Dana Wray 62 years old, date of injury July 26, 1974, C4-5 come plate I have a tracheostomy that requires suctioning throughout my days and currently has been going through chemotherapy after colon cancer and frequent UTIs. I have been in ER twice this week. The first antibiotic gave me diarrhea and now they have me on a different one. I had to get Bloodwork and and cultures for my Elio conduit . There was some little spot and my long for the second time that they don't know what it means.
Sent from my iPhone > On May 5, 2016, at 10:29 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > Nancy Davis Gillen 8:06am May 5 > I'm feeling much better, but im going on 7 months in bed because of a sore. > I'm going crazy! Please pass on to the quad list. Thanks for keeping me in > your thoughts. > > View Conversation on Facebook > This message was sent to [email protected]. If you don't want to receive > these emails from Facebook in the future, please unsubscribe. > Facebook, Inc., Attention: Community Support, Menlo Park, CA 94025 > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 30, 2016, at 4:33 PM, Lori Michaelson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Greetings my quad list friends and friends [since 1995 for me], >> >> Sometimes after so much time goes by and either we are kept busy doing happy >> things or are stuck in bed with a wound... we often lose track of each other >> and exactly who is who and what is about that person. >> >> I know we have lost one of the most wonderful contributors here [Dave >> Kelmer] and I believe that Bill Jenkins (in Florida) was the one who told us >> of his wishes. This was back in 2009. >> >> Having said that, here is what I would like from each one of you to refresh >> my old lady mind. I feel like I have aged a lifetime over the last 4 years >> after losing my husband and unable to live with family any longer. >> >> * Name >> >> * Age >> >> * Date of injury >> >> * Town and state where you are from (unless you would just like to state the >> state you are living in). >> >> * Are you a quad or a para? If you are a quad ... what level of injury are >> you? >> >> * Complete or incomplete injury? >> >> And any other information you would like to offer. Thanks a bunch in advance! >> >> Best to you all! >> >> Lori Michaelson - age 51. How did that happen?!?!!! >> C4/5 complete quad, 36 1/2 years post. Unable to drive. >> >> I can feed myself if prepared and placed in front of me. Food needs to be >> cut up if necessary. >> >> Grew up in a small town in New York State and lived there for 36 years but >> after meeting my husband he got transferred a couple times which first took >> us to Virginia and then to Tucson Arizona. >> I was devastated with his unexpected passing at only 63 years old on June >> 11, 2012 and over 90% of me went with him. >> Went to live with sister and brother-in-law in northeastern Pennsylvania for >> 3 years but, despite hiring morning and evening caregivers ... my sister and >> brother-in-law wanted me to move on for a myriad of reasons but primarily >> because my sister began having venous stasis and my brother-in-law wanted >> his house back without people coming and going. >> >> Needless to say I am very disappointed in them because they very well could >> have taken me on longer. I had I known it was only going to be for 3 years >> (even though was an emergency situation as I had nowhere to go) I wish I had >> found a live-in caregiver in Tucson where my husband and I have been living >> for 11 years. >> >> Landed back in Tucson Arizona with a live-in caregiver in January 2016. >> >> My story is a long one but I will stop there. >> >> -- >> "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and >> heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean >> Koontz
