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Location: Renton, WA | Subject: Steamboat: Recovering nicely from heart bypass surgery.
Shipmates and Friends, John "Steamboat" Fulton is one of my favorite people on the planet! He called recently asking about heart surgery since I'd experienced it. Then John said he was going down the same road. As you will all recall, he had a medical episode which he shared with us not too long ago... and this is somewhat related to that. John had surgery early this morning. John's wife Mary reports that the doc says his heart looks good and strong and he is still on the ventilator for now. He needed no transfusions and his color gets better with time. They will "wake him up" when all is well and stable. John didn't want anyone "fussing over him" prior to his surgery but now that he is on the mend, please post only here - if you have John's email, please give Mary a few days to deal with all that it going on - her job is HUGE too!  Delay emails for a few days... or go ahead and send if you wish but don't expect a response for a bit. A single thread here will be very convenient for her and John. So our favorite pony soldier is doing very well but just the same, keep Steamboat in the best of your thoughts and say a few words to the big guy upstairs when you have a moment. Godspeed Steamboat... can't wait to have you back in the saddle!!! |
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Great Sage of the Sea
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Steamboat, Friend and Balao shipmate,
Hang in there old buddy it will take more than a Yankee Surgeon swinging a saber to keep you out of the saddle.
Our prayers are with you and Mary in this time of need and like the Balao sail you will return from the yards better than new.
T.Spoon, DBF |
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Great Sage of the Sea
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Location: Issaquah WA, USA | Subject: RE: Steamboat: Recovering nicely from heart bypass surgery.
John, glad to hear you are on the road to recovery. No dawdling now, hear? |
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Master and Commander
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G'day Steamboat, thinking of you mate and wishing you all the very best!
I am sure you are giving the nurses a fun time with your stories.
Best wishes to you both.
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COMSUBBBS
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Location: Summerville, SC | Subject: RE: Steamboat: Recovering nicely from heart bypass surgery.
Great to hear you are on the mend. Soon you'll be up and riding with the best of them. Prayer works and they will continue for you and all of our Shipmates who are down for a moment. Cheers Mate !!!
Edited by Ralph Luther 2009-07-30 1:51 AM
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Master and Commander
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Location: Foothills of the Ozarks | Subject: RE: Steamboat: Recovering nicely from heart bypass surgery.
Get well soon Steamboat; |
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Great Sage of the Sea
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Hang in there Steamboat.. and get better soon.. |
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Master and Commander
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Location: Hopewell Junction NY | Subject: RE: Steamboat: Recovering nicely from heart bypass surgery.
Hang in there Steamboat...you'll ride again.
Dis YANKEE is pullin for yuz.
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Location: New Jersey | Subject: RE: Steamboat: Recovering nicely from heart bypass surgery.
Get well John. Now that you got new arteries, you'll be able to run marathons, right....?
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Great Sage of the Sea
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Location: Citrus County FL | Subject: RE: Steamboat: Recovering nicely from heart bypass surgery.
Hope everything went well, expect you to have a successful post-overhaul shakedown cruise. Thinking of you, shipmate! whalen |
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COMSUBBBS
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Location: Wappingers Falls, NY | Subject: RE: Steamboat: Recovering nicely from heart bypass surgery.
My "Big John (Garry) and I hope that you will be feeling a whole lot better very soon, John. Lots of prayers and good thoughts are flying your way. You listen to your Dr and Mary and be a good boy, ya hear!!! We want to see you back out
here...
Now, having said that...does anyone still have his home address...seems the "Duke" did bit of clean up...and I can't find
a thing. Thank you.
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Great Sage of the Sea
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Dang it, now I know why you were asking about the hog hunting out here in California last week, you needed some new parts. Sorry I let you down, I would have been proud to supply my old Balao shipmate with the needed hog heart parts. We do have some mean and nasty hogs that would gladly donated some parts.lol
T.Spoon, DBF old Balao shipmate |
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Master and Commander
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Get well soon and don't chase them nurses!!! |
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Old Salt
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Location: Anchorage, Alaska | Subject: RE: Steamboat: Recovering nicely from heart bypass surgery.
TSpoon - 2009-07-30 7:53 AMDang it, now I know why you were asking about the hog hunting out here in California last week, you needed some new parts. Sorry I let you down, I would have been proud to supply my old Balao shipmate with the needed hog heart parts. We do have some mean and nasty hogs that would gladly donated some parts.lolT.Spoon, DBF old Balao shipmate
TSpoon, aren't you worried that the hog parts would reject their new host?
