TODAY'S UPDATE ON BERNIE DUNN/pg 5

[Talondale]

Well wishes Bernie.

[broketooth]

i just heard from Bernie himself. he is feeling much better, and is on the sunny side of the slope. they have him on the correct antibiotics, and should be home in the next few days.im more than sure, that he is still hurtin a little bit, due to his age , and he is gonna need some rest after he gets home. but Bernie is on the road to recovery. ooorah Bernie.

[Deadsmple]

Glad to hear you are doing better Bern. Godspeed

[zipper bowss]

     Glad to hear he is on the mend.

[Ragin Bull]

Good to hear          

[Don Batten]

Thanks for the update Ruddy. I got a call from him myself early this am. Seems that the meds he is getting can only be given by IV. When they get him on an oral antibiotic, he will be home. He seemed embarassed when I told him about all that have posted to get well. It does seem to be a rather serious infection (ecoli). Hope the next post is him.

[Fletcher]

We're all relieved to hear that you are on the mend, Bernie and looking forward to having you back.  Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

[longbowray]

God speed

[jcar315]

[coaster500]

       

[Doc Nock]

Ecoli is nothing to mess with and I hope they keep him as long as is needed to ensure he doesn't relapse...

I had to laugh, Broketooth, reading your comment about"at his age".... he might not forget you on that one!   :D  

Sure has been good to have updates.  that li'l buggar wormed his way into many Gang member hearts and surely mine!  I'm proud to call him "friend" and wish he and Rose the best thru all this.

He can be as embarassed as he wants... with his post count, he earned folks love and respect!

[broketooth]

you are correct, doc. Bernie has earned the love and respect of many , here on tg. To me , most importantly, Bernie is a treasure , and is meant to be takin care of by all of us, not just by his family. All elderly people whether they are strangers or not, are supposed to be takin care of by the younger generations. they have made sacrifices and have suffered for our freedoms.nuff said. rv

[JMartin]

Glad to hear you're doing better Bernie!

[1/4 away]

Glad to hear      

[JAG]

 
Bernie, Glad to hear you're on the mend.  God Speed on the recovery!
Johnny/JAG

[Bud B.]

Bernie posted up on the batman hunt in auction 5.

Good to see your typed words Bernie. Rest and relax...we're trying to rally the troops in your stead!!

 

[Doc Nock]

Amen on the rest! Welcome home, Buddy! Be cautious and take it slow... no fooling!

[ber643]

I will, Doc, I have to (or Rose will beat me with a wet noodle - and I might get to liking that - LOL)

I want to just say thank you so very, very much to all of my friends for their support, prayers, an comments - you are all too kind (but that's ok, I love it    )

Just please be patient with me when it comes to shipping the St. Jude items. Rose helps a GREAT deal but I have all the nuts and bolts of who gets what, etc.

A few life style changes coming up but nothing drastic. Biggest deal is the next 10 - 14 days of Home Care. It seems there was/is no aural antibiotic to fight my strain of ecoli (it is resistant to any of the ones most ecoli respond to (that was the first hang up for a few day. I generated my own brand of it - leave it to ol' Marines to come up with their very own bacteria - LOL. So before they could treat it they had to mix up a new antibiotic  (the stuff Dr's write papers about    :eek: ). Then to send me home once I was on the mend (they didn't want me hanging around and "catching something else") they had to send me to a civilian hospital in J'ville to get what they call a "Long Range" IV (or PIC) put in to handle the heavy duty antibiotics. So that's where the Home Health Care comes in ( they delivered the meds this AM - to be refrigerated) and will come daily to inject the "tough Stuff' in the thing that hangs out of my arm and goes through a deep vein up to near my heart where there is a vein big enough to handle that without collapsing.

I'n'n't that nice? My own ecoli, my own antibiotic - AND my own peculiar sense of humor will see me through this (  with a little help from my friends)

Of course Medicare A & B and Tricare Secondary doesn't cover "special IV" meds - so we have to pay for them    :D    Thank god they do cover the home service from a very professional, well-respected Co.

So- now you know more than you ever wanted to know about it (me too - except it is "interesting") . Science and Gov't I class is over for today.    

Bless you all, bless us all.

[Killdeer]

What a blessing to see you back, old friend.
Life is just a bit flat without your upbeat humor and outlook.
Killdeer the Grump  

[Doc Nock]

See...I always called you a Garden Gnome and then you go prove it by developing a whole strain of non-humanoid bacterium!

Brother... what some guys won't do to get out of helping around the house!

 

That is quite some story, Bernie! Good heavens you're a lucky fella...that they indeed could mix up a killer coctail for that invader so quickly and effeciently!

Prayers for continued healing...just don't over-do it!!!