tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post2515576266129953541..comments2024-03-23T17:29:56.224-05:00Comments on Stilton's Place: The Horrible Thing On The Seventh FloorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-22571949063421629542021-11-07T11:55:09.571-06:002021-11-07T11:55:09.571-06:00Question about the painting by your dad: what kind...Question about the painting by your dad: what kind of wine goes with Al Gore's head?<br /><br />Best wishes to you and your bride. God bless you both.Pacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-40261999038434659892021-11-06T07:25:35.156-05:002021-11-06T07:25:35.156-05:00Please hang in, Doc, and know that you and your br...Please hang in, Doc, and know that you and your bride are in our thoughts and prayers.cintarojahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14378000529256242785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-40681110542679176192021-11-06T04:29:09.496-05:002021-11-06T04:29:09.496-05:00So how goes things, Stilt? A little progress repo...So how goes things, Stilt? A little progress report would be appreciated. OTOH, no news is good news... M. Mitchell Marmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03713408277487830595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-12817401918874734012021-11-04T14:38:38.818-05:002021-11-04T14:38:38.818-05:00@Colby: Norma Bates Kitteh comes by her name hone...@Colby: Norma Bates Kitteh comes by her name honestly. Her former owner is a meth-head in prison for killing her boyfriend. Norma, by contrast, is one of the chillest, friendliest cats around... :) <br />M. Mitchell Marmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03713408277487830595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-63728682119944653282021-11-04T11:29:33.496-05:002021-11-04T11:29:33.496-05:00Still keeping you and Kathy held up in prayers of ...Still keeping you and Kathy held up in prayers of healing! Hopefully you two will be back home in 3 days where there is real food, real rest, and Clan MacLighterFluid.<br /><br />@Gonzo'57,<br />Great post! Is there any doubt Fauci is getting filthy rich off this? In the USA, we are suffering with Fauci, backed by the progressive power grabbers. Per Statista.com, our Covid death rate per million is 2,275. Sweden mandated nothing, and their death rate is 1,492 per million. LET'S GO BRANDON (and Fauci)!<br /><br />@MMM,<br />My sister in law has a cat named Sid Vicious, aptly so, I might add.Colby Muensterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16910666550508273829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-15236551934760694782021-11-03T13:10:33.282-05:002021-11-03T13:10:33.282-05:00Keep hanging in there.Keep hanging in there.Fish Out of Waterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04729449106447506298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-42931564924155272062021-11-02T14:48:43.470-05:002021-11-02T14:48:43.470-05:00Norma Bates Kitteh and Sylvia Siamese send snugs a...Norma Bates Kitteh and Sylvia Siamese send snugs and purrs. M. Mitchell Marmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03713408277487830595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-51050698035090235272021-11-02T09:34:49.538-05:002021-11-02T09:34:49.538-05:00@Readers- Great comments from everyone above, and ...<b>@Readers- Great comments from everyone above, and bonus points to Gonzo'57 for the Covid data. By the way, it's been found that a cheap and common generic antidepressant (also prescribed for OCD) cuts serious harm or deaths from Covid by one third. Which means it will never be recommended for use in treating Covid and will be ridiculed as fit only for Horses who keep repeatedly washing their hooves.<br /><br />Today, Tuesday Nov 2, we're heading back into the hospital for a few days - all previously scheduled. The first round of chemo is called "induction," to try to kill all the leukemic cancer cells. This subsequent round is called "consolidation" and aims to kill any cells hiding away in the shadows. <br /><br />Kathy should have a 3-5 day stay in the hospital (the smart money is on 5 days) after which she'll come home for a closely monitored recovery and regular blood work (at the hospital lab) so she can receive blood and/or platelets as needed. All of which is necessary, but it's not much fun to end our week of "just being home."</b>Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-91552173384067786772021-11-01T22:03:15.825-05:002021-11-01T22:03:15.825-05:00Stilt,
Second half of my post:
Masks. The gold ...Stilt,<br /><br /><br />Second half of my post:<br /><br />Masks. The gold standard of medical research is randomized trials, and there have now been two on COVID masks for adults. For children, there is no solid scientific evidence that masks work. A Danish study found no statistically significant difference between masking and not masking when it came to coronavirus infection. In a study in Bangladesh, the 95 percent confidence interval showed that masks reduced transmission between 0 percent and 18 percent. Hence, masks are either of zero or limited benefit. There are many more critical pandemic measures that Dr. Fauci could have emphasized, such as better ventilation in schools and hiring nursing home staff with natural immunity.<br /><br />Contact tracing. For some infectious diseases, such as Ebola and syphilis, contact tracing is critically important. For a commonly circulating viral infection such as COVID, it was a hopeless waste of valuable public health resources that did not stop the disease.<br />Collateral public health damage. A fundamental public health principle is that health is multidimensional; the control of a single infectious disease is not synonymous with health. As an immunologist, Dr. Fauci failed to properly consider and weigh the disastrous effects lockdowns would have on cancer detection and treatment, cardiovascular disease outcomes, diabetes care, childhood vaccination rates, mental health and opioid overdoses, to name a few. Americans will live with—and die from—this collateral damage for many years to come.