tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post8652435274745105429..comments2024-03-28T21:10:52.795+11:00Comments on Elephant's Child: Finally we are moving forward.Elephant's Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-28190840844547732222012-08-23T20:51:47.802+10:002012-08-23T20:51:47.802+10:00lutheranladiescircle: Chocolate is a wonderful br...lutheranladiescircle: Chocolate is a wonderful bribe is it not? Some of the best things in life are chocolate.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-4077560523280961752012-08-23T18:54:28.300+10:002012-08-23T18:54:28.300+10:00I love that you dropped by the blog. You're a...I love that you dropped by the blog. You're always, always welcome. And the only way you could corrupt a poll is by sending me chocolate. So feel free to do so. <br />By the way...it seems so strange and somehow so right in the world that you're looking at the flowers of spring as we round the corner and head into sleep of fall. Everything is turning as it should.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-76974015382650116132012-07-27T00:50:49.254+10:002012-07-27T00:50:49.254+10:00Dear Sweet E,
In the midst of your struggles, y...Dear Sweet E,<br /> In the midst of your struggles, you capture BEAUTY.<br /><br />I CANNOT believe those birds. If I saw one in the wild in Minnesota, I'd perform a FLIP!!<br /><br />The White Birds thrill me!<br /><br />So Much Love Flowing ... XxxMy Inner Chickhttp://myinnerchick.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-43146686751658965572012-07-21T20:43:37.139+10:002012-07-21T20:43:37.139+10:00Jane @Hesitant Housewife: Thank you. Slow steps ...Jane @Hesitant Housewife: Thank you. Slow steps still, but mostly pointing in the right direction.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-12259397087986224862012-07-21T19:06:50.872+10:002012-07-21T19:06:50.872+10:00Oh, I seemed to have replied from my old blog prof...Oh, I seemed to have replied from my old blog profile too... Anyways, you know who I am!Jane @Hesitant Housewifehttp://hesitanthousewife.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-51587775541653193272012-07-21T19:05:48.163+10:002012-07-21T19:05:48.163+10:00I'm so sorry, I'm hopeless with keeping up...I'm so sorry, I'm hopeless with keeping up with blogs, unless I see them on facebook, I know, terrible excuse. :( What a rough time you have been going through. I hate hospitals and Drs, and all the nonsense that goes along with them. Being a diabetic for so long, I have experienced the best and the worst of the medical system. I am glad that things seem to be improving, I hope it continues. xxThe Hesitant Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207889556690395221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-77607532803313925502012-07-20T07:31:02.019+10:002012-07-20T07:31:02.019+10:00Denise: Small steps continue - mostly in the righ...Denise: Small steps continue - mostly in the right direction.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-62557203093501250802012-07-20T07:30:20.801+10:002012-07-20T07:30:20.801+10:00barbfroman: Thank you. Normalacy sounds lovely. ...barbfroman: Thank you. Normalacy sounds lovely. Bring it on. Please.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-74250270735930845672012-07-20T07:29:19.946+10:002012-07-20T07:29:19.946+10:00Dee: Thank you. These photos and videos were tak...Dee: Thank you. These photos and videos were taken from within the hospital grounds and were a lovely and daily reminder of the beauty that this world can offer.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-17055077061970773702012-07-20T05:47:35.330+10:002012-07-20T05:47:35.330+10:00Oh what a time you've had. Do hope all is pro...Oh what a time you've had. Do hope all is progressing in the right direction, that you've finally gotten to chat to someone who knows what the heck is going on. Please know I'm thinking of you all and sending a big hug.DeniseinVAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08494518513936310345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-61438382384977733702012-07-18T18:45:17.306+10:002012-07-18T18:45:17.306+10:00This week sounds like hell. I'm hoping it'...This week sounds like hell. I'm hoping it's much better now. The early morning and birds are beautiful and I see why you find them so comforting. Bless you heart. May you soon have peace and some sort of normalcy in your life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-22622300632306987832012-07-18T11:25:53.693+10:002012-07-18T11:25:53.693+10:00Dear EC, I haven't been visiting blogs for alm...Dear EC, I haven't been visiting blogs for almost a week and so I missed this update on SP and the invisible doctors. I do so hope that by now--Tuesday, five days after you posted--things are better. This has been such a long wearisome time for SP and his sister and you. And always there's the fear of more operations.<br /><br />I was glad to see your photographs and videos because they tell me that you are taking time to simply enjoy the world beyond those hospital walls. Be good to yourself. Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-36189100674219173102012-07-17T07:52:09.053+10:002012-07-17T07:52:09.053+10:00Susan Kane: The birds are the early morning sky a...Susan Kane: The birds are the early morning sky are essential for my sanity. What is left of it.