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2. Before the first surgery
November 12th, 2010 | Author: Kevin Steele
I get the feeling this post is going to be very short. Truth be told I don’t remember much about the before and after of my first surgery. Please understand I’m sharing this from my year old memory of a set of moments that came and went in a pain and medicine induced haze. ALSO- If I get some of this wrong, let me know with a and I’ll approve it and then make an Editorial change with all of them.
Rush’n Attack:
From what I’ve told, Nathan got us to Timpanogos Regional Hospital in record time. I can only imagine him using the speed and care of a professional Rally Car driver. He’s crazy good like that. 😉 I on the other hand was in the back seat ready to go to sleep with Kaylene in the front passenger seat keeping me awake and out of shock. I’m pretty sure I wasn’t sleepy, it was the shock. Either way i think we got there in record time. Thanks Nate!
Sorry, George Clooney already finished his shift:
When we got to the ER they got me inside, not sure if I walked in or what?!? I know the nurses could see I was in bad shape and they rushed me back into the ER. They tried to get my blood pressure 3 times with no success. Kaylene tells me they pumped me full of IV fluids, and then turned me upside down! My blood pressure at that point was 55/22. This is below any sustainable level. When blood pressure is too low, the first organ to malfunction is usually the brain. Needless to say I scared some people.
Interlude:
- Stumbling to the car
- Me wanting to lie down in the back, and my wife kept talking to me to keep me awake.
- 4 seconds of walking from the waiting room through the doors into the ER.
- Wheeling to the CAT scan
- The Doctor telling us that my Kidneys and Liver were failing. ( This stands out most)
And there is part 2.
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Where should I start?
October 15th, 2010 | Author: Kevin Steele
- Events leading up to the ER
- Waking up after the first surgery
- Brief Explanation – Who’s Tracee?
- What I remember during the first time I was OUT.
- Waking up a 2nd time
- TRIPPING OUT!!! – Coming off of Propofol
- Getting through ICU
- Friends and Family
- Leaving the ICU
- Going home – Kinda
- Recovery – Physical
- Recovery – Mental
- How Insignificant and Precious
- What I remember the 2nd time on “Holiday”
- My sweetheart.
Preface –
October 12th, 2010 | Author: Kevin Steele
I’ll keep it simple. I’ll try to explain more in the other post’s i’ll be putting up.
Preface: On October 16th, 2009, I ended up in the emergency room after three days of continual nausea, diarrhea, and pain. My large intestine had ruptured a few days before and I was suffering from internal poisoning and sepsis. During my first operation my heart stopped and I lost responsiveness.
In simple terms, I died. There are a lot of ways to put it but that seems simplest. I just wanted to share my experience with you, what I learned, and my thoughts on why I still don’t have any good answers for all those BIG questions….
You may see some earlier posts referring to an “After Time” When I lost consciousness and before they put me on Propofol, I ended up in a place that is a tough to explain. It was a place of peace, and contentedness. I experienced things there that have expanded my understanding of Myself, my family, and to a slight scale, my place in the universe. I’ll talk more on that later, please just understand that my “after time” has changed me indelibly.
I’ll be adding more posts after this stepping through everything and I’ll give more detail in additional posts. Thanks to all who stayed next to me and Kaylene during these hard times, both near us and in our hearts and prayers.
Love,
Kevin Steele
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
Rabindranath Tagore
One Word
March 27th, 2009 | Author: Kevin Steele
It’s harder than you think!! Here is what you are supposed to do…and please don’t spoil the fun…copy and paste into your own note, type in your answers and have fun.
Your hair………………….………………..Blondish-Brown
Where is your cell phone………………Pocket
Your father………………..………………Whistling
Your favorite thing………………………Knowledge
Your dream last night……………………..Nothing
Your favorite drink………………………..Pepsi
Your dream/goal…………….…………….balance
The room you are in……………………….Cubicle
Your fear………………….………………….failure
Where do you want to be in 6 years………happy
Muffins……………….……………………Blueberry
One of your wish list items………………..debt-free
Where you grew up……………………….Saudi
The last thing you did…………………..…blogging
What are you wearing……………….……T-shirt-and-Jeans
Your TV……………………………………Powermac G5
Your pets………………….………………none
Your computer…………………………….Lenovo-T42
Your life………………….………………..busy
Your mood………………….……………..anxious
Missing someone……………….………….kaylene
Your car…………………..……………….cavalier
Favorite store…………………………….Amazon.com
Your summer………………..…………….Cyprus
Your favorite color………………………..Blue
When is the last time you laughed………..Today
Last time you cried……………………….Dallin
Three people who email me………………Kaylene, clients, co-workers
Three of my favorite foods……………….steak, asparagus, Stroganoff
Three places I would rather be right now…Home, Oregon, Aiken
Three people I think will respond…………family
Before….
October 19th, 2008 | Author: Kevin Steele
I hate Politicians… All Promises and No Delivery…
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And THIS is what happens to the ECONOMY when we leave our Government to be under the influence of Biz and Special Interest groups. BTW what a crock of Crap – They do not represent consumer’s interests, they represent Companie’s interests.
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And when the ECONOMY fails and the Special/Business Interests are in trouble, the Government sells us out to the Businesses and expects us to take it. UGHHHH, Pres, Senate, House, Business – You disgust me !!@#%!~%@#$%!*#!!
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Reminders
September 13th, 2008 | Author: Kevin Steele
Comic by Tatsuya Ishida
With the devastation of Ike, there is a lot that runs through your head. included in the hardships of day to day life, is the inevitable question, “Is god out there?”. Why would he allow this? Or, Why would he do this to people?
I wonder if…. God is love. That’s what they say isn’t it. From the mortal experience, we seem to have all sorts of perspective on Love. I believe we are allowed to have as much control over Nature as he does. We forget though that both we and he have to play by the rules. It’s funny but you can think of the Holy Ghost as a referree and all you have to do is ask, “Am I gonna win this one? Is it worth losing the game? What do I do?”.
See, existance has rules, and even God “walks the razors edge of necessity” (Skousen, Cleon) in what he can and cannot reveal to us without taking away our free will. So, Heavenly Father is more aware of the rules, loopholes, and damage than we are. But he doesn’t keep that hidden on purpose, we just have to faithfully ask. As well as asking we are required to have faith that the “Universe is the great Equalizer” (Isani Cayetano). We may not win this round, we may not understand God’s nature, but we must maintain faith that he is a fair and just God. God will restore what is ours to us in time.
I have a testimony that God is just with us and that he allows us to have strife, temptation, and challenges. He also promises to be with us when we ask of him. He will return to us our righteousness, justice, mercy, goodness, kindness, injustices, intolerance, and all our doings. God lives by the Golden Rule. I think I’ll close this post with the words of Alma to Corianton, the son he loved so much he gave these great words of wisdom. (pulled from http://scriptures.lds.org)
THE SON OF ALMA
12 And now behold, is the meaning of the word restoration to take a thing of a natural state and place it in an unnatural state, or to place it in a state opposite to its nature?