'Hunter Gray' hunterbadbear@hunterbear.org [marxist]
2014-08-29 13:05:17 UTC
Eldri suddenly collapsed, unconscious, on Monday morning. Fortunately, she was sitting in a chair with another adjacent, and didn't hit the floor or the wall. Yelling her name, I moved quickly to administer first aid but she recovered her consciousness very quickly. Her blood pressure was high and her heartbeat far above the normal range. Nothing like this had ever happened in our going-on 54 years of marriage. She has always been the Family Rock.
At the ER, her heartbeat was about 200. A literal flock of medical people got that under control. She was in the hospital for four days -- during which there were intermittent episodes of racing heartbeat while medics tried different medicines, initially to no enduring avail. Finally, a new med was successful in achieving consistent stability.
Our family -- those here and those far and away -- is extremely cohesive. Each person did his or her contributions in excellent fashion. I spent four very long days at the hospital; Maria maintained our home "communications center" ; Josie provided very important transportation services and The Babies brought bright sunshine. Thomas and Mimie, now at Mayos (Rochester, MN) were busy indeed and Thomas provided extremely important medical advice and also dialogued with the head physician. John and Peter and Samantha gave very significant moral support. Pete had pizza and flowers sent and John will be flying here tomorrow. Our animal companions were greatly concerned and quite supportive.
The cause of this is murky -- but may have something to do with the strange flu which hit our entire family here in Pocatello late last winter and well into the spring. Other people in the region were also affected. Anti-biotics were utilized and I got off fairly lightly. It struck Eldri very hard and her recovery was slow.
Hospital medical personnel were fine -- some very fine. Although two docs had indicated on Wednesday that Eldri, who wanted "out" very strongly, could return home Thursday -- yesterday -- under certain conditions, there was a snafu and we were still at the hospital late in the afternoon. My advocacy abilities are very good and I used them most strongly in the context of friendly persuasion.
Eventually I was successful. Eldri was home by early evening.
In conjunction with this, it developed that Maria has an as-yet undiagnosed interior malady. This is obviously a problematic dimension but, whatever it is, it's well less than grave.
Eldri and Maria are holding up very well. Still, it is now a new epoch replete with challenge. Most of our normal activities will continue with no major changes -- though we will be keeping things as laid-back as possible. Our barking cattle dog will continue to bark and small children, always a morale boost, will continue to grace our scene. But we will begin winding our activities down by around 6 or 6:30 pm or so for the forseeable future.
Hunter Bear
HUNTER GRAY [HUNTER BEAR/JOHN R SALTER JR] Mi'kmaq /
St. Francis Abenaki / St. Regis Mohawk
Protected by NaÂŽshdoÂŽiÂŽbaÂŽiÂŽ
and Ohkwari'
Check out our massive social justice website:
www.hunterbear.org
Member, National Writers Union AFL-CIO
The Stormy Adoption of an Indian Child [My Father]:
http://hunterbear.org/James%20and%20Salter%20and%20Dad.htm
(Photos)
My expanded/updated "Organizer's Book,"
JACKSON MISSISSIPPI -- with a new 10,000
word introduction by me. Covers much of my
confrontational social justice organizing life to
date. Contains much how-to grassroots organizing
methodology: http://hunterbear.org/jackson.htm
Forest Fires in the West (including the life of an old-time
fire lookout: http://hunterbear.org/forest_fires_in_the_west.htm
At the ER, her heartbeat was about 200. A literal flock of medical people got that under control. She was in the hospital for four days -- during which there were intermittent episodes of racing heartbeat while medics tried different medicines, initially to no enduring avail. Finally, a new med was successful in achieving consistent stability.
Our family -- those here and those far and away -- is extremely cohesive. Each person did his or her contributions in excellent fashion. I spent four very long days at the hospital; Maria maintained our home "communications center" ; Josie provided very important transportation services and The Babies brought bright sunshine. Thomas and Mimie, now at Mayos (Rochester, MN) were busy indeed and Thomas provided extremely important medical advice and also dialogued with the head physician. John and Peter and Samantha gave very significant moral support. Pete had pizza and flowers sent and John will be flying here tomorrow. Our animal companions were greatly concerned and quite supportive.
The cause of this is murky -- but may have something to do with the strange flu which hit our entire family here in Pocatello late last winter and well into the spring. Other people in the region were also affected. Anti-biotics were utilized and I got off fairly lightly. It struck Eldri very hard and her recovery was slow.
Hospital medical personnel were fine -- some very fine. Although two docs had indicated on Wednesday that Eldri, who wanted "out" very strongly, could return home Thursday -- yesterday -- under certain conditions, there was a snafu and we were still at the hospital late in the afternoon. My advocacy abilities are very good and I used them most strongly in the context of friendly persuasion.
Eventually I was successful. Eldri was home by early evening.
In conjunction with this, it developed that Maria has an as-yet undiagnosed interior malady. This is obviously a problematic dimension but, whatever it is, it's well less than grave.
Eldri and Maria are holding up very well. Still, it is now a new epoch replete with challenge. Most of our normal activities will continue with no major changes -- though we will be keeping things as laid-back as possible. Our barking cattle dog will continue to bark and small children, always a morale boost, will continue to grace our scene. But we will begin winding our activities down by around 6 or 6:30 pm or so for the forseeable future.
From the hatch onward, my approach has always -- always -- been Keep Fighting. And that's the ethos of our entire family. Always has been and always will be.
Best.Hunter Bear
HUNTER GRAY [HUNTER BEAR/JOHN R SALTER JR] Mi'kmaq /
St. Francis Abenaki / St. Regis Mohawk
Protected by NaÂŽshdoÂŽiÂŽbaÂŽiÂŽ
and Ohkwari'
Check out our massive social justice website:
www.hunterbear.org
Member, National Writers Union AFL-CIO
The Stormy Adoption of an Indian Child [My Father]:
http://hunterbear.org/James%20and%20Salter%20and%20Dad.htm
(Photos)
My expanded/updated "Organizer's Book,"
JACKSON MISSISSIPPI -- with a new 10,000
word introduction by me. Covers much of my
confrontational social justice organizing life to
date. Contains much how-to grassroots organizing
methodology: http://hunterbear.org/jackson.htm
Forest Fires in the West (including the life of an old-time
fire lookout: http://hunterbear.org/forest_fires_in_the_west.htm