I hope you get better FAST! Take care of yourself! Rebecca Dugger Mommy to Kelsay, Heath, and Sarah www.luvmyfamily.us mail to: luvmyfamily@iglide.net Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. Psalm 37: 4, 5 Household Chemicals are a Loaded Gun "More children under the age of 4 die of accidental poisonings at home than are accidentally killed with guns at home" - National Safety Council MomsForLife - Keeping Families Safe and Healthy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lesley Shockey" <LShockey@citynet.net> To: <SHOCKEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 8:34 AM Subject: [Shockey] A very bad week > Hello Shockey cousins, > > I guess the good news is that I am back home after a few very rough > days. I will be laid up for a couple of weeks at least and will slowly try > to catch up on my email. > > Last Wednesday evening after I got off work I went to Parkersburg to spend > the evening with my mother at Camden-Clark Hospital. When visiting hours > were over Naomi and I visited the Sam's Club in Vienna to pick up a few > items and then headed to our favorite Mexican restaurant. We placed our > order, I went and washed my hands and came back to eat a few chips dipped > in salsa while waiting for the meal. I dropped the first chip, managed to > eat the second one but dropped the third as the room started swimming by. > > The ambulance crew arrived in a couple of minutes, found that I had a > single blood pressure number of 67 (could not find a bottom number), tried > to stabilize and headed to the ER. I was moved to the heart unit and > underwent the full treatment until Friday afternoon when it was decided > that my heart was fine but that I have an extremely severe blood > infection. The heart monitoring equipment was removed Friday afternoon and > I was moved upstairs where antibiotics were pumped into me every twelve > hours to lower my white blood count. > > I must travel back to Parkersburg each day for the next ten days to receive > more antibiotics through the PICC that runs from my right forearm up and > across to my heart. I am to take it easy, no work, keep feet elevated as > much as possible and get plenty of rest. > > From the amount of time that it took to download my email it appears that > it will take a few days at least to wade through it. From the subjects of > some of these, there appears to have been a great deal of activity on the > Shockey Family email list and I will try to respond to the ones directed at > me as I can. > > Les > Les Shockey email address = lshockey@citynet.net > or wvgenweb@citynet.net > RootsWeb Listowner for the SHOCKEY family discussion group. > SHOCKEY-L@rootsweb.com > Visit the Jackson County, WVGenWeb Page, part of USGenWeb Project at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvjackso/JACK.HTM > Visit the (West Virginia) WVGenWeb: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/ > > > ==== SHOCKEY Mailing List ==== > If you have problems with items dealing with this list, please contact Lesley Shockey, listowner. > Email address is Lshockey@citynet.net > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.463 / Virus Database: 262 - Release Date: 3/17/2003