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Tips, Tricks & Just Good Advice! => Burn it in the Back Yard with Hub! => Topic started by: Hub on December 27, 2016, 06:11:38 AM
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I got ten little miracles for Christmas this year. I already knew that life is full of them, I’ve just never had so many fall in my lap all at once. Since I’ve got an overwhelming number of friends, all of whom have been following my recent adventure and sharing prayers and thoughts for me I need to tie a bow on this get us started on tomorrow. God bless all of you, and thank you so much for your love and care. Here’s the scoop:
Thursday morning about 6:00 AM after a night of just not feeling well, I awoke with the proverbial elephant sitting on my chest and an achy, stinging pain in my jaw. I gave it a few minutes to go away but realized it wasn’t just another old age moan and groan pain thing. Miracle one. I didn’t just hang on stoically to let it pass. I had the presence of mind to wake my wife and get the EMT’s involved.
Miracle two, my daughter was home and she’s CPR trained and good at handling emergencies. She talked the helpers into the house, kept Randi moving in the right directions, held my hand, and fetched the things that need fetching under these circumstances.
Miracle three, the head EMT made a fast diagnosis and was adamant about not taking me to the local emergency room but getting me to a cardiac care center ASAP. No fooling around. They loaded me in an Ambulance and started to haul me to Frye Regional in Hickory.
Miracle four, about half way down Main Street we did a one-eighty. Frye was full and not taking any new cases so we headed for Caramont Cardiac Care in Gastonia. Why was this a miracle?
Miracle four amplified: One of the top heart surgeons in the state had just been finishing up an early morning operation there and said, “bring him in”. About fifteen minutes after the ambulance disgorged me at their ER I was on the operating table getting catheterization and a stent.
Miracle five was how that hospital treated my worried, stressed family. The Chaplain greeted them and prayed with them while I was being taken care of. The intake staff kept them informed and made them feel welcome, not disoriented. Right then I was a lot more worried about them than I was worried about me.
Miracle six was the absolutely top-flight, sincerely caring, overworked but always supportive and helpful bunch of nurses, med techs, and doctors on the CCU and (later) the PCCU that watched me like a hawk. Wow! Where do these people come from?
Miracle seven was the immediate response of my family and friends. No sooner had I been “fixed” and transferred to a bed than I saw my wife, Pastor, daughter, and whole bunch of friendly faces who dropped in to wish me well. Later, reading the brochures, I discovered that the best hospitals encourage friends and loved ones to see cardiac survivors as soon as possible. Now, I know why. That’s some seriously good medicine!
Miracle eight was inside me somewhere and a little hard to describe. I knew I was seriously sick and could die, but that this wasn’t my time. I just had this incredibly overwhelming faith. Not a wish to stay alive – but knowledge that I would. Eerie, but true. God and I grew a little closer.
Miracle nine became visible to me once I was able to get out of bed and walk the corridors of the PCCU. I felt fine. A little “tender” maybe, but absolutely fine. All the other patients I saw were a lot sicker and needed much more attention than I did. What a dose of humility. Nothing teaches one more than true perspective. God, am I blessed!
Miracle ten is you. My wife had told me about all the messages and posts that were showing up for me on Facebook and how Art had posted about me here on LTBBQ and even showed me some posts on her cell but I wasn’t ready for the deluge. I can feel the love. This is incredibly therapeutic.
Happy New Year, everybody! I’m on the mend and a having great friends is the best medicine in the world. ;D
Hub
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Glad you're doing better! :)
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Such a great message to wake up to. Welcome back!
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Such a great message to wake up to. Welcome back!
X2!
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Welcome back to the Forum, Gordon. So glad everything is working out.
As Hanibal Smith used to say, "I love it when a plan comes together!"
Art
I'll see you soon.
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Such a great message to wake up to. Welcome back!
X2!
