O Bob, I'm sorry Laura is sick and in the hosp..give her my best. I'll keep you two in my prayers. ((hugs))
happy for ya on the roots tho! Which cutting was this?

Thanks, Daniella.

Actually, that was supposed to be "seedling". The seeds came from Karyn and are Rabahana crossed with either Daydreams, Creamsickle, Madeline or Vulcanicola... Karyn was unsure which.

Bob

Oh Bob, bring your wife flowers, I'm so sorry she's ill.If I remember right her b-day is either mine or one of my kids. So I know she's tough for sure! I got IV antibiotics once and I can't tell you how bad they burned, I thought I was gonna rip the IV out.
Give her hugs and kisses for us. And we all wish her the best. Please vent to us if you need us. :)

Ah Bob...My prayers are with you and your wife :)

Sometimes I think plants grow better if we "leave them alone" and not watch them every second of every day...lol

knotz

Hopefully your wife will be like that little seedling and pull through quickly.

Will definitely send out positive thoughts to both you!

Ryan

Bob, sending up prayers for your wife, Hopeing she keeps
improving!
Congrats on the cutting!

Karen

Bob, you & Laura will be in my prayers.I hope your rooted 'seedling' continues to thrive!

Theresa

Thank you, everyone. Yes Bri, she is definitely a tough one. Tougher than me sometimes! I believe she shares your son's birthday... October 15th. I brought her some cut Orchids yesterday, btw... very pretty. If I had brought her an Orchid plant, she would have assumed it was really for me, and I'd have a hard time arguing the point!

I just got home from the hospital. Her infectious disease doctor visited her late this afternoon, and said that the infection has not entered her blood-stream... thank God, and that he is pleased with her progress. He stressed, however, that it is still serious, and that the surgery is still necessary. We are still waiting for a visit from the surgeon. Not sure where he is or when he will finally show up. I am assuming that, as surgery goes, this will not be very invasive, and that it will be pretty simple. Laura is pretty nervous, none the less. I don't blame her, and I wish she didn't have to go through this.

Haven't gotten to potting that seedling/cutting/breakage yet. Hopefully tomorrow.

Bob

Bob, sending prayers out for Laura and you as well. I know you are worried too but all go well and she will heal quickly I'm sure. Glad you cutting rooted. Trying to get everything taken care of for the trip next weekend. Between all the animals and the plants I have been very busy. I will do my best to get the seeds sent out before I leave.

Bob, sending prayers for your wife's quick recovery. Be sure and give her our well wishes.

Congrats on your recovering seedling! If it survived that fall, it will survive the potting when you are ready.

Bob sending prayers out for you and your wife for a quick recovery..Barb

Sorry to hear your wife is feeling bad. I hope she has a speedy recovery and an uneventful surgery. Give her lots of TLC and let her be 'the Queen' when she gets home from the hospital:)

I hope the surgery goes well and she continues on to a full and speedy recovery.

Bob,
You and your wife, Laura, are in our prayers and hopefully everything will work out. Think positive...

Good Luck on your cutting...it's springtime!!!

Wishing you and Laura HEALTH & HAPPINESS!!

~Mary Jane

How is Laura today Bob? I hope she is feeling better.

Thanks again, everyone. Laura's doing pretty well. Her fevers are fewer, and lower. Seems to be slightly differing opinions from doctors, concerning surgery. Infectious disease doctor still thinks she needs it, and the surgeon, who finally showed up, isn't so sure. Seems that, in this case, the infectious disease guy trumps surgeon, yet the surgeon is the guy who has to do the work. Both are coming back today, and we are hoping for a meeting of the minds. Laura just wants to come home. I'm heading over to have breakfast with her now.

Kristi... don't worry about the seeds. There'll be plenty of time for that, when you get home. Is this the Kauai reunion? I wish I was going. I haven't been in two years, and I definitely need a fix. Have a great time... Aloha!

Bob

Bob I am so sorry that I just now find out that you must be worried sick about Laura. I am so glad that you are there and were not on the road.

It is good to read that she is doing better and the doctors are not feeling the same about a surgery. I pray that Laura will get exactly the help she needs to get well again real real soon. Knowing that all the prayers we are saying for her and you will continue to work. I feel like Laura is part of our forum because of how loving you always share and include her. Give her my best wishes and a hug from me please.

