Warning: preg_replace(): The /e modifier is deprecated, use preg_replace_callback instead in ..../includes/class_bbcode.php on line 2968
Deep doo-doo time for baby cobra - Page 3
Page 3 of 4 FirstFirst 1234 LastLast
Results 39 to 57 of 59

Thread: Deep doo-doo time for baby cobra

  1. #39
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Sun Valley, Idaho
    Posts
    10,955
    Post Thanks / Like
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    Congrats on the good news!
    Steve Thompson
    Sun Valley, Idaho


    Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
    Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
    Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay


    love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart. . .
    - j. johnson

  2. #40
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Location
    DixieFried in BAMA!!!!
    Posts
    2,496
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    Thats great pie !!!!

  3. #41
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    Clear Lake, Texas
    Posts
    5,413
    Post Thanks / Like
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    That's cool! A great step in the right direction for her. I hope things start lining up this way with her health, too.

  4. #42
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    PHILLY PA
    Posts
    2,081
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    UPDATE: Baby Cobra (BC) is essentially relegated to using a wheelchair or a walker (if she's having a good day). She is unable to work or go to school. Her concentration and attention are shot-to-hell due to her constant pain. American medical treatment ain't cutting it.....and the FDA won't allow the procedure she needs......a ketamine coma like the one she had in 2008 in Germany.

    So, we are road-tripping it yet again and will be going to Mexico for another ketamine coma with a wonderful doctor in a progressive modern hospital. We will be there about 5 weeks. This is all out-of-pocket as insurance won't cover an "experimental procedure" in a foreign country. We leave the USA on 09/05/13 and expected return date is 10/07/13.

    So, prayers and lots of mojo are needed and appreciated.

    BTW, the ketamine coma in Germany worked great for BC......until a State-side doctor didn't do a lumbar puncture correctly on her in April 2012.

  5. #43
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    Clear Lake, Texas
    Posts
    5,413
    Post Thanks / Like
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    This is so sad. BC and your family have my prayers, mojo, and sincere empathy.

  6. #44
    Join Date
    Jul 2007
    Location
    Plymouth, MA USA
    Posts
    2,077
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    Jeez, Pie, I'm so sorry to hear about this turn. Sincere good wishes to you and the family for a successful treatment.

  7. #45
    Join Date
    Jan 2010
    Location
    Chicagoland
    Posts
    1,063
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    Thank you for keeping us apprised. Really do care, and continue to be humbled by your perseverance. Hoping it's succesful! your girl is the same age as my son. I simply can't imagine having the stones to fight the fight as you are. Cheers, brother pie.
    "It's never too late to be what you might have been" - Eliot

    Guilars: '02 Heritage H-535 ASB; '04 Larrivée LV-03 w/Fishman Blend; '95 Washburn/Bourgeios D-55SW Cherokee
    Amphs: Boogie DC-2; DVM/BYOC Tweed Champlifier; Marshall AS50D
    Currently on Board: Ditto Looper; Boss TU-2; EB VP Jr; crybaby; DVM Spring Fever; DVM Mini Klone, Brena Effects Cali-Tremor tremolo; Strymon El Capistan

  8. #46
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Sun Valley, Idaho
    Posts
    10,955
    Post Thanks / Like
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Robert View Post
    Thinking about your family and hoping this will resolved soon, in a GOOD way.
    ditto. I hope the therapies you can find will help.
    Steve Thompson
    Sun Valley, Idaho


    Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
    Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
    Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay


    love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart. . .
    - j. johnson

  9. #47
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    Uppah Noo Yawk
    Posts
    7,407
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    Hope that the ketamine treatment works for her! Positive thoughts beaming your way!
    DVM's Ever-Expanding Gear List:

    Guitars - W-A-A-A-Y-Y too many to list. Check 'em all out HERE

    Amps & Cabs - "Kap'n Kerrang-aroo" BYOC 18W TMB kit amp head; Mojave Coyote head; Fender Hot Rod Deluxe Lacquered Tweed Ltd. Ed.; Allen Sweet Spot kit amp; BYOC Tweed Royal kit amp; Epiphone Valve Jr. combo + mods; Drive 2x12 cab / Celestion G12M Greenback + G12H30; AB Custom Audio 1x12 cab / Celestion Alnico Blue

    Pedals/Effects - ZILLIONS, including DVM's Home-built Pedals - See some HERE and HERE, TOO!

    DVM's Gear Photos
    Visit MY WEBSITE!



  10. #48
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Location
    DixieFried in BAMA!!!!
    Posts
    2,496
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    Pie sorry for what your going through ,but as you and me have discussed there is no such thing as giving up!!Peace & Love Fo-Sho Godspeed!!

