the wake

Reyn wrote:

Could someone please post a link to this "other thread"?

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Thanks so much for that. I read all 45 pages. Very heartfelt posts by all.

I understand how serious a staph infection is. When my oldest daughter was born in 1980, she had one. My wife and I had figured that she caught it by a maturnity worker not taking the time to wash hands properly.

Anyways, my daughter passed it on to my wife via breast-feeding. It took some 5 years for my wife (who got it worse) to erradicate it actively from her body. I won't go into gruesome descriptions of what she had to endure. Even to this day, if she gets a cut on a finger, she must be careful to use anti-bacterial soap, so no infection gets into the lymph nodes under her arms.

I'm deeply sorry that such a young man had to die from such a thing. I'm sure he had envisioned his life as being much different, but we never know what our future holds. I, myself, am a cancer survivor, so I know one takes each day at a time.

I did not know Cav, and never had a chance to interact with him, but have been reading posts here and there, and he obviously has a keen wit.

I'm sure all his friends here will hold him in their hearts and not forget how he touched their lives.

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Thanks

Reyn wrote:

I understand how serious a staph infection is. When my oldest daughter was born in 1980, she had one. My wife and I had figured that she caught it by a maturnity worker not taking the time to wash hands properly.

Anyways, my daughter passed it on to my wife via breast-feeding. It took some 5 years for my wife (who got it worse) to erradicate it actively from her body. I won't go into gruesome descriptions of what she had to endure. Even to this day, if she gets a cut on a finger, she must be careful to use anti-bacterial soap, so no infection gets into the lymph nodes under her arms.

Thanks for that information, Reyn. It will help us as we try to put the pieces back together. It would have also helped if a doctor had told us this at the hospital. We were highly misinformed about Cav's overall condition, and believe me, we're going to do something about that, that is, as much as we can do now.

Reading that post from 2004, I remember when we all had so much hope that everything was going to be okay. Life is very delicate.

For the first time in 10 years, I am spending a day by myself. People kept coming over on the weekend, which is great. The Wee Cav and I went to a very low-key Oscar Party at Will's house (Will O'The Whisp), and now I'm here. It's somehow calming yet very unsettling at the same time. Maybe that's why I'm here; so I don't feel so alone.

Thanks again for all of your good thoughts and kind words about Cav. Noddy, I am holding my dominion. And so is the wee Cav. Smile

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Buttercup, my girlfriend passed away very unexpectedly about 3 months ago. The grief and heartache I have endured has been almost unbearable. We were going to be married in September. I know what you are going through and I wish you the best.

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Buttercup, I had a friend who passed away from staph infection in 2001, he was 17. It was very unexpected. I am very sorry to hear about your loss, though I didn't get the chance to know Cav, from what I have read he seems like a really great guy.

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NickFun, I am so sorry for your loss, as well.

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Reyn wrote:

Anyways, my daughter passed it on to my wife via breast-feeding. It took some 5 years for my wife (who got it worse) to erradicate it actively from her body. I won't go into gruesome descriptions of what she had to endure. Even to this day, if she gets a cut on a finger, she must be careful to use anti-bacterial soap, so no infection gets into the lymph nodes under her arms.

Oh Wow - hmmm having just gotten off the antibiotics (Dec\Jan) from my Staph infection - I'm not feeling as confident in reading this that I'm really over it.

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I havent really known what to say but Cav, no matter what, will always be that likeable, insightful, charming man. I was lucky enough to have met him and he was that guy you immediately liked. Completely genuine. His smile was warm and his humor incredibly witty.
I'll always recall the adoration that he gazed upon you with Mrs. Cav.
rip cav. rip.

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husker wrote:

Oh Wow - hmmm having just gotten off the antibiotics (Dec\Jan) from my Staph infection - I'm not feeling as confident in reading this that I'm really over it.

My wife had the most virulent type of staph infection that a person can get. So, I wouldn't panic about this. Check with your doctor to get full details about your condition.

You must remember that we all (as far as I know) have dormant staph in our bodies. With some, this may never be a problem. It tends to surface when one's immune system has been compromised, or you are weak from an illness, etc. Also, some types of staph are more resistent to antibiotics than others are.

Even though staph generally is easy to spread, I never caught it from my wife, for whatever reason. Of course, we took all the usual precautions and were careful.

If you ever have any eruptions or boils and you're worried, go to your doctor and get a swab test done. Anti-bacterial soap, like 'Hibitane' is excellent. It's expensive, but worth the piece of mind.

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No time to spare today at all so I haven't caught up on this thread and I'll have to make this quick. I'm not sure if it was this thread or one of the others but someone (squin?) mentioned the McD on a bench character reminder her of Cav. I turned my house upside down looking for a picture, the whole time thinking if there's a heaven my mom and Cav are laughing at me together because this will probably not mean anything to anyone else anyway, but couldn't find it then. Today I found the picture I was looking for.

Here we see my mom sharing a park bench with Cav at a McDonald's in Moscow in the mid 90s. I'd like to think they're sharing another one today.
(((( everyone who needs one ))))

http://img119.exs.cx/img119/4598/momcav2th.jpg

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Oh, that's too sweet, Bill.

This seems to mean you lost your mother sometime after the picture was taken -- I'm sorry.

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I'm sure that Cav and your mom are having a fine discussion about Russia, O'Bill. Smile

Thanks for sharing your photo and your memory.

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Dear all,

Thanks to everyone who welcomed me to A2K last week. Your kindness and warm thoughts are appreciated. I hope to come by every so often and add a few words here and there.

As well, I had the pleasure of meeting Bow Wow Go at Mrs. Buttercup's place of residence. Although our meeting was brief, he seemed like a fine individual. I hope to spend more time on this site speaking with him, and with all of you.

Take care, and speak to you shortly.

Regards,

WoTW

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Err...sorry about that. Make that BoGoWo. Embarrassed

[Shake of the head]

What can I tell you? It's always the new guys who cause problems. Sheesh! Very Happy

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i doubt HowNowBrownCow will mind u mangled his handle...

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No, he won't care. Like the saying goes...we don't care what you call us.........just call us.

Really, it is wonderful to hear from you both. You're in our thoughts and prayers.

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I am terrible at expressing myself in these situations and I can never seem to come up with much to say, so I may not say much, but my heart will be here, always.

((((Hugs)))) to all

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I wasn't there for a while...
And now I feel like...
I wanted to say that I would be more glad if I hadn't come again.
But that's not true.

I deeply feel that I lost a friend...

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..and I am just too sad to try to say something else.

So, I'll just sit here....

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I'll come sit by you, MyOwnUsername.

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