Dear Friends

Praying they get it under control quickly.

All the best to Mrs. Strummerboy ... thinking of you during this challenging time.

my thoughts and love go with you and your wife my friend

phill

hope she gets better soon Bill.

Wishing and praying for Dondra's swift recovery.

Roger

Thanks, everyone. After some intravenous fluids, her B/P came down to 170/85. Still too high, but managable. She sent me home and they plan on keeping her for an aggressive cardiac workup. We only live about 5 minutes away from the hospital. Thank you all for the get well wishes. I have passed them along and she thanks you very much. She's the subject of my latest blog entry which will show what a wonderful lady my wife is.

Thanks again!

Bill and Dondra

Bill,sending my thoughts and well wishes. And hoping for a speedy and full recovery for your Mrs. Hang in there buddy!

Best wishes, Bill!

Best wishes, and thoughts with you both.  I'm sure it's scary for both of you right now.  Hopefully they get it under control more without having to do much more than perhaps an Rx change.  Take care of yourself, Bill!!!  Let the docs take care of her.

Glad you both are home and and Ok.  Keep a close watch on the new meds and remember to take care of yourself too.

Will do, Brother dino and thanks!

Presently we're titrating dosages, being careful to monitor the blood pressure. We had one close call during the night when she started swooning (and it wasn't because I'm so good looking, hahaha) and I got there just in time to ease her down to the carpet.

That kind of thing happens when after sitting for a very long time, you stand up too fast; but this was caused by the meds being too strong. Anyway, all is well.

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Now about that "Tonsil Hockey": I'm going to  ass-u-me that's French Kissing or an open-mouth type thing? At about 14 years of age, all I knew was what we talked about in the Boy's Bathroom, but I thought I had the technique down.

Fast-Forward to age 15. Location: our broken-down little theater; Balls: Blue.

What I learned that night was that my technique needed some work. Apparently what I should have done was make sure both mouths were open a little after the initial "liplock' as you call it: she opens her mouth, you open yours and then the tongues touch each other, both lips slide around on each other, the tongues slip in and out, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc . ----------------- That's what one is supposed to do. I got the lip lock and then I sucked in real hard. Estimated negative pressure was about 80 mm Hg. Pain from slap which followed, on a scale of 1-10: about 8. Laughter volume measured in decibels: 6.0dB.

I'm sorry for the length (of this post).

Gotta go see Dondra.

Good night and have a good and stress-free work week, dear friends!

Bill