Bob I have a POTD for you AND Laura
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Sending you a special angel

Hugs
Lucy

Lucy... that is so sweet! A special POTD, just for us. I happened to check the forum, while I was at the hospital, and showed your post to Laura. She was genuinely touched. And she is an angel freak, so it was especially meaningful to her. Thank you, so much.

Bob

BOB!!! I am not sure how I how I missed this... I am so sorry!!! Please know that Miss Laura and You are in my thoughts and Prayers... and let her know we are here and pullin for her....
Big Hugs to you both!!!!!
Kylie

Yes Bob, its the Kauai family reunion. Is there anything I can get you from there you have been missing? Gotta get Kauai cookies. I love those things. Since the guy we hired up and disappeared I have been having to work all week again. I had hoped to cut back to 3 or 4 days like I used to work and have more time. When I send out things I try to do them all in one day so it keeps getting put off. I will try and get them out soon. I have to send Daniella her camellia before it gets too big as well, lol. I have good intentions I swear. I need a clone, lol. Tell Laura I am praying for her and I know she is ready to come home poor thing. Hopefully they will make a decision soon and do what is needed so she can get well. I have been in hospitals enough myself to know more than a day is too much for me. I am still putting off another neck surgery because I just dread it so much and it never seems like a good time to do it. I guess I will do it eventually when I get to where I can't put it off any longer. Hugs to you both.
Kristy

Bob,

You and Laura are in my prayers. I hope she will continue to improve and there will be no need for surgery.

You made me chuckle giving her orchid cut flowers rather than the plant. Good thinking my friend. :)

Have a great week.

~Tj~

Well I still haven't gotten to potting that seedling. There just haven't been enough hours in my days. The roots are going crazy in the water. I'll have to take another photo before I put it in soil. I never took so many photos, until I joined GW!

Laura is going to have the surgery tomorrow morning. The surgeon says its going to be really simple. Clean out all the infection... in and out. He's hoping for 7:30 am, but the timing will depend on when they can squeeze it in to the O.R. schedule. She was in good spirits today, which was nice to see, as yesterday she was kind of cranky. I can't say that I blame her, being confined to that small room... lay in the bed... sit in the chair... stand there holding the IV tree. Not much variety. Hopefully I'll have her home in a few days.

Kristy... have a great time in Hawaii. Don't worry about picking up anything for me... just enjoy the family and the most beautiful place on Earth!

Bob

Bob, please let us know how she is doing tomorrow. I'm sorry she is having to have the surgery but at least maybe that will be the fastest way to get over it and get well. I will be thinking of you all while I am gone. I am already calling his relatives and asking what they have growing in the yard. No luck so far. How can you live in Hawaii and not grow cool plants? What might be cool to me may be weeds to them so I'm not giving up, lol. Get well soon Laura.

Bob, I will praying for a speedy recovery for Laura. Keep us posted on her progress!

Mary

Laura must be going in for her I&D about now. I hope it goes well and she's back home very soon and feeling good. You must be feeling pretty stressed as well. If you need anything next week like food or somebody to run to the store let me know. I'll be down there and am very closeby.
Karyn

Bob praying that everything is going well and that soon both of you can enjoy the REAL trees at HOME and not the IV tree :-) ever again.

Hugs
Lucy

Will be thinking of you two this morning...Barb

Got up at 4:30, and to the hospital by 6:30. They should be coming up for Laura within the next 15 minutes. I need a nap... and a cigar... not in that order! She is sleeping soundly right now... no coffee for her this morning! Thankfully, its almost over. She should be able to come home in a day or two. Laura and I thank you all for your kind words.

Karyn... I sent you an email, earlier.

Bob

I'm glad to hear she can come home soon! I wish her a speedy recovery!

hey! my birthday's october 15th too! :P

Ria

Happy birthday, Ria... well in advance!

Laura Is resting, not so comfortably, but resting. I'm guessing everything went fine. Haven't seen a doctor since the procedure, which kind of pisses me off. I found out the surgery was over, when Laura called me in the waiting room, from her room, to find out where I was. What the F?!! She probably thought I was out smoking a cigar, while she was being cut! I'm sitting in the waiting room, like an idiot, wondering why the surgery is taking so long.
Well, after a while, they gave her some soup and crackers, then she rolled over for some sleep, so I got out of there for a while, to take care of a few things and finally get that cigar. The nap will have to wait.
When I read your comments to Laura yesterday, she replied with "Ohhh, you have such nice friends". Ain't it so!

