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Post by Paws on Oct 25, 2012 5:55:54 GMT 12.75
" I am asking for prayers for my son, Toby Benoit. He fell while out alone in the snow and drug himself back to the truck. He thought he had suffered a broken femur or hip. His leg swelled until he could not bend it. So he drove himself to Ivanston Memorial Hospital in Laramie, Wy. They xrayed and ctscanned. Nothing broken but a massive amount of blood clots in his thigh. He's on the proper meds, off his feet, with his left leg elevated, His phone is messed up and he's away from the Internet, So I'm asking for the very strongest medicine...Prayer..which he needs right now. Thank you all. " From Toby's Mom -
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Post by Reddbow on Oct 25, 2012 6:02:03 GMT 12.75
He is in our prayers for a speedy recovery.
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Post by eaglenest on Oct 25, 2012 8:37:14 GMT 12.75
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Post by brittonfaith on Oct 25, 2012 9:35:45 GMT 12.75
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Post by Paws on Oct 26, 2012 2:33:14 GMT 12.75
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Post by brittonfaith on Oct 26, 2012 2:48:07 GMT 12.75
;D ;D ;D Just kinda worried if he's about the only patient. What happened to the rest of them?
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Post by Paws on Oct 26, 2012 6:04:47 GMT 12.75
Small town, few residents.
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Post by brittonfaith on Oct 28, 2012 10:40:17 GMT 12.75
Any updates? Guess I'm not seeing everything on FB that you are.
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Post by Paws on Oct 31, 2012 2:54:17 GMT 12.75
Big man is well but does have broken bones in his foot and they found gout looking for the cause of his pain. All better now. Boy near talked my ear off! He is in great spirits and lloving all the attention. Faith, he got your card and says that was damned nice. He is looking forward to getting home and a couple of hunting trips/visits.
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Post by Toby Benoit on Nov 14, 2012 7:34:01 GMT 12.75
I appreciate the prayers, cards and phone calls!!!
I'm still mending, but I'm doing it from home now. Seen my regular doctor yesterday and they did all the blood work to make sure the meds are at the right levels in my blood and I'm ordered to stay off my feet as much as possible for the next few weeks..
Pain levels have decreased, but I'm still having a lot of difficulty walking. I pitched the cane and the walker last week, just gimping around on my own and trying to get better.
Stopped in Shreveport on my way home and spent a couple days and one night with Brian. It was a good visit, but sucked I could barely walk; in bad pain the whole time..
Afterwards I drove to Birmingham and spent the day with my girl, Tonya.. It was her birthday, so I timed it just right. She's so damn pretty and a great cuddler; my leg didn't hurt at all, lolol. But it got bad during the night, so I loaded up and drove the last nine hours home... Hated to leave that gal, but I'm taking her hunting on a small farm in Georgia in a few weeks. It'll be a nice long weekend together.
Now I'm raising money to make the trip back to her place in Birmingham for New Years Eve, lol. Wish she was closer...
Again, I really do thank you all for the prayers and thanks to you Paws for giving my mom continued reassurance that I was okay; she worries about me something awful...
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Post by brittonfaith on Nov 14, 2012 7:41:28 GMT 12.75
...I'm ordered to stayy off my feet as much as possible for the next few weeks.. I gotta soak them fruitcakes real good one more time before I send you yours. It should help with keeping you planted on your butt.
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Post by Toby Benoit on Nov 14, 2012 7:46:23 GMT 12.75
Pain levels have decreased, but I'm still having a lot of difficulty walking. I pitched the cane and the walker last week, just gimping around on my own and trying to get better.
Stopped in Shreveport on my way home and spent a couple days and one night with Brian. It was a good visit, but sucked I could barely walk; in bad pain the whole time..
Afterwards I drove to Birmingham and spent the day with my girl, Tonya.. It was her birthday, so I timed it just right. She's so damn pretty and a great cuddler; my leg didn't hurt at all, lolol. But it got bad during the night, so I loaded up and drove the last nine hours home... Hated to leave that gal, but I'm taking her hunting on a small farm in Georgia in a few weeks. It'll be a nice long weekend together.
Now I'm raising money to make the trip back to her place in Birmingham for New Years Eve, lol. Wish she was closer...
Again, I really do thank you all for the prayers and thanks to you Paws for giving my mom continued reassurance that I was okay; she worries about me something awful...
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Post by Toby Benoit on Nov 14, 2012 7:49:48 GMT 12.75
Mmmmm... Fruit cake!!! I finally gonna get to try some of Faith's cookin'!!! Whoooooeeeee!!!!! Last fruit cake I had was one of the Pepperage Farms models that had been gifted and regifted and I finally wound up with it one Christmas Eve and after eating a cvouple fist sized chunks my guts started gurgling... By the time I made it out of the bathroom, they'd already got rid of the tree and was taking down the outside lights!
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Post by Toby Benoit on Nov 15, 2012 11:27:00 GMT 12.75
Doc called and wasn't happy with my coumadin (sp) level and upped the meds... Said stay in bed!!! Easy for him to say, but not so easy for me to do. I'm doing it, but I'm bored out of my skull!!! I want to go buy a couple bottle calves and do some hunting... Hell, he even said no sex!!! (as if that's a problem, lol) Lying here in bed at Dad's I can look out the window and see four or five projects needs tackling. Fence needs tightening, top boards need replacing in the paddock, Couple small trees are down in the back and he's got a small building that fell over in the same storm the trees went down in. Building's cleaned out, but it needs broken apart, hauled to the back and burned and them trees cut up and what wood is good stacked and the rest burned. Plus he's got a hog ready to butcher and I need to build a loading chute to load that big brahman bull in and out of the stock trailer. I want to spend more time with Trish and need to get out to the workshop and start building turkey calls for Christmas sales. And here I am, laid up up and in bed.... Damn.
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Post by Paws on Nov 15, 2012 14:42:16 GMT 12.75
Write letters.
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Post by eaglenest on Nov 16, 2012 1:56:20 GMT 12.75
Toby, I know how you feel, although I am not on bed rest..there are so many things that need to be done and here I set!! More fluid from my rt. knee and it is feeling good and the gout med Allopurinol has my stomach messed up, increase B/P and not sleeping. I stopped it and all the above is gone. The chiropractor sold me Arginex for gout and kidney issues..starting it today.
Work will be there when we are long gone, but I know that doesn't help!!
I bet your family have a project that they are working on...heavy chains to keep you home!!! lol
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Post by Toby Benoit on Nov 16, 2012 8:45:51 GMT 12.75
Yeah they want to keep me home! Dad's kinda likingme being laid up; he says it's easier to keep track of me, lol.
Weather's getting right. I might take a ride in the golf cart and see what's going on out in the woods later. Might see a deer or two or find a spot I might want to hunt this weekend... Still going to take it very slow and easy, but it'll be good to be out of the house! ;D
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Post by gsoflittledove on Nov 17, 2012 9:12:33 GMT 12.75
Toby all I can say is them Indians madens know where all them slickey spots and holes are. And they know how to use um. Rest up Brother you is gonna need all, before long Pryers to U as well to everyone else Bill
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Post by Paws on Nov 17, 2012 10:45:05 GMT 12.75
Hey GS when you guys get your Embassy set up me and Toby would like to be Ambassadors to the New Colonies of Obama so we have diplomatic immunity when we go to kick his ass.
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Post by Toby Benoit on Nov 18, 2012 18:52:50 GMT 12.75
Yes! I wanna be a Texan now!!!
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