[Nfb-idaho] FW: Remarks from the president

[Judy Jones]

Hi, List,

Whoa!!  Way too much personal information here.

Granted we are a "family" in the loose sense of the word, having the NFB as 
our common denominator, and that we know each other and care for each other.

However, we are also a professional organization, conducting business for 
our state.  Yes, we want to kno how our fellow federationists are doing and 
if anyone of us has a need, as we really do care for each other, but drama 
and personal details need to be kept off the list and out of meetings so we 
can spend time doing what needs to be done for the state.

I respect that everyone may not be of the same opinion, but appreciate the 
opportunity to be able to post.

Judy

-----Original Message----- 
From: Susan Bradley via Nfb-idaho
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 8:47 AM
To: NFB-ID listserve
Subject: [Nfb-idaho] FW: Remarks from the president




Hi everyone, Elsie asked me to send out this update




Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:37:43 -0700
From: larrydickerson48 at ymail.com
Subject: Remarks from the president
To: craftisue at hotmail.com



August 25,2014
Hello my Federation Family,
I am alive but getting tired. I wanted to give you a bit of an update. 
First, as most of you know, we lost our Idaho Phone Chapter, Brek Erickson, 
on Sunday August 3rd to a massive heart attack. I would like to thank Ramona 
Walhof, Larry and Sue Sabronik, and Susan Bradley for attending his service 
the following Sunday. I would also like to thank Mary Evelyn Smith for being 
their driver, and for the support and caring of Juan Morgan and family.
Secondly, for those of you who do not know Loren George had a serious stroke 
on the 21st of August and was hospitalized. He is home now but is requiring 
a lot of help and Vel Slotten is doing her best to help him. Please remember 
him and Vel in your prayers.
Thirdly, Sean Malone, our State Public Relations and Fund Raising Committee 
Chair, has been in the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center the past couple 
of weeks. He has massive infection in his left leg which went into the bones 
in one toe and infected others. They are aggressively treating it to try to 
save his foot with serious wound care, antibiotics, and hyperbaric 
treatments. Sean will be there for the foreseeable future.
Fourthly for some business, there will be a state presidents and treasurers 
meeting in Baltimore in September. I have asked Dana Ard to go in my place 
and she heartily agreed. I also appointed Dana to be the Idaho Chair of the 
Seventy Five Days of Action which she accepted as well. I am attempting to 
sit up a board meeting in the fall on October 18th and have asked Judy Jones 
to assist me with a location. I am in final negotiations for the 2015 Idaho 
State Convention with the intent at this point of utilizing the Boise Hotel 
on Vista Avenue. I have been working on this for the past year and a half. 
Tentative dates will be May 8th and 9th with no meetings on the 10th which 
will be Mother’s Day.
Fifthly, if you have been counting, is an update on myself which I will have 
Larry write:. Elsie had severe PVC’s during her surgery and has been 
referred to a heart specialist. Her blood pressure was up over 240 during 
surgery and was still around 210 when she was brought to the recovery room. 
Her oxygen fell below 80 during surgery and we had a lot of problems with it 
for about a day afterwards. During the surgery for the removal of three 
discs they installed a rod and cage screwed into C2 and C6, so it should be 
fun going thru airport security with her.
Dr. Morgan found a sticky mess that had to be removed along with 
calcification that he had to scrape off which caused him to accidentally 
nick her spinal cord. She loss an amount of spinal fluid equal to about 
twice the amount of blood loss during the surgery. While she was supposed to 
remain still and flat after the loss of the spinal fluid a very 
unprofessional physical therapist came in about two hours AFTER she left 
surgery insisting that Elsie needed to move. She proceeded to reach out and 
force Elsie’s arms and legs to move in a very uncomfortable fashion which 
also put pressure on the brace that was protecting her neck. We basically 
threw her out and Dr. Morgan was so furious that he banned physical therapy 
from coming to her room again. They should not have even been there until 
the third day after surgery not two to three hours.
The surgery and Elsie’s over five autoimmune disorders caused her to have 
severely depleted potassium and sodium levels and it reached a critical 
point where they had to address that as well. Elsie was in the hospital for 
about five days and got out on a Monday evening and the following Monday we 
had to take the shuttle to Pocatello for a follow up. The trip there and 
back was really rough on her and that along with other things brought about 
an Addison’s crisis and I had to take her to the ER. The doctor here in 
Malad thought he would have to send her to MacKay Dee in Utah but Elsie 
could not stand the thought of the trip due to the amount of pain. The end 
result is that she is still in an Addison’s crisis and I am giving her daily 
shots and she is slowly getting stronger. During this last event Elsie lost 
over 18 pounds but is now able to eat somewhat and is regaining some of her 
strength. Until she sees her endocrinologist on the 15th of September I have 
been ordered not to let her do ANYTHING on her own so I help support her 
weight while she walks and have to bathe and give her total care which is no 
problem.
Now for the good part – the surgery went well and Elsie has regained some 
feeling in her feet and hands. So sometimes even when the surgery goes well 
the complications can kill you. Both of us would highly recommend Dr. Morgan 
in Pocatello for any surgery on the spine. He us honest and straight forward 
and has really helped us through the complications that arose due to all the 
auto immune disorders Elsie has. We will have to wait about three months 
until the brace comes off and she goes through physical therapy to find out 
if they will still have to operate on her middle and lower back. Please 
remember her in your prayers -- Larry


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