Prayers needed
EndersShadow
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I will keep things short this time around I promise.
I got admitted to the hospital Tuesday night. I am still here awaiting some answers as to if I am having a massive Crohns flare or another infection like I battled earlier this year in Jan/Feb/March.We are already dealing with some of the same paperwork/office politics we did last time around, so I would appreciate prayers for the following:
1. Decisiveness in creating a treatment/procedure plan on for the different departments and doctors I am dealing with. We normally go through a holding pattern where Surgeon's dont want to see me as my CT shows active Crohns, and the GI guys say its an infection due to the symptoms I am having which I wont go into details on to spare you all. Normally its 2-3 days before they decide if they are going to actually do anything, during which I am confined to only clear liquids, which is you haven't been on before, pray you never have to.
2. That this isn't anything big so I can go home and not mess with our vacation plans to leave on Saturday for TN.
3. Peace for my wife. This isn't the first time we have been on this merry go round, however this is the first time she has been on it while pregnant which adds a whole new level of complexity to things.
4. Continued Strength and Patience for both myself and my wife. This is hard for me to just sit here not at work, and be mostly confined to a bed, it also gets boring very fast.
So for those who didnt catch it in #3, we are expecting our first child, a girl on February 4th of this year. I am already working hard to ensure she is properly indoctrinated in audio already
. We are tentatively agreed on the name Skye Meridith Pedersen.
If folks want more in depth I can, but at this point prayers for myself and my family are more than enough.
I got admitted to the hospital Tuesday night. I am still here awaiting some answers as to if I am having a massive Crohns flare or another infection like I battled earlier this year in Jan/Feb/March.We are already dealing with some of the same paperwork/office politics we did last time around, so I would appreciate prayers for the following:
1. Decisiveness in creating a treatment/procedure plan on for the different departments and doctors I am dealing with. We normally go through a holding pattern where Surgeon's dont want to see me as my CT shows active Crohns, and the GI guys say its an infection due to the symptoms I am having which I wont go into details on to spare you all. Normally its 2-3 days before they decide if they are going to actually do anything, during which I am confined to only clear liquids, which is you haven't been on before, pray you never have to.
2. That this isn't anything big so I can go home and not mess with our vacation plans to leave on Saturday for TN.
3. Peace for my wife. This isn't the first time we have been on this merry go round, however this is the first time she has been on it while pregnant which adds a whole new level of complexity to things.
4. Continued Strength and Patience for both myself and my wife. This is hard for me to just sit here not at work, and be mostly confined to a bed, it also gets boring very fast.
So for those who didnt catch it in #3, we are expecting our first child, a girl on February 4th of this year. I am already working hard to ensure she is properly indoctrinated in audio already
. We are tentatively agreed on the name Skye Meridith Pedersen.If folks want more in depth I can, but at this point prayers for myself and my family are more than enough.
"....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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good Karma sent Dan hang in there pal
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So sorry to hear about your health issues. Keeping good thoughts for you and yours and hope this episode is short lived!"Science is suppose to explain observations not dismiss them as impossible" - Norm on AA; 2.3TL's w/sonicaps/mills/jantzen inductors, Gimpod's boards, Lg Solen SDA inductors, RD-0198's, MW's dynamatted, Armaflex speaker gaskets, H-nuts, brass spikes, Cardas CCGR BP's, upgraded IC Cable, Black Hole Damping Sheet strips, interior of cabinets sealed with Loctite Power Grab, AI-1 interface with 1000VA A-L transformer
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Thoughts and prayers coming your way.I got static in my head
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Hey Dan,
Hope you get better quick!!
Also, congrats on the baby! That is so exciting. I like the name. You have until about Christmas 2013 for your gear to be safe, then it is barrier time :cheesygrin:2 ChannelTurntable - VPI Classic 2/Ortofon 2M BlueAmplification - Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum II, Parks Audio Budgie PhonoSpeakers - GoldenEar Triton 17.2 Home TheaterDenon AVR-X3300W; Rotel RMB-1066; Klipsch RP-280F's, Klipsch RP-450C, Polk FXi3's, Polk RC60i; Dual SVS PB 2000's; BenQ HT2050; Elite Screens 120"Man CaveTurntable - Pro-Ject 2.9 Wood/Grado GoldAmplification - Dared SL2000a, McCormack DNA 0.5 DeluxeCD: Cambridge AudioSpeakers - Wharfedale Linton 85th Anniversary; LSiM 703; SDA 2A -
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Get well soon Dan,thoughts and prayers sent.Congratulations on having a baby.
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Hang in there,man! Feb. is my two sons birth month,and I exposed both of em to audio all during my wife's pregnancy! Depending what was played, either got very active or mellow in there! You sound like you have it together with your daughter, my best wishes to the three of you!
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Hey Dan,
Hope you get better quick!!
Also, congrats on the baby! That is so exciting. I like the name. You have until about Christmas 2013 for your gear to be safe, then it is barrier time :cheesygrin:
Yup, thats why I have been on a crazy project spree, trying to get as much for my setup before Skye comes cause then priorities change big time. So thats why I sold most of the office rig (still need to unload my Monitor 60's) got a headphone setup as well got my Carver M1.0t sent to be refurbed and got my last set of speaker wires for a bit.
Thankfully momma hates my current open rack and likes the closed wood ones so hoping to look at something from Salamander or Standout Designs to use which would then let me lock it and have tinted glass for remote purposes.Oldfatdogs wrote: »Get well soon Dan,thoughts and prayers sent.Congratulations on having a baby.
