The Seeker
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Four weeks ago, I got up with the sound of my daughters voice, asking me if it was ok if she could watch some television that Saturday morning. But what happened moments later would change my life forever…
Each day you wake up, and start your day with the same old thing or with something planned for that day, or just simply with a smile on you face. The week that lead up to that Saturday morning was one of those weeks. Everyday living as usual……….
I started the week of January 13th with the weather still nice and with plans to go digging. On the 10th of January, I went out to an area near the town or Arcade here in N.Y. My wife Cheryl was with me that day, She thought it would be nice to get out and give it a try and see what this hobby was all about on the detecting side. She has put up with all the times that I went out here and there with my friends. ……Plus never said a thing when my finds were lying on the kitchen table full of dirt.lolol not really!!! They were on a newspaper or some thing else. On the table would not have gone over well! So anyway, there was an old house being torn down, so I stopped to ask if it would be ok to detect the property where the construction has been completed. The guy we asked said that would not be a problem, go right ahead! So as you can see in the pictures, the finds were just great ……Cheryl found some common coins and a few other small items. The old keyhole plate was a very nice find!
It is something different and a first for me, plus the Elephant pin also was an interesting find! The flowing hair girl pin thing is well
I have know idea what she is doing.......have fun!
So with the day getting late and time becoming a problem it was time to head home.
When I got home that evening, I mentioned to my wife that my head for the past few days was still bothering me. I had a headache for days. I never get them so I was not aware of the severity of what was going on. I said that by this weekend, I will call the doctor of it continues. Well by Friday night the 12th the headache was gone. I even went bowling that evening and had a great time out. After bowling I went out to eat with Cheryl and my daughter and the headache started up once again. I said when I got home that I will call the doctor in the morning…that morning everything and everyday changed in an instance. Moments after my daughter asked to watch TV, I got up went into the kitchen and made a pot of coffee. Shortly after I walked into the bedroom and started talking to Cheryl, suddenly in the middle of the conversation …….I stopped talking! At that moment my wife asked me “ If I were ok”. I hesitated to respond. Then I said I was fine, but she knew there was a problem. Now Cheryl had seen her uncle in the past that had suffered a stroke and now had some idea of the reactions and symptoms of having one. So minutes later I walked into the kitchen again and Cheryl said to come over to the couch and sit down here in the living room…so I did! Moments later, Leah yelled to my wife and said there was something wrong with Dad. Within a minute I tried to get up, and just fell on the floor. I could not move my whole left side and could barely talk. She called 911 and all I could hear was the EMT’s who showed up and a few other things in between.
One of the first EMT’s to show up was Roger, who is a friend of ours. He suggested going to Millard Fillmore Gates, which is one of the best Hospitals in the county for Stroke victims. Now at the Hospital I could hear things happening but I could not understand what was going on. My wife Cheryl was hit with every possible question at that time, from the surgeons and medical staff regarding my health, and everything possible which would lead up to the decisions she had to make.
When your down and not aware of the things going on, all you could think of is family, your kids, and whether you are going to live or Die! … Riding in a ambulance was not on my agenda that year………But when you see your family as your laying on that stretcher and being rushed into the operating room for a 3and a half hours surgery is one of the scarcest things you can see and imagine. I had to be awake the whole time during all the procedures. So with being able to hear the doctors, I was asked to make sounds and try to move my hand and feet as they administer a drug called TPA. It’s a clot-busting drug. Now you have no idea while this is going on what is happening and you can only hear voices but all your thinking of is you family and all you know!
I can sit here and tell you every detail and all that I found out but I will say this, my wife Cheryl made the right decisions and did all the right things. She saved my life!! The timing could not have been any better on that Saturday morning if you can say it was good timing…That week I was down in the sticks and detecting an hour and a half away ……what if the stroke had happened there!!! The out come may have been different for me being 80 miles away from one of the best Hospitals. With no one around to help! I may not be here telling this story.talking, walking again and having 100% of my health and mobility back.
Now with this being a life changing experience, there may things you see different each and everyday … I thought I would have to change my diet, but that was not the case… What was the cause was a Torn inner layer of the Carotid artery…. There are three layers, the inner one was torn and flapped over and caused the clot. Cholesterol was not the problem…I have 160, my blood pressure is 120 over70, I never smoked which all played part in how the out come came to be. If I had high blood pressure and the clot burst, I may not be here again typing this letter…
I’m sure everyone in Treasure Net has seen friends, family go through so may tough times in their lives. But when you experience it for your self…it makes you just sit and pray and ask yourself …….why me. I am so lucky to be able to do the things once again that I love to do. I still can’t do the lifting stuff yet but according to the doctors I will be by early summer if all goes well.
I would like to thank everyone for all the thoughts, the gifts, the cards, all the phone calls and most of all the prayers, the wonderful messages from everyone here in this forum.
With all that has happened … I consider myself a lucky man and blessed. I do believe that there is someone looking out for all of us and on that day !! My guardian Angel was there ..... guiding all the decisions that were made that day for me ……………..
