fock.......another gut shot.
i was dialed into our district telecon this morning getting ready to participate with all the other plants. we do this every morning at 7:30. the maintenance manager was in my office as he has to participate in it also.
there was a page for him to pick up a call. since my phone was tied up he went to the office next door to pick up the call.
he came back to my office and said "that was ken xxxxxx's wife, she said he had a siezure last night so they rushed him to the medical center. they've done a mri and there is some kind of mass on his brain".
i actually felt like i had been punched in the stomach. i used to work with this man when i was in maintenance. i see him every day on the floor. and he's one of the finest people i've ever met. not only is he one of our best employees in the building he's a great guy.
he's very witty and never passes you without coming up with something just funny as hell. i truly hope and pray that this is not something serious but all i could think of was, not again, not f'in again.
back when i was still in maintenance i had a friend named mark. he was one of our building equipment mechanics. just like ken, a truly all around great, funny, witty guy. one day his wife called us and told us the same thing, he had a siezure and in his case they found an inoperable brain tumor.
to our maintenance manager and plant manager's credit, even when mark got to the point where he could no longer drive, they would let me bring him to work and then let him chill all day so they could keep a paycheck coming in until it got to the point that it was too dangerous for him to be here.
it hurt when we lost him. i think of him often. we were the same age and both had grown up with very similar life experiences. so often when someone passes on people will say, "he was a great guy" even if he was the biggest asshole you ever met. in mark's case it was true. he was a great guy.
the same goes for ken. he is a great guy and i hope and pray that he will come out of this okay. i don't know what else to say. i am gonna stop up at the medical center on my way home today and check in on him. don't really know what to say when i get there except i hope everything will turn out okay.
when my brother was dying of cancer he told me "david, grandpa used to tell me, if you have your health, you have everything. i never really understood what he meant until now" no truer words have ever been spoken.
no matter how crappy you think your life is, if you have good health, you should dance a little jig every day.
your buddy,
dahbeed.
there was a page for him to pick up a call. since my phone was tied up he went to the office next door to pick up the call.
he came back to my office and said "that was ken xxxxxx's wife, she said he had a siezure last night so they rushed him to the medical center. they've done a mri and there is some kind of mass on his brain".
i actually felt like i had been punched in the stomach. i used to work with this man when i was in maintenance. i see him every day on the floor. and he's one of the finest people i've ever met. not only is he one of our best employees in the building he's a great guy.
he's very witty and never passes you without coming up with something just funny as hell. i truly hope and pray that this is not something serious but all i could think of was, not again, not f'in again.
back when i was still in maintenance i had a friend named mark. he was one of our building equipment mechanics. just like ken, a truly all around great, funny, witty guy. one day his wife called us and told us the same thing, he had a siezure and in his case they found an inoperable brain tumor.
to our maintenance manager and plant manager's credit, even when mark got to the point where he could no longer drive, they would let me bring him to work and then let him chill all day so they could keep a paycheck coming in until it got to the point that it was too dangerous for him to be here.
it hurt when we lost him. i think of him often. we were the same age and both had grown up with very similar life experiences. so often when someone passes on people will say, "he was a great guy" even if he was the biggest asshole you ever met. in mark's case it was true. he was a great guy.
the same goes for ken. he is a great guy and i hope and pray that he will come out of this okay. i don't know what else to say. i am gonna stop up at the medical center on my way home today and check in on him. don't really know what to say when i get there except i hope everything will turn out okay.
when my brother was dying of cancer he told me "david, grandpa used to tell me, if you have your health, you have everything. i never really understood what he meant until now" no truer words have ever been spoken.
no matter how crappy you think your life is, if you have good health, you should dance a little jig every day.
your buddy,
dahbeed.
posted by dahbeed at 7:53 AM
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"no matter how crappy you think your life is, if you have good health, you should dance a little jig every day."
Amen, brother.
I am so sorry to hear about your friend. Right now my cousin's wife is dying - she went into cardiac arrest a week ago and has had no brain functioning since then. Her husband took her off life support Sunday morning and we are just waiting. They live in Florida and lost everything in Hurricane Ivan so the past couple of years have been rough on them. I'm very close to my cousin and have grown to love his wife, too, so this is diffult.
Oh well...this is the outcome that awaits us all. But it's so hard on those left behind.
Speaking from experience, I know exactly what you and his family are going through. But know that not all brain masses are cancerous or inoperable. Keep those positive thoughts coming that whatever this is, is cureable or removeable. ((HUGS)) and I will keep you and your friend's family in my prayers. Same to you Valerie. Your family will be thought of often in the days to come.
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