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-80904456412795463242012-07-17T07:51:24.743+10:002012-07-17T07:51:24.743+10:00Strayer: I don't think we have a lot of choic...Strayer: I don't think we have a lot of choice but to endure it. The problems seem to start with the diverticulitis we didn't know he had until his bowel erupted. From there we have been lurching from medical procedure to medical crisis to medical procedure and back again.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-91865481795136705342012-07-17T03:17:46.527+10:002012-07-17T03:17:46.527+10:00This sure has been a long struggle. Dr. are so un...This sure has been a long struggle. Dr. are so unaware or not caring that the families are hanging on each word. <br /><br />You are amazing. In the midst of it all with the little one, you take your camera and surprise us all with your bird paradise.Susan Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834094675218254410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-72131754471796434272012-07-16T12:47:42.510+10:002012-07-16T12:47:42.510+10:00You are strong to endure all this and so is he. W...You are strong to endure all this and so is he. What caused all these problems with his bowels in the first place, do you know?Strayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124298302997708537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-67330846440002138862012-07-15T20:28:28.057+10:002012-07-15T20:28:28.057+10:00Christine: Beyond arrogant some of them. We now ...Christine: Beyond arrogant some of them. We now have no idea when he will be discharged. And, since he is still vomiting despite anti-nausea medication, I am not at all sure that home is the best place for him. He has lost over 15 kilos now, and continues to lose weight every day. Frightening. For him, for us all. The last suggested discharge date was tomorrow. He didn't see any of the medical fraternity today and continued to vomit. Who knows what the morrow will bring...Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-77990050849414036812012-07-15T20:24:31.079+10:002012-07-15T20:24:31.079+10:00ladyfi: We are still playing the one step forward...ladyfi: We are still playing the one step forward, two steps back tango. Something has to go right soon.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-63185631425898093912012-07-15T20:23:39.549+10:002012-07-15T20:23:39.549+10:00Nicky: I know that your good wishes are travellin...Nicky: I know that your good wishes are travelling across the miles to us. Thank you.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-59449965972108887312012-07-15T20:08:05.599+10:002012-07-15T20:08:05.599+10:00They are arrogant, those doctors.. it must be a de...They are arrogant, those doctors.. it must be a defence against something or other - perhaps the extreme anxiety that you are expressing but which they cannot know about lest they not be be able to function. That moment when you realised that SP had been on the emergency list all along. Perhaps the truth is that the doctors don't know either...which is terrible for them, and everyone else. Hopefully they did not call a social worker to organise a taxi voucher and/or emergency accommodation when they realised that he was holding out...<br />This is one terrible adventure...Christinehttp://www.lockwoodseasons.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-7177638040795269962012-07-15T16:14:31.075+10:002012-07-15T16:14:31.075+10:00Oh gosh ... how very very frustrating and heart-br...Oh gosh ... how very very frustrating and heart-breaking. <br /><br />So glad that things seem to have taken a turn for the better.<br /><br />Hugs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-898204309312763312012-07-15T06:18:58.688+10:002012-07-15T06:18:58.688+10:00Bloody hell! What a bunch of blasted rat-fink-ish ...Bloody hell! What a bunch of blasted rat-fink-ish docs... URK URK and double URK. <br /><br />And another growl...<br /><br />I am SO GLAD that he has at least had a bit of something to eat... <br /><br />Fingers crossed everything goes better from now on. And I say you tell these docs exactly what you think of them. They need to get off their high horse and listen to the people they are working with!!! Best wishes from across the pond...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067320873931662847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-27504237304743713852012-07-15T05:30:46.843+10:002012-07-15T05:30:46.843+10:00All Consuming: For some reason he appears to be a...All Consuming: For some reason he appears to be able to keep food down during the day (with the help of some anti-nausea medication, but loses it at night. I am hoping so much that last night was different.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-39855525501700447142012-07-15T05:29:23.622+10:002012-07-15T05:29:23.622+10:00bugerlugs63: Fast forwarding seems a wonderful so...bugerlugs63: Fast forwarding seems a <b>wonderful</b> solution to all this mess.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-12562093859168824652012-07-15T05:28:09.065+10:002012-07-15T05:28:09.065+10:00Linda: It does indeed seem to be a world wide iss...Linda: It does indeed seem to be a world wide issue with hospitals. Compassion? No time. Empathy? Can't even spell it. Hiss and spit.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com