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Today is Friday, January 7, 2011.
On this date in 1948, American Singer Kenny Loggins was born.
On this date in 1957, American television host Katie Kouric was born.
On this date in 1964, American actor Nicolas Cage was born.
On this date in 1977, Dustin Diamond, who played Samuel “Screech” Powers in Saved by the Bell, was born.
And in 1999 on this date, the US Senate trial in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton began.
But, for you readers here… Continue reading
In preparation for this weekend’s 4-year anniversary episode of the Journey Inside My Mind podcast, I’ve gone through the comments made on this blog, and have produced this list. It was compiled from the MySQL database that powers my WordPress blog, with the query:
SELECT DISTINCT `comment_author` , `comment_author_url`
FROM wp_comments
ORDER BY `comment_author` ASC
After cleaning up the list in Excel, I’ve got this of everyone who has commented and has left a link. Thank you to everyone who has been involved over the past four years or more:
I think I’m going to try this out for my other blogs as well. Thanks also to Chris Penn for the idea.
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Greetings from my new iPod touch! Last Friday Jennie, Keisha, and I went to the Apple store in Kenwood Towne Center (map). I now understand why so many folks rave about their experiences there.
After having all our questions answered, I bought Jennie and I each a new 16 GB iPod touch.
It is truly a remarkable thing to behold. Already we are loving that our music libraries can fit on it. And I’ve really started enjoying all the applications that I’ve added.
I am typing this from the WordPress application, for example. I’m still trying to get used to typing here, and I often fat-finger a word or three, 
.
What applications do you recommend I check out?
Weight: 221.6
Pants size: 40
You may be aware that since the second week of January, all three of us have been attending Weight Watchers meetings. I started out at 231 lbs and size 42 waist.
I’m thinking of blogging my continued efforts. I’d have to say that, in addition to the normal things like tracking what I’m eating better and exercising more, attending regular meetings and having our entire family involved has been really helpful.
There’s a whole fatblogging movement going on already here, so I think blogging about my efforts here will help.
Feel free to join the conversation!
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My Mom posted an update at her blog
Just got this from my Mom. Janet was Uncle Walt’s wife, who passed away about 4 years ago.
Ken just called with terrible news.
Walt is in full septic shock. his white blood count is extremely high and he has a high fever. They are giving him megadoses of every possible antibiotic they can. They also have him on full blown diaysis.They are willing to risk his kidneys to save his life.We are being told to prepare for the worst.
I still believe in miracles and he will have one if that is God’s will.
If not I pray for a peaceful passing to the other side where I know Janet, Mom and Dad will be waiting for him.
I still believe anything’s possible, and God definitely has a plan. Please pray also for my cousins Ken and Julie, and their families. They’ve been going through this with their Dad.
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Yesterday I updated Journey Inside My Mind with some urgent news about my Uncle Walt Mitchell, who has been having complications related to his recent heart transplant. I mentioned I’d update again once I’ve heard anything else.
Here’s an update my Mom emailed last night at 9 PM Eastern to friends and family:
Ken just called and said they opened Walt up, and his chest cavity was filled with blood. They presently have his chest cavity packed and have basically left his chest wall open and covered with a dressing.They know they have to go back in but are hoping they can hold off until sometime Friday to give his body some chance to recover. Today he has received 20 litres of blood.
He has spiked a 102 F fever now too.
He did come to at one point and was able to shake his head and mouthed “I love you” to the kids.
They are keeping him heavily sedated, of course.
The docs told the kids with all the technology, all the medications, and all the skill, it has pretty much come down to a crap shoot.
Ken said it’s pretty much coming down to a miracle, and I told him my God is in the miracle-making business.
Keep praying. Prayer has brought him this far, and it can bring him through this.
I love all of you and want to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving. Maybe we will get better news tommorow.
I continue to be amazed at how much something like this brings people together. Our family is so encouraged and inspired to know that you are praying. Please keep it up.
I’ll be sure to post back when I get any news.
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Mom sent an email last night with the following update on my Uncle Walt:
Ken just called. The new heart is in, but Walt is bleeding profusely. And he is filled with infection. They just now are taking him back in to surgery again to try to stop the bleeding and figure out what to do about the infection. The doctors are not optimistic but as we have learned The Great Physician can do anything.
Please keep praying.
I was just chatting with her, and she added:
The doctors have taken him back to the OR to try to stop the bleeding. This was in the past hour. If ever Walt needed prayer this is it. I haven’t slept all night. People all over are praying.Ken said he’d call tonight (around 7 PM Eastern) with an update unless something worse has happened. So let’s hope I don’t hear from him until after 7.
Thank you all so much for having remembered my Uncle Walt in prayer; please keep praying. I’ll be sure to post an update here when I get news.
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My Uncle Walt Mitchell has been in a Cleveland Hospital for complications related to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. His Mom died from this when she was about his age. His brother and son also have this condition. More background info can be found at Update on My Uncle Walt – Prayer request. He was recently placed on a mechanical heart.
I got this update from my Mom, his sister, a couple days ago:
Ken just called. Walt had to have another surgery today. Apparently he had a lot of fluid building up in his chest again.When they opened him up they discovered he has some kind of fungus growing. This is supposed to be the worst side effect of the artificial heart. They aren’t sure they are going to be able treat the fungus effectively. One doc has hopes and others don’t.
As long as he has the fungus, he won’t be put back on the list for a donor heart. If he can’t get rid of the fungus, he will be doomed to live out what is left of his life attached to the artificial heart, and eventually the other organs will be compromised by the fungus.
Ken is going to ask him tomorrow in a discreet way if that is the case what would his Dad want.
From the sibling viewpoint after we went through what we did with Mom, I told him we would not want him to suffer or just waste away or be in pain.
Ken put what life has been like for Walt the last few months in perspective. He said, “For the last 3 1/2 months my Dad hasn’t peed in a toilet, taken a shower, washed his own hair, ate a meal at a table, smelled fresh air, or felt the sunshine. When he went into the hospital it was summer; now it’s fall.”
Anyone who sent him a card – Ken wanted those to know they meant a lot to Walt and did cheer him up.
I told Ken when he is out of ICU and back in a regular room, to let me know his new room #, and we can continue to send cards.
Please keep up the prayers. If Walt ever needed them he needs them now.
I don’t want to think that God brought him this far, and he won’t leave the hospital with a new heart; yet I know it’s all in His hands.
Thank you for your continued prayers.
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