<br />In private conversations, most of our scientific colleagues agree with us on these points. While a few have spoken up, why are not more doing so? Well, some tried but failed. Others kept silent when they saw colleagues slandered and smeared in the media or censored by Big Tech. Some are government employees who are barred from contradicting official policy. Many are afraid of losing positions or research grants, aware that Dr. Fauci sits on top of the largest pile of infectious disease research money in the world. Most scientists are not experts on infectious disease outbreaks. Were we, say, oncologists, physicists or botanists, we would probably also have trusted Dr. Fauci.<br /><br />The evidence is in. Governors, journalists, scientists, university presidents, hospital administrators and business leaders can continue to follow Dr. Anthony Fauci or open their eyes. After 700,000-plus COVID deaths and the devastating effects of lockdowns, it is time to return to basic principles of public health.<br />Martin Kulldorff, Ph.D., is an epidemiologist, biostatistician, and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Jay Bhattacharya, MD, Ph.D., is a Professor of Health Policy at Stanford University School of Medicine. Both are Senior Scholars at the newly formed Brownstone Institute.<br /><br />My input: Please keep in mind that the NIH has admitted to funding gain of function research on the bat Covid virus. Dr. Fauci is the head of the NIH.Gonzo'57noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-9617183203034959562021-11-01T21:56:19.867-05:002021-11-01T21:56:19.867-05:00Stilt,
"For Better or Worse". You are a...Stilt,<br /><br />"For Better or Worse". You are a bright, shinning example of what one does for someone you love and to honor the vows you have voiced. You are a true MAN! I truly believe that with your help and Kathy's determination that she and you will come out on the winning end of this battle.<br /><br />I don't mean to detract from your personal trials and tribulations but I felt I had to share this article from Newsweek about Fauci's foibles. I know I can count on your followers to spread this article far and wide. <br /><br /> "When the pandemic hit, America needed someone to turn to for advice. The media and public naturally looked to Dr. Anthony Fauci—the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, an esteemed laboratory immunologist and one of President Donald Trump's chosen COVID advisers. Unfortunately, Dr. Fauci got major epidemiology and public health questions wrong. Reality and scientific studies have now caught up with him.<br />Here are the key issues:<br /><br />Natural immunity. By pushing vaccine mandates, Dr. Fauci ignores naturally acquired immunity among the COVID-recovered, of which there are more than 45 million in the United States. Mounting evidence indicates that natural immunity is stronger and longer lasting than vaccine-induced immunity. In a study from Israel, the vaccinated were 27 times more likely to get symptomatic COVID than the unvaccinated who had recovered from a prior infection.<br /><br />We have known about natural immunity from disease at least since the Athenian Plague in 430 BC. Pilots, truckers and longshoremen know about it, and nurses know it better than anyone. Under Fauci's mandates, hospitals are firing heroic nurses who recovered from COVID they contracted while caring for patients. With their superior immunity, they can safely care for the oldest and frailest patients with even lower transmission risk than the vaccinated.<br />Protecting the elderly. While anyone can get infected, there is more than a thousand-fold difference in mortality risk between the old and the young. After more than 700,000 reported COVID deaths in America, we now know that lockdowns failed to protect high-risk older people. When confronted with the idea of focused protection of the vulnerable, Dr. Fauci admitted he had no idea how to accomplish it, arguing that it would be impossible. That may be understandable for a lab scientist, but public health scientists have presented many concrete suggestions that would have helped, had Fauci and other officials not ignored them.<br /><br />What can we do now to minimize COVID mortality? Current vaccination efforts should focus on reaching people over 60 who are neither COVID-recovered nor vaccinated, including hard-to-reach, less-affluent people in rural areas and inner cities. Instead, Dr. Fauci has pushed vaccine mandates for children, students and working-age adults who are already immune—all low-risk populations—causing tremendous disruption to labor markets and hampering the operation of many hospitals.<br /><br />School closures. Schools are major transmission points for influenza, but not for COVID. While children do get infected, their risk for COVID death is minuscule, lower than their already low risk of dying from the flu. Throughout the 2020 spring wave, Sweden kept daycare and schools open for all its 1.8 million children ages 1 to 15, with no masks, testing or social distancing. The result? Zero COVID deaths among children and a COVID risk to teachers lower than the average of other professions. In fall 2020, most European countries followed suit, with similar results. Considering the devastating effects of school closures on children, Dr. Fauci's advocacy for school closures may be the single biggest mistake of his career.<br /><br />Gonzo'57noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-11773968147881488562021-11-01T05:56:40.429-05:002021-11-01T05:56:40.429-05:00Praying for all of you. God blessed us with your ...Praying for all of you. God blessed us with your humor, May God continue to bless you and your familyMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04943334433757214836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-67788673622418465212021-11-01T02:38:18.989-05:002021-11-01T02:38:18.989-05:00Boynsea -- imodium for the commodium?