  11. #49
    Join Date
    Sep 2005
    Location
    Camrose, Alberta, Canada - used to be Umea Sweden.
    Posts
    12,854
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    Sorry to hear this. I sincerely hope things will improve.
    The Law of Gravity is nonsense. No such law exists. If I think I float, and you think I float, then it happens.
    Master Guitar Academy - I also teach via SKYPE.

  12. #50
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    PHILLY PA
    Posts
    2,081
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    Baby Cobra update: My wife wrote this and I copy/pasted it:

    We head home to Philly tomorrow. Alessa is feeling good and is anxious to get home to her many pets. Leaving Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico is bittersweet. Alessa received another chance at having a normal life here. The hospital care is outstanding! The doctors, nurses, technicians, office staff, etc. are wonderful and kind. We leave here full of appreciation and gratitude.

    Living in a hotel for over a month isn't necessarily ideal. However, this is a beautiful, clean, and very lovely hotel. The entire staff has been wonderful. They have been so kind and patient with us as we stumble our way through Spanish. They are so helpful and friendly in every way. We'll miss them.

    Besides that, I could get used to someone coming in and putting fresh sheets on my bed, giving me fresh towels, cleaning the room and emptying the trash cans on a daily basis. What's not to like about that?! LOL! Plus, a wonderful breakfast buffet awaits us every day here!

    We've even gotten to know the priest who says Mass at the hospital chapel and the nun who helps him. She picked Steve at the last two Masses to take up the collection...just like he does at home! They pick people who are at Mass to do the readings. Since we can't read Spanish, collecting money offerings is easy in any language! LOL!

    However, the time has come for the adventure to end. I just want to click my heels together and say "There's no place like home. There's no place like home. There's no place like home."

  13. #51
    Join Date
    Jul 2007
    Location
    Plymouth, MA USA
    Posts
    2,077
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    That sounds like real good news, Pie - best wishes to you all for a healthy and happy return home, and to Baby C for continuing good health.

  14. #52
    Join Date
    Oct 2005
    Posts
    7,260
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    Good to hear! Hopefully there will be smooth(er) sailing from here on out.
    Axen: Jackson DK2M, Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster, Reverend Warhawk 390, Taylor 914ce, ESP LTD Surveyor-414
    Amphen: Jet City JCA22H and JCA12S cab, Carvin X-60 combo, Acoustic B20
    Effecten: "Thesis 96" Overdrive/Boost (aka DVM OD2), Hardwire DL-8 Digital Delay/Looper, DigiTech Polara Reverb, DigiTech EX-7 Expression Factory and CF-7 Chorus Factory, Danelectro CF-1 Cool Cat Fuzz
    "I wish Imagine Dragons would be stuck in an Arcade Fire for an entire Vampire Weekend."--Brian Posehn

  15. #53
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Sun Valley, Idaho
    Posts
    10,955
    Post Thanks / Like
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    Best to you all!
    Steve Thompson
    Sun Valley, Idaho


    Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
    Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
    Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay


    love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart. . .
    - j. johnson

  16. #54
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    Clear Lake, Texas
    Posts
    5,413
    Post Thanks / Like
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    Good news indeed! I'm glad things are looking up for your daughter. She's due for some pain free living.

    My Dad lives in Mexico and has received some pretty good medical care, as well as some pretty crappy care. It really depends on the hospital and doctors, and larger cities like Monterrey have the better.

    Personally, most of the people I've met in Mexico have been admirable in character and quite happy. I'm glad you guys had such a pleasant time during an otherwise challenging trip.

  17. #55
    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Location
    Southern Ontario, Canada
    Posts
    1,178
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    This is great news. Good vibes and hugs from Ontario coming your way. And your wife is a great storyteller, too, in case y'all didn't know that.
    helliott in Hamilton
    Guitars -- 2 PRS CE 24s 85/15 pups, PRS semi-hollow CE 22, Fender Baja Telecaster; Gibson Les Paul Standard; 80s Strat updated with custom 69 pups, Anniversary Strat with Fat 50s, Epiphone Sheraton re-issue; Yamaha 5-string bass; Yamaha TBS 6 and 12 string acoustics,Takamine acoustic, Fender nylon string acoustic
    Amps -- Mesa Boogie Lone Star; Boss Katana 100, Peavey Blueamaster 2x10, Line 6 Helix
    Pedals etc: Mosfet Full Drive 2; Ibanez Tube Screamer; Fairfield Barbershop OD, Diamond Compressor; Voodo Sparkledrive, Boss Digital Delay DD7; Boss TU2 Chromatic Tuner; Cry Baby wah

  18. #56
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    PHILLY PA
    Posts
    2,081
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    As most of you know, the whole Mexican coma episode was a rousing success. We figured when we boarded the plane in Monterrey, that later that night, we'd be home in Philly and Baby Cobra would continue to be pain-free and well on her way to recovery. Unfortunately, IT hit the fan and we need more prayers. Here, in my wife's words, is what IT is. After that is a short blurb from BC, with her views on things. Thanks for all the prayers…………PBP

    To all those who have been following Alessa's Mexican Coma Adventure, I want to thank you for being so interested and so caring. I also want to ask you for more prayers for Alessa.

