@mjp28 said:

Way to go BROWNS now win one more in KC next week it will be wild.

I think I can help by predicting another "Mail in the L Browns" outcome.?

@texasag1969 said:

What a game. Totally shocking the way that 1st Q went. Rest easy tonight.

Oh yes I did, a lot of BROWNS or even Steelers fans here had the game  on in almost every room.

It is 6:20 am here now and is still a big topic of conversation.  It was indeed a big deal around here and all over the sports world.  I happened to be up at 5 am and was watching ESPN NFL Rewind something I've never done before.  They draw blood from 3 to 5 am daily here, a welcome relief from that.

Something we will remember years from now, a great memory in the making enjoy it 

Way to go BROWNS now win one more in KC next week it will be wild.

@mjp28 said:

You should see my nurse tonight Katelyn a really nice 5' 8" blonde with a twin sister who also works here along with their mother......yes also a blonde.

Oh Cleveland 7-0 !

What a game. Totally shocking the way that 1st Q went. Rest easy tonight.

@texasag1969 said:

I don't want to be all hooked up in a hospital like ole mjp just to qualify to get one of those right away. Unless they can find a Bo Derek look alike for my nurse.?

You should see my nurse tonight Katelyn a really nice 5' 8" blonde with a twin sister who also works here along with their mother......yes also a blonde.

Oh Cleveland 7-0 !

@diehardbrownsfan said:

Same here.  But I'm still a teenager compared to you, lol.

Methuselah is a teenager compared to me.?‍?

@diehardbrownsfan said:

I figure the VA will start offering them for Vets over 65 by April or so.

I take meds for high blood pressure and am service connected so maybe even sooner than that. But I'm not holding my breath. I'm on their contact list for it though.

@diehardbrownsfan said:

What do you mean to high for your taste?  

I don't want to be all hooked up in a hospital like ole mjp just to qualify to get one of those right away. Unless they can find a Bo Derek look alike for my nurse.?

@texasag1969 said:

The price of getting that shot is too high for my taste. Sorry you got delayed long enough to get it, but glad you are getting it.

What do you mean to high for your taste?  

@mjp28 said:

Well I sent this email out to friends and family this morning, I was all ready to get rid of this PICC line and IV tomorrow.......oh well.

Hi everyone,

The price of getting that shot is too high for my taste. Sorry you got delayed long enough to get it, but glad you are getting it.

Hi everyone,

@the-gipper said:

You should be in line for the vaccine like RIGHT NOW!   Aren't you? 

Well that was in December of last year here is what I learned this morning January 9  I am scheduled January 12 right after the front line workers as a compromised 70+ elderly person depending upon availability.  This is pretty much how this rollout is working as more shots are rolling out to hospitals, nursing homes, front line and essential workers, etc. are given their turn. They are well over 6M+ shots given as of yesterday.  For you under 65 regular folks it might be months yet

   I will know more about it on Monday but this is what I emailed family and friends:

Hi everyone,

@the-gipper said:

You should be in line for the vaccine like RIGHT NOW!   Aren't you? 

Wednesday December 23 am -  Oh Gip and the rest of you  just FYI I saw yesterday that the hospital I just left 2+ weeks ago Mercy Health St. E's I think the Youngstown hospital first I was in the Boardman location got their first shipment of the vaccine (not sure which one).  They said they will start ASAP and it would take a week or two just to get through the front line people ER, COVID-19 wing and others there.  No word on the rest of the thousands of workers yet and no patients yet.  No word yet on anything else.

A select few nursing homes/rehab are getting the few out now, we have a friend working at one......owned by a politically and socially connected local well off owner FWIW. Same thing they will do the staff first then over 75 residents and then see how many shots they have left.

Having the two vaccines will help get thousands and later millions of shots out there, it will still take awhile just to get through the hospitals, nursing homes, first responders, necessary workers and of course us geezers before hitting the general people.

Donald J. Trump does deserve some thanks for helping get this whole thing going before 2020 will be ending and 2021 gets here.  Still the USA will have millions of cases and hundreds of thousands of people will die from this highly contagious disease.  Wear your masks !

I'm trying to stay out of politics on this it's a medical emergency.

I did hear some of the staff talking in my room about the vaccines for our little 28 bed specialty hospital but I would volunteer to take a shot first if we got ours !

So there you go, what I know and have heard up to date.  Now our stimulus checks........  

my sister sent me bahhama mommas and some brats from schmidts in columbus OH hell ya 

@mjp28 said:

Everytime I see Texas  A&M on television or see the colors on the field it reminds me of a business trip I had in 1980 or 1981 when my flights got screwed up in Pittsburgh and changed to PIT ---> DFW  and  DFW --> BRY(?).   Bryan Texas then guaranteed rental car to drive to Hearne, Texas.  Turned into one big mess.

In the DFW airport I and a T A&M plebe I met there did not have guaranteed flights to Bryan.  I left home at 6 am an watched the first half of the CLE/PIT game in PIT together we watched the second half of DAL/WAS game in DFW.   Shows you how long we both were up.  We got not guaranteed stand-by tickets -and- the last flight that night out of DFW.  I remember calling my wife dead tired and telling her either I get that flight or I was checking into the brand new Ramada hotel off in the distance.  The DFW was a brand new airport....the subway didn't have operators are there were still bugs in the system........what could go wrong ???

Sitting there at the bar we made an agreement if his buddys were there and my car wasn't they would take me to Hearne.  If his buddies were long gone and I had a car I'd take him to his dorm, he had to be there before 6 am or he was screwed !   He seemed like a nice young man, I bought him beers and bought us some nice sandwiches at the bar......he was a plebe I was on an expense account.   

Well hurrah we got the last two seats #17 and 18 !       It was a wing over prop 17 seat plane 18 if there was no co-pilot at 2 am going into a ferocious thunderstorm....... what could go wong ???   When you climbed up on the plane you had to hunch over until you sat down, and of course no stewardardes just "those bags".  We got the last two seats next to the pilot and where if you pulled the curtain you could look in......kind of neat actually.

As soon as we got up and out of Dallas we went through the worst thunderstorm I've EVER   been in an airplane.   After a few minutes I fell dead asleep until we hit Bryan. 

Landed in this dinky little airport rain just stopped place looked closed. His buddies were long gone.   We walked in the only unlocked door and went to the only lit counter the Hertz car rental.  The poor girl was sleeping on the counter.   I signed something girl slid me the keys and said these words I'll never forget "it's the red Ford" and bolted out.

Ok this should be easy, right?   Went out to the lot the door slammed locked behind up we looked over and they were ALL Red Fords !  Plan B immediately. I took off the trunk key gave it to him I kept the main key told him that the first one that pops open we take it !

Well I got it and we were gone.

I then got the best guided tour going on 3 am of the entire Texas A&M campus you could ever ask for.

My only mistake I didn't get that young man's name...... I would love to have it and talk with him now.

(NOTE:  I had to do the last five paragraphs real fast the IV team had walked in the door and they don't wait.  Nice that I got my PICC line put in.   )

PRICELESS! Thanks for  sharing!!

Mike

@the-gipper said:

You should be in line for the vaccine like RIGHT NOW!   Aren't you? 

I have to see the distribution in our area, when available I'm 70 with a lot of pre-existing issues.  If I'm in a hospital that gets it it goes front line employees then over 75 then the other employees and the rest of us geezers.  I think.  It will take a few months to cover the hospitals and nursing homes, police, EMTS  on and on.  The average joes will be well into 2021.

I've been in the hospital over 20 times since 2015 and have seen some amazing things this year in my 4 visits.  I'll put up a few later.

It was hard just getting me admitted and on the PICC line for the 4-6 weeks of big time antibiotic treatment.  And Vancomycin is a last resort med.

Ever hear stories of someone getting a scratch and end up getting a leg amputated.......it can happen. Some nasty germs out there.

I'm trying for home PT so I don't have to go through that brutal rehab and another facility visit.  As seargent Hulka said " I'm getting too old for this shit".   Really !

@mjp28 said:

Sunday night 6:40 pm - I'm starting my 4th week in the hospital I'm also watching the 6:30 evening news why they're saying about the covid-19 crisis is absolutely true !

I've been in hospitals the last 5 years and have never seen so many young nurses and other staff.  I've had students from year 1 to ready to graduate all taking shifts right out of orientation.  They then are immediately signed into work in the hospitals and nursing homes.

The vaccines are on the way but it's going to be bad for months yet. And still absolutely NO visitors.

I've got about 2 to 4 more weeks here then I don't know exactly what is next.  I really don't want to go to a rehab place because of the covid-19 and staffing problems.

It's really scary out there and I appreciate what all of these doctors and nurses are trying to do !

And some people don't believe this is all true or won't wear masks....... shame on them.

You should be in line for the vaccine like RIGHT NOW!   Aren't you? 

@mjp28 said:

Sunday night 6:40 pm - I'm starting my 4th week in the hospital I'm also watching the 6:30 evening news why they're saying about the covid-19 crisis is absolutely true !

I've been in hospitals the last 5 years and have never seen so many young nurses and other staff.  I've had students from year 1 to ready to graduate all taking shifts right out of orientation.  They then are immediately signed into work in the hospitals and nursing homes.

The vaccines are on the way but it's going to be bad for months yet. And still absolutely NO visitors.

I've got about 2 to 4 more weeks here then I don't know exactly what is next.  I really don't want to go to a rehab place because of the covid-19 and staffing problems.

It's really scary out there and I appreciate what all of these doctors and nurses are trying to do !

And some people don't believe this is all true or won't wear masks....... shame on them.

peace my friend I talk to my wife about you all the time she also sends her love and prayers  we also are very blessed that she can work from home and i work alone 

I've been in hospitals the last 5 years and have never seen so many young nurses and other staff.  I've had students from year 1 to ready to graduate all taking shifts right out of orientation.  They then are immediately signed into work in the hospitals and nursing homes.

The vaccines are on the way but it's going to be bad for months yet. And still absolutely NO visitors.

I've got about 2 to 4 more weeks here then I don't know exactly what is next.  I really don't want to go to a rehab place because of the covid-19 and staffing problems.

It's really scary out there and I appreciate what all of these doctors and nurses are trying to do !

And some people don't believe this is all true or won't wear masks....... shame on them.

@jppt1974 said:

So sorry. Praying for you. Hope you get well. As really glad you tested negative. Stay safe!

Thank you.

It is kind of scary now being in the hospital for something other than covid-19 in these days.  It makes you appreciate the doctors, nurses and staff all the more.  I have about a month to go yet on IVs.