Stilt, Kath...Boynsea -- imodium for the commodium?<br /><br />Stilt, Kathy, Daughter J -- hang in there, gang, we're with ya!Maoznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-65231149640732507392021-10-31T12:54:53.273-05:002021-10-31T12:54:53.273-05:00Imodium, for the win!
Life's experiences have...Imodium, for the win!<br /><br />Life's experiences have taught me to not leave home without Imodium.boynseanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-24928122695708577632021-10-29T18:56:16.783-05:002021-10-29T18:56:16.783-05:00I am very familiar with that feeling which is why ...I am very familiar with that feeling which is why I now hate traveling outside my immediate neighborhood. I live in a business district, the West Seattle Alaska Junction.bill waldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04663387567405051250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-70679733356449631232021-10-29T18:29:14.357-05:002021-10-29T18:29:14.357-05:00Sheesh!!! NO WONDER you two were so glad to finall...Sheesh!!! NO WONDER you two were so glad to finally be home!!! I hope Kathy and your bowels are doing a little better these days... ;-)<br />Mrywidowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17785351576813740334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-78466040713125261432021-10-29T17:43:00.695-05:002021-10-29T17:43:00.695-05:00The seventh floor can't be that bad. I have r...<br />The seventh floor can't be that bad. I have read that using a porta-potti (TM?) is WAY more likely to expose you to the 'rona. <br /><br />On a completely unrelated note, I saw a trailer for a movie the other day that really made me think. It was for a movie about the 1988 Demo_Rat nomination race. Remember the Gary Hart story? Can you believe the mainstream media once used to do actual investigative journalism? In 1988 they helped to bring down the then-frontrunner Demo_Rat. Four years later they no longer covered the Demo_Rat, they COVERED FOR the Demo_Rat and they have been doing that ever since. It would be a crying shame, except that the Demo_Rats no longer have any shame.JustaJeepGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-73580656464221997762021-10-29T17:14:05.512-05:002021-10-29T17:14:05.512-05:00Continued prayers and salutations for Kathy, Stilt...Continued prayers and salutations for Kathy, Stilt and Daughter J.<br /><br />Sometime I will tell the story of working in Hazardous Materials and contaminating the entire main entrance of our hospital. Hey, I did'n do nuttin'.<br /><br />Love, Glen and SiouxSortahwittehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09057789691899634457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-23175186634138590602021-10-29T15:22:34.800-05:002021-10-29T15:22:34.800-05:00"No, this was noxious, still-bubbling green s..."No, this was noxious, still-bubbling green stomach acid which burned like a blow torch."<br /><br />Not to be indelicate, it could be worse. Three older fellows, one 60 years old, one 70 years old, and the third 80 years old, were discussing the trials of getting older.<br />The 60 year old guy says, "It is terrible. I can't pee like I used to." <br />The 70 year old says, "You think that is bad? I can't poop like I used to."<br />The 80 year old says, "You guys just wait until you get to be my age. I pee at 5:00 A.M. then I poop at 6:00 A.M."<br />Both other guys ask, "What is wrong with that?"<br />The 80 year old says, "I Don't wake up until 8:00 A.M.!"<br /><br />Just a little humor, perhaps very little.American Cowboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-12023098304046314562021-10-29T12:11:51.879-05:002021-10-29T12:11:51.879-05:00There's that patented Jarlsberg humor. I love...There's that patented Jarlsberg humor. I love it.Shellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-70313558847296889082021-10-29T11:52:38.108-05:002021-10-29T11:52:38.108-05:00High stress on the digestive tract rarely produces...High stress on the digestive tract rarely produces happy results.<br /><br />The good news was that even if you were exposed to a heaping dose of Wuhan Flu heavy air, the odds that you'd have exposed Kathy to it in such a short time was minimal, if at all. (Besides, you were wearing a mask and all the smart people say that masks are awesome, right?) And of course you later learned that all that angst was for naught, right?<br /><br />Still, I am sorry you went through that added layer of stress that you definitely didn't need at that moment. Hang in there, buddy!