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Jeremy Reimer

Fri Nov 16 23:47:12 2001

Even though he's not supposed to fly, he managed to come out here from Manitoba, visit half a dozen friends all around the lower mainland without telling anyone, then on Tuesday I get a call from one of his friends saying he "had a bad night". WTF was that supposed to mean, I wondered, so I asked if I could talk to him, but he wasn't able to talk, so I asked about his condition. He was "disoriented and short of breath". This friend of his didn't seem to think it was a big deal, but I was thinking GET HIM TO THE DAMN HOSPITAL, which he finally agreed to do.

Anyway, he had a heart attack, blood thickening, high blood pressure (he's had that for years) AND pneumonia. All at once. He's lucky to be alive. He's stable now-- We went to see him yesterday and he was able to talk, but it's still pretty much day by day.

Sucks. I'll keep you updated on how things are going.

AllYorBaseRBelong2Us

Sat Nov 17 00:38:23 2001

Best wishes to your pa there Jeremy.

(Edited by AllYorBaseRBelong2Us at 6:39 pm on Nov. 16, 2001)

Socrates

Sat Nov 17 00:56:16 2001

Prayers are with him.

Socrates

OscarWilde

Sat Nov 17 01:28:22 2001

wish you the best. cherish the time.

Madan

Sat Nov 17 01:46:39 2001

I'm sorry Jeremy.

I can't imagine how scary that feeling is.

Imitation Gruel

Sat Nov 17 07:14:49 2001

That sucks. I hope your dad gets better soon, Reimer.

Socrates

Sat Nov 17 09:21:47 2001

God Bless, be glad he's alive

DuffMan

Sat Nov 17 10:51:15 2001

Hope he gets better :(

Speaking of sick relatives, my uncle is in the hosptial, and they dont know whats wrong with him, they think he has stomach cancer. This is just after he gets laid off from work so now he has no health insurance. He already had money problems before this, and now he's going to have massive medical bills, possibly until the end of his life. This is assuming he even gets through whatever he has. He has gotta be the unluckiest guy i know. Whenever I feel screwed over I just think of him, and realize that I'm really lucky to have what I have.

I think we take a lot of things for granted, myself especially and when people you care about are sick it really puts things into perspective.

Imitation Gruel

Sat Nov 17 23:26:55 2001

Speaking of sick relatives, my uncle is in the hosptial, and they dont know whats wrong with him, they think he has stomach cancer. This is just after he gets laid off from work so now he has no health insurance. He already had money problems before this, and now he's going to have massive medical bills, possibly until the end of his life. This is assuming he even gets through whatever he has. He has gotta be the unluckiest guy i know. Whenever I feel screwed over I just think of him, and realize that I'm really lucky to have what I have.

I hope your uncle gets better too DuffMan.

Socrates

Sun Nov 18 01:40:31 2001

Me too.

Riso

Sun Nov 18 14:48:15 2001

Magus

Mon Nov 19 01:55:44 2001

God be with them.

Madan

Mon Nov 19 20:58:25 2001

It's not UNsensitive...

It's INsensitive.

Grammar Mad!

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So my dad's in the hospital