Annie in hospital with pneumonia
My daughter, Annie, the managing editor of BHM, was admitted to the hospital today with pneumonia. She and her 4-year-old son Gavin had been sick for a week, then yesterday Lenie and I decided to take her whole family back to our house to nurse them back to health. I ended up taking Annie to the Sutter Coast Hospital ER in Crescent City, Calif., at 5:30 this morning. I’m with her in the ICU now, and her husband, Erik, is flying back from the Marine Corps base in North Carolina. She’s resting fairly comfortably with intravenous-fed fluids and antibiotics, plus an oxygen tube to help her breathe.
She’s one of several people sick in my circle. Son Jake just got over being sick for a week, son Sam just came down sick a couple of days ago, and John Silveira has been sick at least a week. Gavin appears to be recovering nicely. Annie has asthma and is five months pregnant, so the doctors are watching her closely. Her baby appears to be doing fine.
February 9th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Our thoughts and prayers are with Annie, Gavin, & all for a full and speedy recovery.
February 9th, 2010 at 6:21 pm
Sending prayers, and positive thoughts your way.
Here’s a joke for Annie:
A man went to see his doctor because he was suffering from a miserable cold. His doctor prescribed some pills, but they didn’t help.
On his next visit the doctor gave him a shot, but that didn’t do any good.
On his third visit the doctor told the man to go home and take a hot bath. As soon as he was finished bathing he was to throw open all the windows and stands in the draft.
‘But doc,’ protested the patient, ‘if I do that, I’ll get pneumonia.’
‘I know,’ said his physician. ‘I can cure pneumonia.’
and here’s a joke for the nurses:
Q: What’s the difference between a nurse and a nun?
A: A nun only serves one God.
February 9th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
Get Better, Annie. We are keeping you all in our prayers.
February 9th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
Prayers and best wishes
February 10th, 2010 at 7:47 am
Out thoughts and prayers go to you at this time. We pray that Annie and Gavin and of course everyone will have a speedy recovery. One small ray of sunshine is that Erik not on deployment, thay in itself must be a great boost for Annie
February 10th, 2010 at 7:59 am
I’m so sorry to hear about all of the sickness around you these days. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family and friends. Hang in there, Dave!
February 10th, 2010 at 10:52 am
I will sure be thinking good thoughts about Annie and all the rest of your family. You all are like family to all of us, so know that we are all out here praying for her speedy recovery.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
I’m so sorry to hear that – take care you guys, we’ll be thinking of you, and keeping you in our prayers.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
I know that you do not know me- but I do know Annie. Please tell her that I am sending prayers to her over the country- both for Eriks safe flight and for her to be ok. I hope that the baby is doing ok….
February 10th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Annie is much improved and will be transferred from the ICU into a regular hospital room today. She no longer requires oxygen and all the numbers on the various monitors are excellent. She even got to take a shower this afternoon.
February 11th, 2010 at 7:24 am
i am glad annie is doing better, i prayed for her and will kept on, unill we hear all is well .we all love her and all of you at backwoods homes mag. tell her to rest a lot . CHERYL S
February 11th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
Dave,
We are sorry to hear of Annie and the rest of your family being sick. Our prayers are with you all, and concerns for Annie. we enjoy her editorials as we did yours, and we are thankful there are “Patriots” like you folks and others, we don’t feel so alone.