<br /><br />John the Econnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-91274831993911673392021-10-29T11:29:30.664-05:002021-10-29T11:29:30.664-05:00I suspect you and Kathy both have been exposed to ...I suspect you and Kathy both have been exposed to the corona flu numerous times, just like everyone else in the world. Like any other flu, some handle it better than others. <br />Prayers for Kathy’s continued improvement. Radar1972https://www.blogger.com/profile/07729140455368292584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-87888844328459660082021-10-29T11:11:29.533-05:002021-10-29T11:11:29.533-05:00On top of everything else you have to put up with ...On top of everything else you have to put up with the "runs". I think you are an incredibly strong person, so hang in there. Best wishes as always.Mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08822380093376626128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-47192571111742602512021-10-29T10:42:00.128-05:002021-10-29T10:42:00.128-05:00It is so heart warming to read all the comments. G...It is so heart warming to read all the comments. Good to know the world wide web is being used for good. Hope the left never find out and send us all to jail. Yes prayers are wonderful medicines. Please don't loose your humor. It is a blessing to us all. We never know what others are really going through and it cheers us up. Prayers will continue for you and yours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-18229855160607102632021-10-29T10:36:55.334-05:002021-10-29T10:36:55.334-05:00Houdy Stilt, the 7th floor eposode was scary, hows...Houdy Stilt, the 7th floor eposode was scary, howsomeever 8th floor release was a story common to some of us old farts. How in the name of all thats holy did you contain the lava flo for that long? Emaressing is the most over used word in those critical relese times (know it well). I don't cuss as a moral condition :) but at such moments I need great forgiveness from on High. The Lord receives abbuse not deserved. Best wishes to you and Kathy and may your innerds stay strong.Ole Scrapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02835493497351858004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-8325039080243235042021-10-29T10:20:50.492-05:002021-10-29T10:20:50.492-05:00@Jim Lane- Oddly enough, my Dad didn't do that...@Jim Lane- Oddly enough, my Dad didn't do that picture for Halloween. It was just the sort of thing he liked to do.<br /><br />@Mike- I have so much frustration and rage about Covid (and the politics thereof), but I'm having to back-burner it all for now.<br /><br />@G Cooper- I'm sometimes unsure whether I'm blessed or cursed by my sense of humor, but it looks like it's permanent.<br /><br />@M. Mitchell Marmel- True story: I went to the liquor store yesterday to buy a few jugs of Clan MacGregor <i>and they didn't have any</i> because of this supply chain idiocy. Damn you, Biden!<br /><br />@Hammer- I won't lie; my dauber was drooping there for a bit.<br /><br />@She's A Beauty- The doctored (ironically) hospital photo is indeed nightmarish, but nicely captures the feeling that hit me when I saw that sign.<br /><br />@Fish Out of Water- Don't we get enough of those images the other 364 days of the year?<br /><br />@McChuck- I think I <i>was</i> in danger of killing Kathy, but you're right that I certainly wasn't the only risk vector. When a hands-on nurse wearing a nearly pointless paper mask is talking about how much she enjoyed being in the stands with a crowd at a football game the previous night, you realize that "risk containment" isn't a big priority even on an oncology floor.<br /><br />@Bobo the Hobo- If you've got a picture of Pelosi up for Halloween, OSHA requires you to also have cardiac paddles available. It's not just a good idea, it's the law.<br /><br />@Jess- I wasn't going to mess with the catch tray and risk effing things up. Plus, since Kathy was packed with chemo, all of those effluvients were highly toxic if they touched your skin. Or licked your fingers.<br /><br />@Nancy Dickerson- I won't lie, I spent a number of really bad days after the Covid scare. I was already having every bad emotion possible (I thought) - then added "guilt" to the list.<br /><br />@Igor the Obscure- I try not to get TOO hysterical about Covid, but fail when it comes to Kathy's immuno-compromised state. And would I have fed her "horse dewormer" if the doctors wouldn't give her Ivermectin? Quite possibly.<br /><br />@TrickyRicky- I DO love Halloween, and I don't think I'm going to be able to do anything for the trick-or-treaters this year which is really weighing on me.<br /><br />@alan markus- I'm so glad to hear that your wife's surgeries have been successful! And like you, I was surprised by how few (and pitiful) the Covid precautions were in the hospital. <br /><br />@VideomanSS- If Kathy gets a stem cell transplant, I think she'll still have to go the "no visitor" route for 30 days or so. But we'll surse that bridge when we get to it.<br /><br /><b>@Everyone- Thank you for the ongoing good wishes and prayers. In the past, I've sometimes wondered if such things <i>really</i> make a difference during tough times. And it turns out they really do!</b>Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.com