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Bud Brewster

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Bulldogtrekker's wife called me last evening and said that our friend will be in the hospital for the next five days with appendicitis! Sad

The good news is that the doctors think it can be treated with antibiotics, so he won't need surgery. Very Happy

I'm sure the members of All Sci-Fi will post a few encouraging words to Bulldogtrekker here on this thread. As a matter of fact, I called his doctor this morning and asked him to tell BDT that we were all thinking about him.

Unfortunately the man was a bit rude to me. Shocked

Here's his reply.

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Gord Green · Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 9:36 am Post subject:

Give BDT my regards and hopes for a complete recovery!

Bud Brewster · Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 9:55 am Post subject:

orzel-w · Galactic Ambassador Joined: 19 Sep 2014 Posts: 1865

BDT: The hospital's no place to spend the summer. You know where you belong, so get back here where we can keep an eye on you.
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Bud Brewster · Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 2:03 pm Post subject:

MetroPolly · Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 8:15 pm Post subject:

Aw, poor Bulldogtrekker. Hope he gets well soon.

Getting your appendix out is rotten enough when you're a kid, but I think it's supposed to be tricky when you're an adult.

Custer · Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 7:57 am Post subject:

Yes, BDT, get well soon - and have the full complete recovery! Wink

bulldogtrekker · Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:21 am Post subject:

Here I am LIVE! I have already asked Kay to see if the (tiny) TV has a disk player or USB connection in it and it does not.

The appendix did rupture but they are leaving it in place and draining it.

Bud Brewster · Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 12:04 pm Post subject:

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Bulldogtrekker's wife called to say that his doctor and the intern were pleased with the way he responded to the treatment.

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
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bulldogtrekker · Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 1:18 pm Post subject:

Some of these folks know nothing of the eclipse; I think I might be able to go to the parking lot in a wheelchair to watch the eclipse.

I asked one young lady if she liked star trek cosplay, and she said she remembered watching Star Trek reruns with her grandfather.

Bud Brewster · Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 1:56 pm Post subject:

MetroPolly · Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 5:58 pm Post subject:

Okay, 2 things. First, congrats to Bulldogtrekker for his speedy recovery (BTW, they're leaving it in? I thought an inflamed appendix, or ruptured one gets removed so it doesn't lead to septic shock).

Second, don't go bothering with special eclipse glasses, just make a pinhole viewer like I'm gonna. way cheaper (free, in fact) and safer.

Bud Brewster · Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 7:17 pm Post subject:

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Welcome to the world of modern medicine, Miss Metropolly, where they don't have to cut you open as often as they used to.

Thank God! Very Happy

As for the eclipse, a camera with a proper filter offers a nice view that looks like this.

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But there's really not that much to see when you're standing on the ground and looking up at something no bigger than your thumbnail held out at arm's length, even when you're in the zone of totality and using the protective glasses! Sad

And if you take the time to make a pinhole viewer using a cardboard box with a piece of white paper taped on the inside, and a small hole on the opposite side to project an image onto the paper, I know from personal experience that all you get is a fuzzy little shadow image of the sun with a bite taken out of it.

You either have to cut a hole in the box and stick your head inside (as the picture below shows), or you have to leave one side of box open, which let's a lot of light inside and washes out the image! Sad

Either way, I've never been impressed with the results. It's sort of like watching a shadow show with hand gestures on the wall in a darkened room.

So, what I'm going to do is watch the eclipse on my HD television, compliments of the Science Channel, and then go outside to look around at what my subdivision looks like here in Charlotte when it reaches the apex!

WITHOUT look up. Very Happy

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
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bulldogtrekker · Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 9:57 am Post subject:

I am sitting in a chair and typing. I did not sleep last night.

Yes, I questioned the doctor about why the ruptured appendix shouldn't be removed. He said that it could not be removed laparoscopic (but did not explain why) so it would be too much trouble to remove.

The sooner I get out of this place, the better.

Bud, I like the shadow box suggestion.

Bud Brewster · Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 11:17 am Post subject:

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I guess Dr. McCoy can't go in through a small incision and nip the appendix off and pull it out if it's already ruptured.

About the "shadow box" (actually a "pinhole viewer"), I didn't invent it, I just found an illustration of how they're made. Very Happy

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)