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January 31, 2006
Larry posted baby pics
See prior entry, I updated it with a pic and a link to the album.
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January 30, 2006
Would you support Firefly Season 2?
Came across an intersting article regarding Firefly (Serinity).
Seems there is no second season destined to occur without some outside support.
Direct Support for Firefly Season 2 ?
http://www.fireflyseason2.com/
Personally, I might be inclined to sign up!
What do you think.
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January 29, 2006
Larry & Jeanne had a baby!
Larry & Jeanne
Larry, Jeanne and Brendan
Name: Brendan Lawrence Ludwig
Born: 1/29/2006 8:39PM
Weight: 6 lbs. 1 oz.
Length: 19.5 ”
Baby Pics are up here http://www.jeanneandlarry.com/gallery/v/babypics/
First Came Love,
Then Came Marriage,
Then Came Brendan,
now to get the baby carriage!
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January 25, 2006
Off to Bedford MA for a business trip
Lucky me, I get to go to Bedford MA. for a departmental summit.
I get to train my co-workers on RPM, teach them about jailed chroots, describe the current design of systems and plan for a new global wide FTP server.. Fun fun fun!
Been checking out SFF (small form factor) ITX PC's lately. (what a weird facination).
Ordered a few recently.
Type and tell y'all about'em when they come in.
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Final Update on Tricia's Status
Tricia is now home and doing much better.
They gave her a different medicine to combat the naseau and she was able to eat (and therefore leave).
Thank you to everyone for the concern, kind words and wishes of well.
I relayed them along and Tricia was quite happy to hear from everyone.
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January 24, 2006
All is well so far.
Tricia is doing well.
No complications, Just allot of pain and nausea.
I can't even imagine the pain. She can barely move without the soreness.
Then there's the bloated feeling of gases that were pumped inside the body that now have to dissapate.
We were told by one of the nurses they put carbon dioxide inside to inflate the abdomen.
The difficult part is belching it out which is causing excruciating pain.
The Percocet helps, but when it wears off... OMG!!!
She was able to sip water, ginger ale and broth.
Eat a few pretzels and a bite of a knish.
Hey, the Dr. said she could eat a steak if she was up to it..
She skipped on that choice.
She was able to get up and walk down the hallway.
So things are looking good so far.
The scars are minimal. 4 small incisions around the abdomen.
The remove it from the belly button. I can't get the image of it being removed from my mind. Sometimes it really sucks having a vivid imagination.
She should be home on Wednesday.
Those who want to wish her well can leave coments here, on her myspace profile Tricia on Myspace.Com or contact me directly for her email address. I'm sure she would love to hear from y'all.
She was happy to hear everyone's well wishes when I told her today.
A special thanks to Samantha, her friend who works in the E.R.
She made sure she got everything needed by going directly to the source when things went awry.
If I'm ever ill, I want Samantha to be my friend too!
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Surgery Complete, Out of the Danger Zone
Tricia's surgery has been completed.
She is in the recovery room now.
Everything went well according to the surgeon.
he said he was surprised she was not in more pain.
The gall bladder was very diseased and had started to die on the inside.
Sheesh!
If everything is good, she'll be at home tonight.
Off to the Hospital I go.
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January 23, 2006
Tricia is in the hospital
Tricia was admintted to the North Shore LIJ Hospital tonight.
We've been at the emergency room all day.
Tricia woke up with major pain in her stomach today.
We attributed it to eating Taco Hell last night.
Refried Beans, Cola, Then a late Wendy's snack..
Yep.. that should give you some work out for the tummy..
We figured the gaseous foods or food poisining.
Unfortunatly it's worse.
After a number of tests the Dr came over to us in the emergency room and said she had gall stones. They affected her gall bladder so bad it's very infected.
He said it must be removed.
Although people say there are useless organs, it still is disconcerting to have someone tell you they need to remove a part of you that nature made.
The second Dr (the one who will do the actual surgery) said it's possible to dissolve the gall stones with medication, but it will take a year and they will come back as soon as you stop the medication.
Fortunate for Trica, she knows a lot of people in the emergency room. Many of her friends are in that line of work. She was treated well and they made sure she was as comfortable as possible.
A funny part of this is (if you can see any humor in it) they gave her morphine for the pain. It was a bit funny seeing them put the medicine in her IV and seeing the facial reactions for the first 10 minutes. Tricia never taking any form of drugs, now knows what it's like to be doped up a bit.
All kidding aside, it's been said the removal is a fairly simple surgery.
They will be doing Laparoscopic cholecystectomy - or 'keyhole' surgery. A number of small incisions are made through the skin, allowing access to a range of instruments. The gall bladder is removed through one of the incisions. (the belly button).
Pretty scary (to me at least).
As the night wore on and she felt better we were all able to kid around a little.
At one point we asked the resident who was explaining procedure if we could keep it after removal. Tricia then said she wanted to give it to her close friend Samantha (who works in ER and was by her bedside as much as possible). The two played along.. and the resident's face was a sight to see. LOL!
We do not know what time the procedure will occur because it is an add on.
I'll update more as I can.
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January 09, 2006
MCXB case for Xbox arrives
Thanks to Packgrog who turned me onto this case., mine has just arrived. In fact it according to the vendor at X-MODS, it was the last one of this style. Seems the person who began it all has closed shop. You can see some details from a vendor here www.x-mods.co.nz/mcxb/ and the origin here www.o2xmodification.com.Ah Yes, just what I need, another PC style building project. Well, I actually had to jump on it, since I waited so long, the place ended up shutting down. heh, at least I got one albeit, the last. (and paid for it dearly!)
So far it's looking mighty slick on top of my HTPC Ahanix D.VINE 4 case
Although, I may swap this out for a different HTPC case that I've been eyeing up. One with front panel card reader which I think would be useful for those memory transfers to my PDA and camera.
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January 01, 2006
Merry new year to All... and to all a healthy happy future
So I bring the new year in with a smash.. Mainly "me" being smashed.
I write this as I slurp another Peanut Butter & Jelly Shot. These happen to be a new favorite drink of mine. Not too potent where you shiver, not to lame that there is no kick.. and an after taste I love. I recommend a taste test to all.
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Peanut Butter & Jelly Shots
1 Part Chambord liqueur
1 Part Franjelico Hazelnut liqueur
Serve Chilled, and Sip.
OK, so it's supposed to be a shot.. I make it with a shot of each using chilled liquers, then sip it so I can savor the flavor.
Also this christmas my brother had me try some Godiva Chocolate liquer with it. By adding a smidge, which floats on the top, it adds a nice choclate taste.. mmm mmm mmm..
This could be my downfall! I think I like them too much!
Thanks to Tricia for turning me onto these!
On Another note.. my heart sank this eve watching Dick Clark and seeing his condition. For so many years he's been entertaining me on this eve and it broke my heart to see his condition, yet gave me hope for his tenacity and desire to over come all.
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