Outdoor trailanimal 2019

[BCBudlady]

Wishing you and Sharon great strength and healing power to get through this.
Healing.

 

[Dudeski]

Tough times in my camp. Six days ago Sharon comes down with appendicitis. We have been living wild and remote so long the idea of going to the "city" with a life threatening situation has no traction. Fear won't drive away how we feel. The logics would be daunting. Boat to Kobuk, medivac to Kotzebue, medivac to Anchorage. She has other issues she has been living with, the docs would want to keep her there. She's been through similar. In 2000 her snogo rolled over her while negotiating side hill overflow ice in the mountains. Coma for 3 days, hospital 3 weeks. Never been the same after that traumatic brain injury. She carried on in good style, compensating well. On her bad days though she would admonish me for saving her. Her near death experience was a pain free place awaiting. And with no money and no current photo IDs, would be tough getting home. Living and dying on the land, always been our shared goal.
Back to the appendix. First night was pretty tough. Flu like symptoms, slight fever, vomiting and diarrhea, ache all over, appendix painfully swollen. Next day in bed, I keep the water coming. Swelling and pain recede some. I'm thinking nutrition without bulk, eating with appendicitis a big no no. Started with a dose of spirulina 4 times daily, in water with a little calcium citrate, magnesium citrate,vit D3 and coconut oil. Pretty sure this will maintain metabolic functioning for a person at rest. Couple of days of this and she is getting hungry. But appendix still painful. So how do I bust her energy without sending solids through and risking a rupture? The river is giving lots to the net right now. Salmon soup! Right from the river into the pot! She drank a lot of this yesterday. Definitely boosted her! This morning I asked her, pain scale of 1-10 ?, she says 4. Liking this, her 10 isa broken collar bone. Today keep doing what we are doing. At the moment she is cooking for me. I always consider myself pretty tough, not as tough as her. I've seen her go some pretty terrible stuff. So, we wait and see, doubling down on our love for one another.

My focus being Sharon I won't be around as much. I'll check alerts daily and try to keep up with the comp

Sending some healing karma for sharon

 

[Growtogrow]

Our prayers are with you both[emoji120]

 

[trailanimal]

Thanks so much everyone!
Happy to report today more improvement, slow, but it's happening. Her biggest complaint now is weakness from hunger, but until tenderness goes no solids. Today's menu:
spirulina/mineral drink with coconut oil, salmon broth, and today she'll try some milk.
yummy
I can't find anything online about surviving appendicitis on the frontier. Hundreds of thousands of years of human evolution and we get an 8 ball we can't get around?
today starts on the upbeat.........a very thankful me........

 

[BCBudlady]

Thanks so much everyone!
Happy to report today more improvement, slow, but it's happening. Her biggest complaint now is weakness from hunger, but until tenderness goes no solids. Today's menu:
spirulina/mineral drink with coconut oil, salmon broth, and today she'll try some milk.
yummy
I can't find anything online about surviving appendicitis on the frontier. Hundreds of thousands of years of human evolution and we get an 8 ball we can't get around?
today starts on the upbeat.........a very thankful me........

Good news! Hoping for a steady recovery course.

 

[Waira]

Thanks so much everyone!
Happy to report today more improvement, slow, but it's happening. Her biggest complaint now is weakness from hunger, but until tenderness goes no solids. Today's menu:
spirulina/mineral drink with coconut oil, salmon broth, and today she'll try some milk.
yummy
I can't find anything online about surviving appendicitis on the frontier. Hundreds of thousands of years of human evolution and we get an 8 ball we can't get around?
today starts on the upbeat.........a very thankful me........

.... damned alarming Trail, and curse the vestigial organ as well! - an apt description too man,.... So very good to hear she's on the mend, nicely done you two! .... y'all are the toughest people I know- ... I'll be beaming max. get-better Karma up your way my friend! I will cover for you here, so no worries there- :smoking:

 

[trailanimal]

.... damned alarming Trail, and curse the vestigial organ as well! - an apt description too man,.... So very good to hear she's on the mend, nicely done you two! .... y'all are the toughest people I know- ... I'll be beaming max. get-better Karma up your way my friend! I will cover for you here, so no worries there- :smoking:

puts a smile on!

Good news! Hoping for a steady recovery course.

holding fast matey!
This morn she said she felt better, more energy! The milk giving her more calories.
So, maintaining metabolic functions, nutrients in a form the body can readily assimilate, and now more calories. The way she is progressing I'll be able to go village first part of week and see if I can score some antibiotics.

 

[420Forever]

The way she is progressing I'll be able to go village first part of week and see if I can score some antibiotics.

ppp

 

[BCBudlady]

puts a smile on!

holding fast matey!
This morn she said she felt better, more energy! The milk giving her more calories.
So, maintaining metabolic functions, nutrients in a form the body can readily assimilate, and now more calories. The way she is progressing I'll be able to go village first part of week and see if I can score some antibiotics.

Such an excellent update! Maybe your contacts can work on obtaining a comprehensive kit to bring back with you from the village. The village medical folks should show compassion and hook you up.
Wishes for continued improvement and stability in the days ahead!

 

[Jraven]

Excellent work on the home medical care you guys. You're taking care of the whole patient.
Takes a lot of courage to face that on your own!