Trip #4 during the past 24 hours to the emergency room with my son who has kidney stones. As in the previous trips, I have been sitting in the waiting room the past 4 hours.
With four trips in, I think this last one will probably result in their admitting him because the IV morphine derivative works great....until it wears off. The pain killers they gave to him to take home when they released him the previous three times did not do squat.
I understand Buckeye is the expert with being stoned. :-)
Later, gang.
Jack.
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Jack, REBs can cure your son. We have a special treatment for Yankees with ailments.
Home again. Busy day. Now bill paying and off to bed.
Sleep tight.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Yes Jack the Morph works for a little while but seems to wear off pretty fast.
Stones are painful, hope it passes soon.
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
Charter Member- Tardis Train Crew (TTC) - Detroit3railers- Detroit Historical society Glancy Modular trains- Charter member BTTS
Yup, the doctors admitted my son for kidney stones. Chief......I asked them if they had a Southern cure and they just laughed, said that stuff is what makes Rebs talk funny.
SJ.......he is/was in a lot of pain. My wife said the pain is worse than childbirth. The scan showed only one stone, and it had already made its way from the kidney to the bladder.....so they did not anticipate what has happened after the first visit.
Jack
Understandable Jack, usually once the stone reaches the bladder the pain is over and it passes.
Good evening all,
Jack, my sympathies for the one with the stones. Cannot be fun at all. A very good day today. Sun came out and warmed up the back porch so I could run trains. A 2 hour session with the 318E was very good. Showed me the problem with the 384E was not transformer related. There is quirk with the 318E as well, but not as bad. Ran 8040 with the tank cars for a while as well. I love the smell of ozone during the day. It smells like railroading. Went thru 2 boxes of "stuff" and made decisions about all the contents. Several more boxes to go. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Jack, yes. Moonshine. Kills the pain and passes the stone.
Konbanwa and Ohayo Chuck,
I’ve been absent for a few weeks due to being busy at work here and then spending a week working in Hawaii. I should be able to catch up and to start posting again. I hope everyone is doing well.
Sayonara,
Joe
Hey guys, quick fly by-
Hey Joe, whatta ya know?
Installation dinner was great, LOADS of fire calls (46 for the year already!) this week, back at
work today....this is a holiday? HA!
Family is in Cancun so I have to take care of the feral cats and I'll have more computer time so
you may see me more this week!
Back later!
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
Good Morning from Blueberryhill.......
Good Morning, Joe,...Good to see you posting again.
It is a cloudy 36 degrees. Going up to 40 today.
Today is a busy day. Wife is grocery shopping and has a dentist appt. She is not in a good mood.
I have a few chores to do and some paperwork to finish. Then, lunch and a nap.
Dining car has arrived with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Monday.
Chuck
Good Monday Morning All!
JoeD - Glad your ok and back.
RI Jack - I have a friend at work who has had 23 stones in his lifetime, I think he's in his early 60's. His last one was last month and it was too large to pass, it passed the bladder and became lodged. Very painful. Hope it goes well for him.
Ray
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
Mornin' boys. Partly sunny & 36 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. I did watch football, but Wifey gave the North Pole layout a stay of execution. Said the grandson loves it, so it can stay up a while longer. Kinda gives me a little longer to find a place to stow it away.
Back on nights. Gonna be cold this week.
Hi GUYZ,
Been busy again like the BEE LINE. Had a nice train nerd party at friends house in Elizabethtown, Pa. on Saturday nite. Good food, beer and lots o train talk. Even WIFE enjoyed the nite. Made lots o progress on layout and sprayed the can expanding foam and trimmed it. Now to do some spackle work on it and start painting. I did the mountain in 8 different pieces. This way I don't have to climb all over the layout and riun things. I have it so if I need to get at track take apart one section and it will expose the track. Another section for electrical. Pretty easy but did have some thinking to ponder but I think will work out. I will post pics when done. Maybe next week. I only work on it for about 2 hrs a day. Don't wanta burn out? I gotta pace myself.
JOEY D, Glad your back. Konichiwa!!!!
JACK prayers for the ailing boy. Ask BUCKEYE about those stones.
ANJDEVIL, WOW lots o calls for January. Stay safe.
CHUCK, watch out for the PILE UPs?
HUDSONJOHN, How was trainfest? Did you give MIKE WOLF and nuggies?
Stay frosty my friends,
laz57
Morning. Yes, its still morning. Had errands to run. Left truck at shop for new shocks [use to do that stuff myself, getting too old]. 130K and original shocks. Still OK but this will be better. Got Mayors' meeting tonight. Train Box in a few.
Hope Jacks Son does OK.
Good to hear from Joe.
Rich, too many calls not good. Be safe.
Later
RockIsland52 Trip #4 during the past 24 hours to the emergency room with my son who has kidney stones. As in the previous trips, I have been sitting in the waiting room the past 4 hours. With four trips in, I think this last one will probably result in their admitting him because the IV morphine derivative works great....until it wears off. The pain killers they gave to him to take home when they released him the previous three times did not do squat. I understand Buckeye is the expert with being stoned. :-) Later, gang. Jack.
Jack, I have had at least a dozen kidney stones over the years and in every case the pain killer worked and the stone migrated to a no pain zone and was evenutally passed. One time I went to the ER and thought I had a kidney stone and was treated and sent home. However, I was back in the ER again the next day. Turns out that it was not a kidney stone but something else. I forget now what it was but they took care of it. I hope your son gets over his fast. They are no fun at all.
Just when you thought it was safe to breath again........... I read in the paper today that because of the stalled air over the L.A. Basin, there are a lot of unhealthy things in the air for people with breathing problems. However, the air quality report is showing good air in our area. I don't get it. That report must have come from a heavily congested bar.