X3. Best news I have heard so glad your back Hub
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There is a clarity when something like this happens..glad your getting better and the best of luck to you and your family. .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
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It was clearly not your time to go home. Sure glad to have you back on the forum and on the mend. I think you deserve some gravy after all this....... ;)
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It was clearly not your time to go home. Sure glad to have you back on the forum and on the mend. I think you deserve some gravy after all this....... ;)
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It was clearly not your time to go home. Sure glad to have you back on the forum and on the mend. I think you deserve some gravy after all this....... ;)
Hah! On my second day in the CCU, the lunch they served me was an open-faced turkey sandwich with a decent amount of GRAVY on the top. I took it as an omen. Maybe should have counted it as one of the little miracles ;)
Hub
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So glad to hear you are on the road to recovery Hub!
You must know, this place would not be the same without you sir!
Every year for Christmas we make a big ham amongst other things. The ham is handy for sandwiches when family and friends drop by, and my midnight forays into the refrigerator. Anyway the drippings from this ham along with the pineapple juices, brown sugar and cranberry Seven-up made for some spectacular GRAVY! So in a little bit when I have my lunch I'm going to be thinking of you Hub, and douse my plate with gobs of this delicious gravy! :D
Life is Great Hub! ;)
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Glad you are doing much better :) and it always makes me think, prayers do help.
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Hub, I am truly grateful that you are back and on the mend!
Continued prayers for your continued healing.
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Wow Hub what a story!
So glad to hear your ok and still around. We would surely miss you around here!
Sorry I missed the other post and am just finding out about you..
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I just returned home from visiting Gordon with Tim Tucker and Tommy Luckadoo. The four of us had a nice long chat in Gordon's living room. Gordon looks really good. No heavy lifting or walking up and down long flights of stairs. He will actually start some form of physical therapy after the start of the new year. Right now he gets to sit around and surf the web and watch TV. He was ready for some company.
Art
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So happy for you Hub......just take it easy
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Glad your back and doing better ;D
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Glad your on your way back , we had our family Christmas yesterday and a I thought about you when I was straining the turkey drippings for gravy...
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Glad your feeling better Hub.
Yes, never be afraid to get the EMT's involved. My dad was too proud when he had his and it almost cost him. Thankfully they fixed him and 10 years later he's still doing good. Now he's 82.
Funny thing is I haven't been part of this forum very long and on Christmas while pouring gravy on my plate I did kinda chuckle thinking about you guys and your gravy.
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Had a great time with you, Art and Tommy today. The only thing missing was some great BBQ. :D Oh, and maybe some Texas Pete.... ;) :D :D :D
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The Doxology begins with this line:
"Praise God from whom all blessings flow... "
Thanks for sharing an inspiring story.
You're a blessing!
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Ya. I am so happy. I'm glad your doing better my friend.
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Glad to see you back Hub....prayers answered.
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Sorry I missed this earlier Hub, I haven't been in much lately and was sure glad my friends story turned out for the best!!! Take care of yourself so you can have many more years to help inspire us in our cooks!!! Don
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Hey Hub, Great News ! ! !
I just sent Randi an email. I had planned to come up and visit, but have come with a cold that has a nasty cough attached to it. Turned my abs of oatmeal in abs of . . . well . . . tender oatmeal ! ! !
So, sometime after this thing works it's way out of my system.
Ten miracles (eleven with the GRAVY) huh . . . . I'll put a call into The Vatican . . . . St. Hub . . . . sounds good to me ! ! !
BD
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Glad to hear that you are feeling better and are on the mend. I had been offline for a while, so I missed the original message about you feeling better. Our message this morning was talking about how there is a time when we need to be "pruned" in order to produce more fruit. While it might have been scary and stressful for you and your family - that "pruning" might have prepared you for bigger and better things.
We are definitely praying that you will continue to heal.
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Hub, I am truly grateful that you are back and on the mend!
Continued prayers for your continued healing.
Ditto-- so happy to hear you're on the mend and how everything fell into place to get you the care you needed PRONTO!