Thanks everyone
John……
P.s. By the way Jeff and Tim
You offered to dig for me; I will take you up on the offer! Hahahahah
And those sites I go to once in a while and never tell you about, I guess you will be coming along !!! Going alone may be out of the question! lololol
Each day you wake up, and start your day with the same old thing or with something planned for that day, or just simply with a smile on you face. The week that lead up to that Saturday morning was one of those weeks. Everyday living as usual……….
I started the week of January 13th with the weather still nice and with plans to go digging. On the 10th of January, I went out to an area near the town or Arcade here in N.Y. My wife Cheryl was with me that day, She thought it would be nice to get out and give it a try and see what this hobby was all about on the detecting side. She has put up with all the times that I went out here and there with my friends. ……Plus never said a thing when my finds were lying on the kitchen table full of dirt.lolol not really!!! They were on a newspaper or some thing else. On the table would not have gone over well! So anyway, there was an old house being torn down, so I stopped to ask if it would be ok to detect the property where the construction has been completed. The guy we asked said that would not be a problem, go right ahead! So as you can see in the pictures, the finds were just great ……Cheryl found some common coins and a few other small items. The old keyhole plate was a very nice find!
It is something different and a first for me, plus the Elephant pin also was an interesting find! The flowing hair girl pin thing is well
I have know idea what she is doing.......have fun! So with the day getting late and time becoming a problem it was time to head home.
When I got home that evening, I mentioned to my wife that my head for the past few days was still bothering me. I had a headache for days. I never get them so I was not aware of the severity of what was going on. I said that by this weekend, I will call the doctor of it continues. Well by Friday night the 12th the headache was gone. I even went bowling that evening and had a great time out. After bowling I went out to eat with Cheryl and my daughter and the headache started up once again. I said when I got home that I will call the doctor in the morning…that morning everything and everyday changed in an instance. Moments after my daughter asked to watch TV, I got up went into the kitchen and made a pot of coffee. Shortly after I walked into the bedroom and started talking to Cheryl, suddenly in the middle of the conversation …….I stopped talking! At that moment my wife asked me “ If I were ok”. I hesitated to respond. Then I said I was fine, but she knew there was a problem. Now Cheryl had seen her uncle in the past that had suffered a stroke and now had some idea of the reactions and symptoms of having one. So minutes later I walked into the kitchen again and Cheryl said to come over to the couch and sit down here in the living room…so I did! Moments later, Leah yelled to my wife and said there was something wrong with Dad. Within a minute I tried to get up, and just fell on the floor. I could not move my whole left side and could barely talk. She called 911 and all I could hear was the EMT’s who showed up and a few other things in between.
One of the first EMT’s to show up was Roger, who is a friend of ours. He suggested going to Millard Fillmore Gates, which is one of the best Hospitals in the county for Stroke victims. Now at the Hospital I could hear things happening but I could not understand what was going on. My wife Cheryl was hit with every possible question at that time, from the surgeons and medical staff regarding my health, and everything possible which would lead up to the decisions she had to make.
When your down and not aware of the things going on, all you could think of is family, your kids, and whether you are going to live or Die! … Riding in a ambulance was not on my agenda that year………But when you see your family as your laying on that stretcher and being rushed into the operating room for a 3and a half hours surgery is one of the scarcest things you can see and imagine. I had to be awake the whole time during all the procedures. So with being able to hear the doctors, I was asked to make sounds and try to move my hand and feet as they administer a drug called TPA. It’s a clot-busting drug. Now you have no idea while this is going on what is happening and you can only hear voices but all your thinking of is you family and all you know!
I can sit here and tell you every detail and all that I found out but I will say this, my wife Cheryl made the right decisions and did all the right things. She saved my life!! The timing could not have been any better on that Saturday morning if you can say it was good timing…That week I was down in the sticks and detecting an hour and a half away ……what if the stroke had happened there!!! The out come may have been different for me being 80 miles away from one of the best Hospitals. With no one around to help! I may not be here telling this story.talking, walking again and having 100% of my health and mobility back.
Now with this being a life changing experience, there may things you see different each and everyday … I thought I would have to change my diet, but that was not the case… What was the cause was a Torn inner layer of the Carotid artery…. There are three layers, the inner one was torn and flapped over and caused the clot. Cholesterol was not the problem…I have 160, my blood pressure is 120 over70, I never smoked which all played part in how the out come came to be. If I had high blood pressure and the clot burst, I may not be here again typing this letter…
I’m sure everyone in Treasure Net has seen friends, family go through so may tough times in their lives. But when you experience it for your self…it makes you just sit and pray and ask yourself …….why me. I am so lucky to be able to do the things once again that I love to do. I still can’t do the lifting stuff yet but according to the doctors I will be by early summer if all goes well.
I would like to thank everyone for all the thoughts, the gifts, the cards, all the phone calls and most of all the prayers, the wonderful messages from everyone here in this forum.
With all that has happened … I consider myself a lucky man and blessed. I do believe that there is someone looking out for all of us and on that day !! My guardian Angel was there ..... guiding all the decisions that were made that day for me ……………..
Thanks everyone
John……
P.s. By the way Jeff and Tim
You offered to dig for me; I will take you up on the offer! Hahahahah
And those sites I go to once in a while and never tell you about, I guess you will be coming along !!! Going alone may be out of the question! lololol
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Just kidding, of course.....John is a great friend, who I've missed dearly! 