Bob

Thats crappy that they didn't tell you what was going on. Someone sent John to the wrong waiting room after one of my surgeries and they paged him when it was over but by the time he got there the doctor was gone. I never knew he was missing though since I was still out cold. Give her a hug for me and tell her I hope she gets well quickly now that its over. I don't think I'm going to get to mail anything before I leave. John tried to let me stay home today but I had to run something to him and never got to go back home. Its gotten really busy again. I feel so sorry for our one guy working for us to have to run everything alone while we are gone. Its been running the three of us ragged lately. Get some rest so at least one of you will feel decent.

Bob, how is she?? You'd better baby her when she gets home! I hope you cook! lol! I'd be really pissed too if that had been me..I feel so bad for you 2 about that..sitting there waiting and worrying and no one even tells you she is out and OK? Laura sitting there wanting you, and not knowing why you aren't by her side. WTF is right!!! I hope you've gotten to speak to the Dr by now.
(((hugs))) to both of you..your both still in my prayers & will continue to be. And I hope Laura has a speedy recovery!
btw, I got that same cross from Karyn! Can't wait to see how they turn out!!!

Bob that must have been a horrible time waiting for the doc to come and say all is fine and they did not bother :-(

Hope Laura can leave there real fast and be home with you!

Hugs
Lucy

Bob?? Everything OK? Came to check in and I see you havent posted? We DO worry ya know! ;)
I hope your just busy catering to Laura..

I hope Laura is improving and will be home with you soon! And I hope you get your nap, too!!

Sorry Daniella Dude... didn't mean to keep you hanging! She's doing great. Couldn't bring her home today, as hoped, but maybe tomorrow. They are allowing her to leave her room and walk around now. We went down stairs, with the ever-present IV tree, and out into a beautiful courtyard garden, that I've been telling Laura about all week. Well she just loved it! Big mistake... now this is what she expects that lot I bought, next-door, to look like!
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I took those pics yesterday. Below are a couple that I took this afternoon, with my iPhone, while we were out there. I don't know what these are, but they were hanging from vines on a pergola. I'll bring my camera back later.
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Ryan... I combined that nap with a good night's sleep, that night after the surgery. Went to bed at 8:00pm and didn't get up till the dogs were dragging me out of bed at 7 the next morning. Felt good!

Bob

Bob that is great news. Only one more day and you both are home again and can enjoy your own yard. Laura is right...it looks great...lots of shade for Brugs rofl.

Just make sure she is not overdoing it!!

Lucy

Oh I love that healing garden!!! The hospital I work at is supposed to build a healing garden in our new renovation. I can't wait because they are moving ICU back downstairs and we are supposed to be close to the garden. We sometimes get long term patients the latest has been with us since Jan 1. She cried when we took her outside for the first time (to look at the parking lot) A Garden will be so nice and a wonderful tool for healing. I think we are s far behind, we just now got a pet visitation policy.

I am so glad Laura is doing well and will be quickly. Don't let her over do once she gets home.

Mary

Wow, I sure missed your tragic situation while I was out partying. I'll look forward to good news about Laura's surgery, and am so sorry for all the pain you've both had to endure this past week. I've had IV antibiotics too (cat bite) but it all resolved after 2 treatments and within two weeks I had my arm back good as new. Hope everything went really well for Laura too.

The doc says last bag of IV antibiotic at 2:00 today. By 3:30 they should be unplugging her and sending her home. Just finished washing the dogs. Now all I have to do is vacuum, mop the floors, finish the laundry, and pot that seedling, that started this post. Oh yeah... And pick up Laura! Then go food shopping and make her a nice dinner.
She will start a weeks worth of oral antibiotics, and have a nurse come every day to take care of the dressing.
She can't wait to see her dogs!

Bob

Woohoo!!!!

Bob, Dude!!! I am so glad she is feeling good. So happy she will be coming home! :)
That healing garden IS lovely..Well, if that's what she expects of the lot..you know what to do now! lol!!
Those beautiful flowers to me look like a 'Sky Flower Vine' (Thumbergia grandiflora)simply gorgeous!! I NEED that! lol..any seed pods you can snatch for me?? :)
IV antibiotics ARE the worst..every time I had them they burned so bad going in...get the shivers just thinkin about it. OK..hope your cleanin and cookin up a storm!! lol :)