Paper is also reporting about polls for approving marijuana recreational use.. Quotes Obama as saying that he thinks marijuana is no more dangerous than alcohol. My question is what did alcohol abuse every do for us? Washington State and Colorado are already selling pot leagally. Thanks for the warning. I will stay the heck out of those places. We just had two or three pot heads almost burn down our town this week.
later,
SPMan
Aloha. Grey again today - supposed to be dropping to -25 again with the wind overnight. Lovely. At this rate, we'll still have this snow in June. I'll be somewhat glad to be in the hospital. Nice to hear from Joe. Glad everything is well. Kidney stones sound terrible. Prayers for your SiL, Jack! Worked on the layout over the weekend - cleaning and tweaking the track.Thomas was fine on it but Ivor - with only 4 wheels, he feels every twinge.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Looks like the arctic vortex is descending again. SJ ready the dog teams !
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
Good weather day. Unloaded some more junk at an antique store with the possibility of getting rid of some stuff. Wife was not too happy with what I got, but she did not do the negotiating so no big deal. It is money we did not have before and stuff we were never going to use. I see it as a win. Went to see "Saving Mr. Banks", which was about Walt Disney and the writer of Mary Poppins. Movie was about far more than that. kind of surprising. Definitely NOT for kids. Can not say I would recommend it. Good acting, and some interesting story lines. Temps really supposed to drop this week. I will be glad to see this winter gone. I hope everyone has a good day.
MichRR714 Looks like the arctic vortex is descending again. SJ ready the dog teams !
Finally admitted it.
Home from the Mayors' Assoc. meeting. Temps warm. Falling tomorrow and possible flurries by 5 PM. Up and down. High Wed., 31. Then slow warming. After all, its winter.
The highest temp in our 10 day forecast is 24 degrees.
Anyone that likes this kind of weather can have all 10 of mine.
Hello all
Another quiet night here on the mountain, so far anyways.
No so much for my friend in town. That Honda Accord I just replaced the master cylinder on? Just got rear ended and sounds like it's a goner. Friend is ok. Driver that hit her had Titan(?) ins. Anybody heard of them? Hope that doesn't become an issue. Guess we'll have to start looking for that Volvo wagon she's always wanted. At least the new master cylinder got her thru the move anyway.
Jack - thoughts and prayers for your son. Those things are not fun.
Joe - good to see you back. Were you at Hickam?
Chief - the shocks I'm replacing have only 50K on them, but are 49 yrs old!
Charlie - love that articulated in the video. And talk about a mixed freight!
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Mornin' boys. Snohizo at the gates. Not looking forward to grinding my way through work tonight. Long, tough winter.
HI GUYZ,
CHUCK, you got the SNO CANNON aimed at us tis morning. We're gonna get anywhere from 5-8 inches of SNO HI OOOOO!!!!. WIFE is off again from school. Gonna do more work on the mountain. Yesterday filled in cracks with spackle. Today gonna put in ground cover and some painting.
SIR JAMES & MITCH, how many dogs YUZ GUYZ using? Go to OHIO they say its warmer there?
Stya frosty my friends,
Morning all. Out of Town Mayor's meeting. Back middle of the afternoon.
Laz, must be double barrel snow cannon or a big gauge one. We went from a slight flurries to a big dusting or up to 2" by 5 PM.
Fifey, good luck with the snowy night shift.
Sir J. and Charlie, MUSH MUSH.
8N, you are a great KATY museum volunteer. Especially with this cold weather.
Talked to Shake and Bake last night. NOT AGAIN. More surgery as a set back. Then recovery again. Not good.
Have a great day.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill.........
Good Morning, Joe... I'll send you some snow.
It is snowing. 19 degrees. Snow all day and colder.
Today is an easy day. We are not going out for a few days. Too cold. Have stocked up on food and now we can relax. May do some reading.
Doug Murphy... Good luck with your surgery.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great and warm Tuesday.
ChiefEagles Talked to Shake and Bake last night. NOT AGAIN. More surgery as a set back. Then recovery again. Not good.
Prayers sent for D. Baker. Wishing you a good recovery this time Don. So sorry this happened but I kow you will get through it. We are with you.
Doug Murphy, prayers for a good outcome on your surgery. All the best to a good guy.
Not much going on here yet this morning but just read that Trains Magazine will have a live coverage of the Big Boy move this week end. I probably will see most of it on there. I'm not up to train chasing any more. I might try to see it when it stops at the Metrolink station in Covina. After that, it's up for grabs. I hope I can see it go over Cajon Pass later this year. That would be more memorable to me.
Since I got my Statler Brothers final concert video (2002) I have been learning about them on the internet since they retired. Harold and Don Reid who are the only real brothers in the group have respective son's who are now carrying on the family business doing shows with just the two of them. I saw them on you tube and they sounded real good. They go by the name of Wilson Fairchild or something like that which is their middle names. At first they used the name Falstaff but that didn't work.
Hello thereA quick check inA visit to the Ortho doc yesterday resulted in Mrs returning to work on the 24th. Four more weeks of therapy is recommended. She is home today with two of the grandkids as schools are closed here. (and probably tomorrow if the guesser's are right) That's less sick days she'll have to useDon Baker....
Best get busyPrayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Don B and DougM
snowing like crazy here, waiting for 2 customers to show up and we are out of here, we have about 4 inches on the ground and 8 more on the way. Just need to stop at the CVS on the way home and yes it is ON THE WAY!!
I'll run home and do a quick snow blower on the driveway and sidewalks then nothing until the dawn. It'll be lucky if I show up to work tomorrow...haha..
Fife - Be careful out there, buddy, the crazies are all out at night....I should know......
46 fire calls so far this month...and this is only day 21
Off to fight the flurries.......
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