Invisapeeps 2.0

I say go, let him fix it... but have a couple of shots of "liquid courage" if you need to first.

Oh CRAP! crap crap crap!

I just got a note this afternoon that the lift on Bryce's van malfunctioned and he fell about 4ft and hit his head. A sign up sheet is going around for friends and family to sit with him. So a few hours after I complain about not wanting to spend 3 hours with my friend listening to him talk about computers I'm now signed up to sit with him for three hours holding his hand and hoping and praying for the best.

Oh man! He's such a great guy. His real name is Bruce. If you are the praying sort please send up a prayer for my friend. And one for me that I can be a better person.

God please give Bruce your comfort in this hour of his need. And please give strength to his parents and his family and friends who can't physically be here with him right now. Also God please look into my heart and find me worthy of forgiveness. Help free me from my selfish tendencies. Lord please help me be a better friend and never let me forget how blessed I am to be surrounded by my family and by my brothers and sisters in Christ. I send this prayer through my tears with love and humiliation through the name of your son Jesus.

I feel so bad that I was joking about slipping into a coma and he's had such a serious head injury. He's quadraplegic. For something to happen to his brain is too much. I can't stop crying. If I wasn't such a mess I'd head over now. I need to get myself under control before I go over there and make more work for someone else.

His parents live in Indiana. Can you imagine? Most of his family is back there but he's also part of our family. Not that there's ever a good time for tragedy to strike but I'm glad it's summer and so many of the older kids are home from school and also if his family does have to come out here it'll be a little easier for those with small kids too.

I'm so sorry about your friend. I am sending my best wishes for Bruce's recovery.

dinkyd wrote:

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I'm sorry to hear about Bruce's accident. My prayers are with him.

Please don't beat yourself up over this. You are a good friend (who is entitled to vent every now and then).

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 x2.

(((hugs)))

kapper wrote:

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Good thought sent Bruce's way. You stepped up when he needed you and that's what friends do.

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 +1

I, too, have to curb my hostile feelings. Whenever I have bad thoughts about a person, something usually happens. I try to think nothing but positive thoughts about people now, even those I detest.

Back home. Emotionally exhausted.

Good news is they didn't admit him to the hospital. He lost a lot of blood but not enough to need a transfusion. It's scary because if anything besides his head is damged he can't tell them because he has no feeling in his body. Because of that they deciced to do some scans and x-rays. Everything seems to be ok but all we can do is pray and hope for the best.

When it first happened he was in and out of consciousness and he was having memory problems. They asked him who the President was and he said Bush. Also, our friend Cher was sitting with him and he was talking to her and recognizing her but then she left the room and came back and he said. 'Oh hi, when did you get here'

That's scary. His memory loss was a little bit more humorous when he dozed off and woke up to find our Pastor, Bruce's wife, Cher and our friend Eve who was with him at the time of the accident all sitting in his room. They said Bruce opened his eyes looked around the room and then matter of factly pointed to the pastor and told him to leave. Then he pointed to each of the women and said 'you, you and you can stay' Then he went right back to sleep. LMAO! He's so funny.

Eventually he was getting all of the memory questions correct so they came back to the president question. The second time they asked him he said "I can't remember what his name is but I know I don't like him" :D

I'm so relieved his brain is not damaged. When I went to sit with him today he recognized me immediately. That's made me feel good because I'm not someone he sees everyday. We only talked for a minute but he was really tired and in pain. I'll say that even though a sign up sheet went around waaaaaaay more people than those who signed up came over. In my time slot alone he had 7 visitors. He's the type of guy that always has an open door and always welcomes company so this was a good thing.

Thanks for giving me a place to vent. I thought I was a wreck. Poor Eve said it looked like a crime scene. I don't even want to imagine. Seeing that much blood pouring out of a person you love is hard enough but to see it pouring out of their head. Ok I need to STOP? And keep reminding myself that he's gonna be ok.

Cher is his live in caretaker so with the signups he has 24/7 care. That's a huge relief.

I'm glad Bruce is going to be okay (and you as well). It sounds like he has lots of people who care.

I am glad to hear that things are not looking so dire as they might have.

And it sounds like Bruce has a lot of friends who really value him.

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This is Bruce and my nephew's g/f.  In addition to being smart and funny he also has an incredible singing voice.

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This is one from that same night.  It was a costume party.  Sadly this one is blurry but I kept it.  I'm glad I did cuz we didn't get to many pictures of us together that night.

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This is from the time we set Vegas on fire

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This picture is funny only in the context of this thread.  This is B and my Uncle at my birthday party. I took this picture from as far away as I could get because both of these men are super smart and they love to teach anyone who gets near them.   I both of these guys.

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With my youngest.  I really needed to see this smile on his face.

 

He's so pale from blood loss and so weak; he doesn't even look like himself.  Thanks for indulging me in my little party.  Everyone has been crying and whispering for days.  Feels good to smile and laugh.

JEEZ! These pics are huge!

-- Edited by dqm either on Thursday 21st of June 2012 11:07:37 PM

That is great news!

Good for him! He is on the mend.

I am glad to hear he's getting better.

Can you copy excel spreadsheets to a computer that doesn't have an excel program installed? I'm confused about that. It seems like the file wouldn't know where to go or how to 'act' once you imported it if there wasn't a .... a home... for it? I'm not sure what external hard drives do exactly. I'm thinking they store files but if they store programs too then maybe it's all good.

The computer Bruce gave me came with programs. He didn't really give me disks or anything and I shamefully admit that whenever he starts talking about the computer my eyes gloss over and a soundtrack starts up in my head. Normally if I need anything computerwise I just ask him, he figures it out and I go on my merry way.

The new computer came completely blank. The last time I had a computer issue Bruce said he could set up a remote link and take over my computer and fix it that way but we couldn't get the link establised so I was supposed to take it over there. I was hemming and hawing when the accident happened.

If we can establish a link between him and the new computer can he get the stuff I need off the external? I'm not ready to ask him yet but I want to have intelligent questions and a plan of action wnen he feels better.

You can open you spreadsheets from Excel with OpenOffice .
I recommend that you make a copy of the files you try to open in the external hard drive (no need to copy them over the computer) and then try to open the copy with any of the options I mentioned, there might be some differences in functionality vs Excel but you will be able to see your information.

Link to download OpenOffice:http://download.openoffice.fm/free/
It's free and it's compatible con Excel and other MS Office programs.

Let me know if you need further information!

Bruce was at church this morning and my heart is so happy!

The semon was about how precious our relationship with God is and it also was about how precious our relationships with each other are. How God made us to love him AND to love each other.

I'm so happy right now. With the exception of one ambulance ride to the emergency room this is the first time he's been out of the house since the accident. And it's so beautiful out right now. I'm siltting in my hammock just being happy right now.

*sermon

-- Edited by dqm either on Monday 16th of July 2012 02:37:17 PM

Thanks for the update, bracip.

I am glad to hear Bruce is doing well. It's good that you can at least still post because it would be a shame to be out in the middle of a mafia game...