Friday, October 01, 2010

briskly

No change, but the nurse did describe his right side movements as "brisk". We are able to be in the room with him much of the time when he's not having tests etc. He's getting an echocardiagram (sp) to see how much damage there was to his heart. We'll be with him soon.

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  1. I like brisk! brisk is good. Brisk makes me think of how good Ken looks in his vintage-y old navy t-shirts and shorts. a real buttoned up brisk-y guy. I love you all. EFS

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  2. that's good--brisk! Adding an "sk" does wonders for a guy and Ken knows what I'm talking about:)

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  3. I've never thought much about the work "brisk" so I looked it up:

    brisk (adj) 1)lively: vigorous 2)keen or sharp in speech or manner 3) stimulating and invigorating 4) pleasantly zestful

    I think I like #4 the best. May he continue to be pleasantly zestful.

    -Nancy B.

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  4. jamie, lots of arms are giving you, Ken, and your family life affirming hugs in a virtual way. Just put your own arms around yourself right now, breathe deeply and hug yourself and feel all of our support/prayers/positive energy.
    Carol

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  5. Yay for brisk! And, yes, I like pleasantly zestful as well.

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  6. Brisk isn't a word I would use normally use with Ken, so maybe he'll have superpowers when we get through this :) Jamie, you are the superwoman right now. We are holding positive thoughts.

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  7. I think "pleasantly zestful" would make Ken laugh out loud if he were awake to hear it. We're thinking of you both every minute, Jamie, and pulling, pulling, pulling for many more positive adjectives that Ken will get to laugh about soon!

    much love, Amy

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  8. Brisk... I'm liking it! I know you have a resistance to this but if you feel like humming Ken a song. Yes I know Humming... But it quiets the nervous system and helps healing. I know he has drugs to do that but it is on a different level. I Love You Jamie. Kiss him and tell him I have been doing Reiki on him from here.

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  9. Jamie,
    A group of Ken's friends gathered last night to talk, laugh and cry. Our thoughts are constantly with the two of you. Thank you for keeping us all up to date with this blog. You are an amazing woman!
    Love,
    Maddie

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  10. Ditto, JC, on the brisk/Ken disconnect. I hear ya loudly and clearly, and so does Jamie. I guess that's why his witticisms are so delightfully surprising. Sweet, non-brisk Kenny is plenty brisk of mind. I hadn't been commenting because it, well, it's not me, but I finally realized -duh- how much Ken will like reading our ongoing stream of consciousness about this whole wretched situation (I am even less brisk than Ken). And Ken, when you do read all this please know that this only represents a small fraction of the thoughts about you and J and the kids and the medicine and your parents and your other friends and that I've been holding it together because it's not about me (shocking,huh?) until this afternoon switching the laundry over: thinking about you and J and I playing king of the raft and I really want to change your facebook photo for reasons I'll tell you about later and J is so scared right now and as scared as she is the possibility of your being scared hurts her the most and oh your poor mom and dad. Oh Ken. When you read this know that this was really really terrible. Really really unspeakably hard to live through. Insert a steady stream of hard to hear expletives, hard to understand through the tears anyway. I love you. and now I have to go to work and try not to strangle the people (and there is more than one)who want me to engage in another lengthy discussion about the frequency, consistency, and odor of their bowel movements and how the inferior quality of food is a real trial to their souls. Oh my I will say, trying to stifle my sarcasm.

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  11. King of the raft! I bet that was Tess who just wrote. I had a meltdown on the subway today too while I was listening to my ipod. It was so Felicity 1998, Ken! You would love it! Come home soon. EFS

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  12. Jamie,
    Sending you piles of love and fortitude. Breathe deeply and rest whenever you can. Know that there is a huge circle of love surrounding you and Ken and all who care about you.

    Much much love, Kitty

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  13. Ditto everything Tess said...except for the part about having to spend the evening listening to people talk about poop and complain about their food. Oh...wait...I have a 5 year old, so I will get to do that ;) Anyway, ditto everything that everyone said. Sending more love, hugs, kisses, positive energy, etc. It really does feel like there's a big invisible beam of love emanating from all of us and encircling you. ♥♥♥

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  14. This feels like we are at Sunday brunch weaving in and out of rooms with familiar conversations. I am looking forward to our next Sunday brunch where we are all together and laughing again.

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