Mine was the almost exact experience.
(1) Go to Hospital with Chest Pains.
(2) Kiss family goodby to board chopper ride to larger hospital.
(3) Pray all the way to the Hospital that you'll see your wife & kids again!
(4) Causes a man to grow up a little.
Sort of simplifies life & work a bit. Don't sweat the small stuff!
-Bill
On 4/25/2012 2:42 PM, George Church wrote:
Appreciate the on and off forum encouragement. I've gotta share a quick funny
story about sweating the small stuff that happened during a rather critical
time in my life:
Back in Jan/Feb, we'd gotten into a COR p-ing contest with a GC's PM named
Sunil. That's the punch line, so remember it!
It got a little over the line, but we've done millions of dollars' worth of
work for his firm, and he's a new guy, so we thought we could get away with a
little extra pushing, knowing we had a track record with his bosses going back
to the Red Sea parting.
Twenty minutes after I arrived at Geisinger Medical Center via Life Flight, I've cleared
the ER and I'm in the Cath Lab with the cardiologist and his team who are ready to drain
2.7 liters of fluid off my heart so I can breath and my heart can pump. The
cardiologist's last words to me were "Mr Church, we'd normally not start this
procedure with your blood pressure so low, but relieving the fluid will enable your heart
to pump and raise it. If that's not enough, well, we'll worry about that in 20
minutes." i.e., it was time to drain this stuff before it killed me.
So I turn to the guy about to stick a needle thru my ribs to actually drain the fluid,
and ask his name. "Sunil" he replied.
I made a mental note not to EVER get into p-ing contests with anyone over a
couple grand and God Bless ALL the Sunils walking the Earth.
Upon my return, I relayed my desire to not sweat the small stuff on CORs to Kevin
and the gang, and Sunil's boss heard the story when he called to see how I was
doing. He also got a great chuckle out of it. While I was in the hospital all the
COR stuff had been worked out to mutual agreement. In the big picture, the
representative of a GC that has given you>$5m in good work is right when it
only involves a couple grand.
Life's too short, spend more time with your loved ones and less tilting at
windmills. Ask the guy with saddle sores who can see clearly now that a really
big hammer knocked the logs out of his eyes so he could see the big picture.
This took place after the ER doctor at the original hospital that called Life
Flight was concerned I'd die in the five minute chopper ride, so put stuff in
perspective before you waste a lot of time on it!
Hold the tears, keep the prayers coming, and take a moment to smell the tulips
and thank the Big Guy that put them there,
George L. Church, Jr., CET
Rowe Sprinkler Systems, Inc.
PO Box 407, Middleburg, PA 17842
877-324-ROWE 570-837-6335 fax
[email protected]
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Shipman
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 10:05 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: glc update
One of the best post that I've ever read on this list server. LIVE& don't
sweat the small stuff! Way to go George!
On 4/24/2012 9:18 AM, George Church wrote:
Update on my health: I have stage four lung cancer and my dr told me
last week I should have at least two years before I die of it. My chemo is a
twice a day pill and my side effects are insignificant almost a month into
taking it. Other than some fatigue, like a nap every third day, my quality of
life is near the same, better since I sleep in and work way less now, spending
more time with Cathy and my bucket list. And lately, my TR6 :) There are 4 more
drugs in the pipeline that are genetically targeted for my ALK cancer, and
conventional chemo and radiation remain as additional weapons in reserve.
Obviously pills targeted at my cancer cels are better and we'll use them
hopefully for 2 or 3 more years.
I've played golf (poorly), flown to Holland, and driven my TR (quickly) lately
so no tears are necessary, but continuing prayers are gladly accepted.
If cancer doesn't kill me, it's the best thing to happen to me in an ironic
turnabout.
Sorry to interrupt the tech discussion but this horse was pulverized anyway.
Thanks for the kind words from many of you, they are appreciated and uplifting.
Managing positive mental attitude 99% of the time. Expect to continue on 4 TC
in SD in Sept, will see some of you there.
Thanks in advance for indulging me for those that are concerned.
Brad, I was in Ohio for two weeks of training in Oct 1974, and I don't
recall what weather we had surveying a job in Columbus in '81. Believe
those were only times I was in Ohio, but I suppose it creeps over 100
almost annually. You could google it if you're really curious, I'm
not.*_Discovered life outside sprinklers, like Saint Cathy and
Margaret. Might I suggest going outside and smelling some flowers,
refraining from attempting to define their curvature, just appreciate
the infinite variations._ *
George Church
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 23, 2012, at 11:18 PM,
"[email protected]"<[email protected]> wrote:
good eye! i happen to know it gets pretty hot in Ohio geo. even w/o a
fire. i was lucky to start there, and trained by The Greatest Sprink
Whom Ever Lived (thanks Vince). George, please google brad
casterline, i am the first two, ask me 2 B ur FB friend, please, i
would gladly accept and you would be my first FB Sprink Friend. i
would google you and ask, but rejection depresses me
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