Seriously, Steamboat, do what the doctors and nurses tell you, especially the get up and walk around part, so your recovery will go well.
Best wishes.
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Great Sage of the Sea
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Location: Citrus County FL | Subject: RE: Steamboat: hog parts?
Hog parts? Hog parts? "Ya'll want some red gravy wit dem hog parts?" For a "Swine of the Highest Order" one should never recommend hog parts. Only the finest of swine accoutrements will do. When you care enough to send the very best: get well John!
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Master and Commander
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Location: Houston, TX (Best state in the US) | Subject: RE: Steamboat: Recovering nicely from heart bypass surgery.
Godspeed, John. May your recovery be short and complete! |
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Master and Commander
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Location: Va.Beach,Va. | Subject: RE: Steamboat: Recovering nicely from heart bypass surgery.
Hang in there John,do what they tell ya and git well.
I'll get down to your neck of the woods one of these days
and buy you a beer. |
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Master and Commander
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Location: Boydton, Virginia | Subject: RE: Steamboat: Recovering nicely from heart bypass surgery.
John is still doing well and they took out the ventilator this morning. He is groggy but alert sometimes. He even laughs a little, but doesn't like to because it hurts. He really likes his nurse and wants to take her home with him. They will probably move him from intensive care tomorrow to a "step up" room for a day or two and then to a regular room in the cardiac unit. He won't be as spoiled in the regular room. The biggest shock to those of you who have met him is that is shaved off his beard last Monday because he wanted to avoid risk of infection. I barely knew him - thought he might be a person selling encyclopedias. The only ones who knew him were the dogs and I told him that they go by smell! Anyway, this is an ordeal, but we are fortunate they caught it before it "caught him".
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Plankowner
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Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map. | Subject: RE: Steamboat: Recovering nicely from heart bypass surgery.
Thanks Mary.. glad the old "sea dog" is doing good. |
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Master and Commander
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Location: Va.Beach,Va. | Subject: RE: Steamboat: Recovering nicely from heart bypass surgery.
STEAMBOAT WITHOUT WHISKERS????????????????????????????????
Now that must be a sight to see.
Mary,you've got to send us some pictures.
Take good care of the old goat. |
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Admin
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Location: Renton, WA | Subject: RE: Steamboat: Recovering nicely from heart bypass surgery.
Thanks so much for posting Mary... this is truly a treat! Yeah, don't make him laugh for sure I was scared of even a tickle in my throat so my favorite trick was keeping a can of diet Coke around - didn't matter if it reached room temperature... as long as it had the "fizz" it would quickly remove any "tickle" from my throat. Tell 'em to hug his heart pillow tight... it'll be his best friend for a while... about three weeks or so We love ya Johnny reb! (no beard.... we MUST have a photo of that!!!!) |
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Master and Commander
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Location: Rockingham Western Australia | Subject: RE: Steamboat: Recovering nicely from heart bypass surgery.
Mary tell the Old Phart welcome to the Zipper Club and then watch out he's going to get better a lot faster than you think.
As Don said tell him to hang onto that pillow real tight because sneezing is not a whole lot of fun but it sure lets you know you're still kicking.
Nine years and counting since my surgery. |
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Great Sage of the Sea
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Good news ther Mary, I may be the last guy to have seen John before he grew them whiskers and that was in Gitmo, 1963 aboard the Balao.
T.Spoon, DBF |
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Master and Commander
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steamboat - 2009-07-31 9:05 AM
He really likes his nurse and wants to take her home with him.
There you go, I knew it! He has already recovered although I would keep an eye out to make sure he doesn't feign illness just to go back and see the nurses! lol
Nurses in uniform, now that's a lovely sight for sure!
Great to hear he is doing well Mary!
Blue *_* |
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COMSUBBBS
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Location: Summerville, SC | Subject: RE: Steamboat: Recovering nicely from heart bypass surgery.
Thanks, Mary, for the update. Give the old pharte a hug for us when he's able.
Now I know there are some to question..a hug? Yep, ya gotta hug Steamboat so you can pin his arms to his side. If you don't he's lible to reach in your pocket looking for loose change or your wallet. Kidding of course, John. Get well soon, Shipmate.
Edited by Ralph Luther 2009-07-31 9:30 AM
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Steamboat: Recovering nicely from heart bypass surgery.