Thanks, was keeping it a bit on the downlow at first with a couple guys here knowing what was going on. But we are past the scary parts (pregnancy wise, the rest is still darned scary).Hang in there,man! Feb. is my two sons birth month,and I exposed both of em to audio all during my wife's pregnancy! Depending what was played, either got very active or mellow in there! You sound like you have it together with your daughter, my best wishes to the three of you!
Skye is already like her daddy. When she hears some good bass she starts dancing in momma's belly. Which just means she really "wants" daddy to have some monster subs so we can all dance together :biggrin:
P.S. mommy isnt buying that line yet :sad:
Back to me, so far it looks like the Surgeons will be doing something, very hopefully today so I stopped drinking anything on the chance it can be today and soon. Plus lets me honest, a clear liquid diet and no drinking at all isnt really much of a difference."....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
My wife has Chron's so I know what you are dealing with. Sending good energy your way.
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You be cool,man. One audio freak to another! Also this is a neat site! I'm glad I ran into it!
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All good thoughts and prayers from me and deb your way Dan.
We know you have fought this before, we hope god guides the docs and you in healing.
And the baby is such a blessing, congrats.
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Prayers and blessings dispatched and remind the wife "As your days are, so shall your strength be"
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scottyboy76 wrote: »And the baby is such a blessing, congrats.
I couldn't agree more Scotty, the baby is a blessing and we are VERY thankful for it (we lost our first before the first trimester was over) although daddy would have preferred a boy to start with, now he's got to buy a shotgun.
I appreciate the prayers and thoughts from everyone. Hoping to talk to the Surgeon today and hopefully get this bugger figured out."....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
Sorry for the medical holding pattern. Prayers sent your way from the hills of TN. If not in surgery and up to it call me. Take care.2-ch System: Parasound P/LD 2000 pre, Parasound HCA-1000 amp, Parasound T/DQ Tuner, Phase Technology PC-100 Tower speakers, Technics SL-1600 Turntable, Denon 2910 SACD/CD player, Peachtree DAC iT and X1asynchorus USB converter, HSU VTF-3 subwoofer.
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Prayers sent bro! I agree with you liquid diets leave a little to be desired.
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Sending prayers your way from me and all the crazies on the Pittsburgh Vintage HiFi Forum.
Congrats to you and your wife for your child!
God Bless you, wife and child!Carl -
Sending prayers your way from me and all the crazies on the Pittsburgh Vintage HiFi Forum.
Congrats to you and your wife for your child!
God Bless you, wife and child!
Appreciate it. Tomorrow afternoon we will know more. Until then its 10 mins and counting till my dilaudid and benadryl shots so I am gonna call it a night fellas cause the drugs will call it for me otherwise."....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
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Hang in their ES, we're pulling, praying for you! Just out of curiosity how long have you had the Crohn's diagnosis?
Do all your doctors agree on that? And have you ever been anywhere where you could have picked up intestinal parasites or been checked for a parasitic infection.
Just a shot in the dark. But I "know" that most M.D.s cannot diagnose parasitic infections unless they have extensive, and I mean extensive experience in third world contexts. I went through this after my first return from a more rural China in the late '80s. Misdiagnosed time after time. Unbelievably ill for a half year. Incapacitated, almost. Told it was stress. Tests showed "nothing"? A few hundred dollars (back then) and a Fifth Avenue Doctor with 20 years of experience in Africa and Bingo--not one, but four parasites!
Not saying that's a factor here. Just wondering out loud because anyone, including M.D.s can make mistakes?
Take care.
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Hang in their ES, we're pulling, praying for you! Just out of curiosity how long have you had the Crohn's diagnosis?
At this point its been about 15+ years since I was diagnosed.Do all your doctors agree on that? And have you ever been anywhere where you could have picked up intestinal parasites or been checked for a parasitic infection.
Just a shot in the dark. But I "know" that most M.D.s cannot diagnose parasitic infections unless they have extensive, and I mean extensive experience in third world contexts. I went through this after my first return from a more rural China in the late '80s. Misdiagnosed time after time. Unbelievably ill for a half year. Incapacitated, almost. Told it was stress. Tests showed "nothing"? A few hundred dollars (back then) and a Fifth Avenue Doctor with 20 years of experience in Africa and Bingo--not one, but four parasites!
Not saying that's a factor here. Just wondering out loud because anyone, including M.D.s can make mistakes?
At this point all the doctors have agreed for a long time about the diagnosis. It took them the better part of a year or so to actually label it Crohns and I underwent a BUNCH of testing to determine that all when I was about 14.
I have traveled, but not that much, or often enough to have picked up anything. When I was diagnosed, I had never left the country and to date have only Mexico 2 times many many years ago.
No worries about thinking out loud, I do that as well, however in this case the diagnosis is correct and we have years of testing to back it up.
Now with that said its not saying there isnt something else underlying my current bunch of issues that happened this year, but its highly unlikely given all the testing I have been under and department that have looked at me.
To date I believe I have had 10+ colonoscopies, 4 endoscopies, bunches of CT scans, White blood cell tagging ect?"....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
My prayers are with you and your family. Read jeremiah 29 ii. May god bless you with guidance, health, peace, happiness, protection, and everything that he has for you and your family....
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Praying for you Dan, and hoping the Lord shows you the reason for this thing in your life. As all things come from God for his purpose and the good of alll that Love him.
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