    Due to the damage done to Alessa's wheelchair in the Dallas / Forth Worth Airport by American Airline's baggage handlers, and the fact that she needed to ride in her wheelchair through the airport, she now has nerve pain down her left leg and up the left side of her back and shoulder. The nerve pain was completely gone when we left Mexico.

    We arrived home at 3:30 yesterday morning after spending a good deal of time in the American Airlines Claims Department.

    Her wheelchair is a Quickie custom made rigid wheelchair made exclusively to reduce any sensation due to bumps and vibration, which greatly affects anyone with RSD/CRPS. She can't use a regular wheelchair because she feels every sensation along the way, which aggravates RSD/CRPS.

    We always give explicit directions as to how the chair has to be handled when we travel. This wheelchair has been to Germany, Florida, California and Mexico without a scratch being placed on it due to the excellent care given to it by baggage handlers and supervisors who worked for Lufthansa, Southwest and American Airlines on the way to Mexico.

    Then all hell broke loose when we landed in Dallas, Texas! A baggage handler is supposed to bring the chair right to the door of the plane so it's waiting for Alessa. I got off the plane early to meet the baggage handler so I could put the attachments on the chair so that it would be ready when Alessa came through.

    As a result, I was able to witness the man drag her chair up the steps from the tarmac. He dragged it the way a child would drag a teddy bear by one arm. I screamed for him to stop. He kept coming. The woman at the top of the stairs asked me if I expected him to carry it over his head. I said that I expected it to be carried, not dragged. It's lightweight and he just destroyed it! She then told me to file a claim if I wanted to.

    Alessa rode in the wobbly chair through customs, through getting our luggage, through depositing our luggage for the next flight and then through security and up to the gate. I explained again how the chair needed to be treated.

    A man was assigned to carry her chair down to the tarmac. I told him it was already damaged from mishandling. He assured me that it would be handled properly this time.

    I sighed and went to my seat on the plane. The next thing I know, Alessa's pointing out the window of the plane. I look out and there's her wheelchair with no one around. The man who was "handling it" had disappeared. The next thing we saw was another man grab her chair and toss it through the air where it landed on it's side on the conveyor belt. By this time, I'm screaming and banging on the window.

    The cabin crew must've thought a crazy person was losing her mind on the plane because the whole crew appeared at my side asking what's going on. I laugh as I type this because I really was feeling pretty crazed at that particular moment!

    They called the ground crew and had a supervisor come and escort me down the steps to the tarmac so that I could show them how to put her wheelchair in the luggage compartment of the plane. If it wasn't for the reason that I had to be there, I might've enjoyed the experience of seeing where the luggage goes that nobody normally gets to see.

    By this time, however, the damage had been done.

    American Airlines sent a man to Alessa's house today to evaluate her wheelchair. He's hoping that they'll get her a new one based on his recommendation. He was extremely nice and understanding. He said his full time job is repairing all the wheelchairs that the airline destroys.

    Alessa said she has a lot of muscle soreness and nerve tenderness today. The air travel by itself is taxing on her body without the added problems from the damaged wheelchair.

    She has an appointment with her neurologist on Monday. She hopes that she'll be feeling a lot better by then. I'm sure that between her Philly doc and her Mexico doc, they'll decide if she needs ketamine boosters here in Philly and come up with a plan.

    Please pray that she'll be okay! She just went through so much to try to gain remission and was doing so well.

    Thanks again for your prayers, kind thoughts and words of support. We appreciate it more than you know. Hugs to all...xoxo...


    Mrs PBP


    Now, a few words from BC about WheelchairGate:

    Today is apparently "mobility device repair and replacement day" around here. The wheelchair repairman was amazing and is pushing the airline to fully replace the chair. He is also stating that I am the FINAL judge as to whether the chair is fixed properly - Not him, and CERTAINLY not the airline.

    And I'm apparently a "child size" in walkers.
    I definitely needed a pediatric walker. The adult size was much too big. The smaller walker is still pretty large, so I wonder what ACTUAL kids do.

    I WANT them to replace the entire chair. The REAL question is whether the airline will pay for it upfront, or try and replace parts piecemeal only to replace the entire chair in the end.

  19. #57
    Join Date
    Sep 2005
    Location
    Camrose, Alberta, Canada - used to be Umea Sweden.
    Posts
    12,854
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    What a story. I hope all goes well - warm thoughts sent from a chilly morning in Canada!
    The Law of Gravity is nonsense. No such law exists. If I think I float, and you think I float, then it happens.
    Master Guitar Academy - I also teach via SKYPE.

Page 3 of 4 FirstFirst 1234 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •