasing and elevating.
This was to be expected and was foreseen by the cardiologist as part
of and resulting from the stent procedure on the carotid, when they
opened it back up(about a 95% blockage) this reduced her blood
pressure, and as her BP is now much lower than it has been over many
years it will take some time for her system to adjust... we are making
adjustments to her medications, and hopefully with more rest and
proper diet and exercise these symptoms will start to reduce, and she
will get more of her mental faculties back... when she returned home
on the Monday prior to the event she was actually able to type, send
e-mail, converse without struggling, and hold on to her train of
thought, but currently that is not the case, and is again back to
about the same condition as she was several days after the stroke...
her strength, appetite, and wakefulness and alertness are fine, and
she is maintaining a regular sleep schedule, but her symptoms are very
much like an Alzheimer's patient.
she is eating well, and in good spirits, she will be seeing her
nephrologist, and her neurologist next week as a follow up to the
stent procedure, and in preparation for her open-heart surgery and/or
stents as a hybrid/combined operation which will be taking place in
about 4 or 5 more weeks as long as her strength continues to improve.
if her stroke symptoms, confusion, and mild dementia continue to
elevate over the next couple of days, she will be going back to and be
re-admitted to the hospital for further evaluation and treatment.
Thanks for all of your prayers, well wishes, and support, and please
keep the prayers and good thoughts coming.. and keep your fingers
crossed for her...
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Location: Vernon CT | Fingers are crossed for you!
I wish the best.
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| sorry Bill, I made an error in my earlier post, met a lot of people over the past couple of weeks.. my neighbors name is not Bob, but is Kevin Marchant, he worked at the factory in the 70's and says he even cooked down fresh cut scrap maple that didn't pass inspection for syrup...
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Don't know him.
cooked down scrap maple for syrup... Yeah, OK, that will work just fine...... | |
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| just relaying what he told me MB... he probably spent time up in the tower too... or at least behind the dumpster having a safety meeting.
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| sent to our freecyclers, and thought I'd let you all know here as well,
Char's stroke symptoms have continued to progress and elevate, and
earlier this evening she started having problems with nausea and
vomiting, so we called the ambulance, and I followed them up to Holmes..
they did an ekg, cat scan, and bloodwork and chest x-ray and
urinalysis and it looks like her kidneys are starting to go into
failure as her creatinine level is almost double what it was when they
did the stent two weeks ago.... she's resting comfortably, and will be
having more tests, and probably go back on the heparin for a day or
two.. and more tests on the kidney function..
so it looks like dialysis is right around the corner for her, along
with everything else...
keep the prayers coming please. and please everyone send her the
e-cards via the hospitals network, she really appreciates them, and
they really brighten her room up..
https://www.health-first.org/applications/ecards/index.cfm?&CFID=153...
=41118665
her name is Charlotte Hess, and as long as you have her name, and use
the link above, you can send her get well wishes..
I'll get you all the room number as soon as I have it.
gotta get some rest..
Thanks,
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| Re: OT: Update on Charlotte...
--- In fcnext@yahoogroups.com, "lc_cat1" wrote:
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> Things are even worse today for Char. Send prayers, thoughts, vibes --
> whatever you can. If you want to send a card, here's the link:
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> I don't know what room she's in, so just be sure to put Charlotte Hess
> down for the patient's name and choose Holmes Regional Medical Center.
> That's all they need. Char and Glenn both appreciate the cards a lot.
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> Many thanks,
> Nancy
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Thank You Nancy, and thank you to all of her friends here, SIG, RIN,
FCearth, Freesharing, Pay it Forward, and all of the other networks,
as well as her many friends and supporters still in TFN.
I'm going to get a little nap if I can, and will be going up later
today, and then spending the night with her in the hospital.
as posted to our groups today,,, if you are a member with us you've
already seen this.
Thank you all...
Glenn
Re: BrevardCountyFreecycle-RS Admin: Char's condition, and ALL ITEMS
ARE GONE...
From: Gvandtk@...
Sent: Sat 8/09/08 3:46 PM
To: glennahesssr@...
Hang in there Glenn, my prayers are with you and Char. God Bless You Two!
Reene (from up north - CT)
In a message dated 8/9/2008 2:45:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
glennahesssr@... writes:
if I have contacted you and told you that I was holding them for
you...
if you said you were gonna be here, and didn't show up or let me know
why.... or schedule another time... they have now been given to
others.
I have several SMALL items and computer parts, electronics, etc...
that are still here, and these members were conscientious enough to
let me know that they were delayed, or lost, or something came up...
and all is good with you.. please pick up as promised.
Thank You! To ED Donges, and his wife and son(again), Jason, The
Members who wished to remain anonymous, and the fine lady with the
Truck and Trailer that took all of the remaining items and hutch. and
all others who showed up.
The shelters are currently being dis-assembled, cleaned, and wrapped
and packed.
Re: Charlotte,
she is still very confused, combative, and semi-uncooperative, they
have sedated her, and she is having a dye contrast study done today,
an echo on the stent that went in last week, and more tests,
bloodwork, and other scans and evaluation.
if her kidneys are failing, that has never been un-anticipated, and
with her polycystic kidney disease and her liver and spleen being
sympathetic, it was only a matter of time anyway, and the procedures
and surgery increased the risk and stress on them....
the big issue is the stroke and her mental faculties, and hopefully
they can get her back to where she was when she returned home on the
Monday before the yardsale, and 3 days after the stent procedure, but
some plaque may have broken loose during the procedure and caused
further brain damage as well... they have her on heparin, and as I
said, will be doing many more tests today.
I got her calmed back down, her daughter Jessica who was at the Check
out table for the sale is with her now, as well as the other Daughter
Kelly who took the pictures and helped out, along with Char's new Baby
Grand-Daughter.. Lydia Lynne Rindge.. soon to be a year old..
She seems to understand why she's back in the hospital, and has agreed
to let the Doctors and Nurses treat her, and do all that they feel is
necessary... Her son Ryan and his wife are on their way down from
Georgia later this week as soon as they can get away from work.
Thanks All for the Quick Response and Help.... and I apologize for
blasting everyone before..
Keep the prayers and e-cards for Char coming... and Thank you all for
being members and friends and neighbors to us and each others for all
of these years as Brevard, Cocoa, Space Coast, Melbourne, and PAFB
Freecycle-RS... The FIRST and Original Freecycling Groups for our
area!
Thank You All again,
Glenn and Char | |
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