What Hits You Right in the Feelz

The Cassidy Warner Facebook bullying video made me pretty sad

posted by Mulva

The Cassidy Warner Facebook bullying video made me pretty sad

I would have encouraged her to use the bully's full names in her vid, and even the principal (and teachers) who she says wouldn't do anything.  

Watching your mom suffer in excrutiating pain while slowly dying.  Nothing has or will get me in the feelz more than that.

posted by GoChiefs

Watching your mom suffer in excrutiating pain while slowly dying.  Nothing has or will get me in the feelz more than that.

No morphine?  Sorry for your loss, GC. 

posted by ernest_t_bass

No morphine?  Sorry for your loss, GC. 

Thanks, but she's still kickin'. She's actually being giving Fentanyl for her pain, but with her disease, it barely touches it.  She's been fighting it since last July.  She was in the hospital then for about a month at OSU. Her current hospital stay has been about 3 months.  She started at OSU, but they really screwed her up.  Caused her a lot more pain and suffering.  We transferred her up to Cleveland Clinic, where they finally diagnosed her.  She was discharged for about 3 days last week and went home, but she had to be life flighted back to Cleveland Clinic because a UTI from her catheter caused her blood pressure and vitals to severely drop.  She's fighting a disease in her legs called calciphylaxis (the cause of her leg pain), along with cancer (which caused the calciphylaxis), MRSA, VISA, and the big fucking hole in her back that OSU Medical Center caused. 

Friday the wife and I were in southeast Columbus on a 4-lane undivided road where US 33 is about to become James Rd, 45 mph.  My wife said, "Oh-oh, look that the ducks!"  There was a mother duck and 4 or 5 tiny ducklings all in a row, making there way slowly across the road toward our side.  I slowed down to make sure they weren't in my lane yet, and drove past safely.  Other cars going the opposite way were slowing and trying to make room for them.  

Just after we passed them by, I saw a semi in the opposite lane.  There's no way he would have seen them until it was too late.  I shouldn't have looked in the rearview mirror, but I did.  The mother disappeared under one of the truck's tires.  By then we were too far away to see anything, but I think the truck also got one of the ducklings, and a car behind him got a couple of others, maybe the rest of them.  It happened so fast.

We drove the rest of the way in silence.

9/11 Memorial was tough

Seeing people celebrate anniversaries.  Divorce will do that to you.

posted by Trueblue23

9/11 Memorial was tough

 

My wife and I's anniversary is on January 1st. We made a trip to New York (visited different parts of the state including Cooperstown/Baseball HOF) for our anniversary around New Year's 2002, less than 3 months after 9/11.

They had built a wooden platform you could walk up to overlook rubble of ground zero, it was almost all still there. The toughest part emotionally was the about 4 block (for us where we parked, it was longer) walk up to the platform. The fences still had all of the "have you seen me?" pictures of all the missing loved ones. It took us about 2 hours to walk that 4 blocks trying to at least look at every poster/picture. It was the saddest moment of my life but the one that I look back on and am glad we did that.

I haven't been back to see the memorial, but going to see that when the emotions/event were still VERY raw, was surreal.

We were scheduled for a special birthday trip to New York the week of 9/11, with the last couple of nights staying at the Marriott World Trade Center (which was also demolished).  I still have the email confirming our reservations for lunch at Windows on the World, on top of the North Tower ...........always chilling to read it knowing whoever sent it may have perished in the attack. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Windows on the World [mailto:reservation@windowsontheworld.com] 
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 8:38 PM
To: 
Subject: Re: Windows On The World Reservation

Dear Mr. ,

Your reservations have been made for Monday September 17th at 12:00PM for a party of five(5). Jackets are required for gentlemen and there are no jeans, sneakers, or shorts permitted. Children are not permitted. We would appreciate a call back two days prior to re-confirm at 212-524-7011.

Thank you for choosing WIndows On The World
Reservations

posted by Trueblue23

9/11 Memorial was tough

 

Seeing people celebrate anniversaries.  Divorce will do that to you.

Hoping to get to the memorial one day.   Just the thought of that day, and how it changed the world forever that day.   It changed myself and my brother's career paths.    I know it will be an emotional moment.

posted by QuakerOats

We were scheduled for a special birthday trip to New York the week of 9/11, with the last couple of nights staying at the Marriott World Trade Center (which was also demolished).  I still have the email confirming our reservations for lunch at Windows on the World, on top of the North Tower ...........always chilling to read it knowing whoever sent it may have perished in the attack. 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Windows on the World [mailto:reservation@windowsontheworld.com] 
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 8:38 PM
To: 
Subject: Re: Windows On The World Reservation

Dear Mr. ,

Your reservations have been made for Monday September 17th at 12:00PM for a party of five(5). Jackets are required for gentlemen and there are no jeans, sneakers, or shorts permitted. Children are not permitted. We would appreciate a call back two days prior to re-confirm at 212-524-7011.

Thank you for choosing WIndows On The World
Reservations

Wow.  That email is chilling.  I remember waking up that morning in LA, turning on the TV and seeing the news that the first tower was down.  In my still-sleep-induced fog, I thought, "gee, I didin't know they were planning on demolishing the WTC".  Then the reality hit and - well, what a day that was.  

posted by GoChiefs

Thanks, but she's still kickin'. She's actually being giving Fentanyl for her pain, but with her disease, it barely touches it.  She's been fighting it since last July.  She was in the hospital then for about a month at OSU. Her current hospital stay has been about 3 months.  She started at OSU, but they really screwed her up.  Caused her a lot more pain and suffering.  We transferred her up to Cleveland Clinic, where they finally diagnosed her.  She was discharged for about 3 days last week and went home, but she had to be life flighted back to Cleveland Clinic because a UTI from her catheter caused her blood pressure and vitals to severely drop.  She's fighting a disease in her legs called calciphylaxis (the cause of her leg pain), along with cancer (which caused the calciphylaxis), MRSA, VISA, and the big fucking hole in her back that OSU Medical Center caused. 

I will pray for your mom and your family.  This is a very hard thing you must be experiencing.  It's your mom after all.  This hasn't happened to me, so I can only imagine how you must feel.  I hope this situation proceeds how God desires as quickly as possible so that her suffering passes.  God bless.