Life’s curve balls

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Ramhusker

Ramhusker

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Having quite the year so far. Best friend had a stroke on New Year’ Eve morning. Toughest guy I’ve ever known but his kind of stroke doesn’t play. He was taken off life support 5 days ago but his Army tank driving ass wouldn’t here of it. He passed this morning and his only son is pretty lost. Been helping him through this but just so happens, my Aunt passed yesterday morning. So here I sit in the Atlanta airport in order to make her funeral and make it back for my friends. Luckily for me, I can hit the curveball. It’s the fast ball that used to get me. So raise a beer with me for an old tank jockey, Kevin Patrick Mowery, and a really classy Aunt Eva Bowen Prince.
 
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Feel you man. Life's has no end of curve balls or fast balls. Sending prayers your way.
 
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@Ramhusker Sorry to hear that man, yeah gotten put through the ringer recently to. I wish the best for you, if you need someone to talk to for whatever you are welcome to message me man. Good energy toward your way man.
 
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cheers Bo..

here's to Kevin and Aunt Eva
:cheers2::cheers2::cheers2::cheers2:
 
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Cheers matey and sorry for your loss. :cheers2:
 
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Sorry to hear it @Ramhusker . That's a tough way to go. My condolences to your friend's family and your auntie.

I'm glad you had the opportunity to be close to two wonderful people in your life. Keep your head up as we're often challenged in trying times like these that we will overcome.
 
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Sorry for your losses @Ramhusker. We will be keeping you and your families in our thoughts. Sometimes life comes at you hard. Weather the storm.
 
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Of course, the hits keep coming. Yesterday, my wife gets a call about her 1st cousin having a “widow maker” taking him away at the age of 54. Today, I’m sitting in the emergency room with her dad who apparently had a TIA while the wife is at her mom’s house dealing with her mom who has dementia and apparently has all of a sudden forgot how to walk. Trials and tribulations are coming fast in 2023! I think I need a bye week!
 
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Ramhusker said:
Of course, the hits keep coming. Yesterday, my wife gets a call about her 1st cousin having a “widow maker” taking him away at the age of 54. Today, I’m sitting in the emergency room with her dad who apparently had a TIA while the wife is at her mom’s house dealing with her mom who has dementia and apparently has all of a sudden forgot how to walk. Trials and tribulations are coming fast in 2023! I think I need a bye week!
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All these health issues surrounding you is just unimaginable! Hopefully your FIL will have a quick recovery and has regained control over his extremities and speech.
 
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Ramhusker said:
Of course, the hits keep coming. Yesterday, my wife gets a call about her 1st cousin having a “widow maker” taking him away at the age of 54. Today, I’m sitting in the emergency room with her dad who apparently had a TIA while the wife is at her mom’s house dealing with her mom who has dementia and apparently has all of a sudden forgot how to walk. Trials and tribulations are coming fast in 2023! I think I need a bye week!
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Boy 2023 has hit you hard
 
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My son got T-boned by a guy in a full-sized pickup who ran the red in a hurry to get to work yesterday morning. He hit my son's mustang so hard it flung it 100 ft into a bridge abutment. He sustained major foot and ankle injuries, a fractured disc and a spinal contusion. He just finished his 4 hour surgery tonight.

His firefighting career is over before it got going. The doctor said his foot could never be counted on to withstand the rigors of a firefighter. His spinal contusion will take a year to completely heal.

The other driver's insurance never contacted my son. I advised my son to hire his own attorney to handle all the ins and outs of something like this. His attorney did an initial consultation in his hospital room. Obviously, the settlement they will seek will be 6 figures and they will get it. There is the police report cited 8 different witnesses including 2 police officers who saw the whole incident.

My son said it is a blessing in disguise. He will get his car paid off, saving him $650/mo. He's going to pay off all his credit cards, and buy a cheap used car, he can fix up like he did when he was in high school. He's going to use the rest of the money to go back to school. He wants to study radiology with the idea of running a CT scanner.

He wants to change the worst day in his life into a positive life change. Curve balls don't have to be strikeouts. Sometimes they can be home runs.

Oh BTW the police report cited the performance of the side impact airbags as a live saving factor. I've never been a fan of Ford but god bless them and their airbag. My son is alive because of it.

It has changed me as well. Don't get complacent about life, by taking things for granted, and don't forget to live life not just exist.
 
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