{"id":3636,"date":"2014-08-04T11:39:14","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T17:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.keloland.com\/lund\/?p=3636"},"modified":"2023-07-20T21:00:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T21:00:03","slug":"denny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/denny\/","title":{"rendered":"Denny"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been an emotional couple weeks in the Lund house which I\u2019m going to go ahead and use as an excuse for my blog keyboard being quiet. That and there being no comments to the last effort which, for a sensitive writer like myself, causes considerable anxiety and self-doubt.<\/p>\n

Anyway, regular readers know that few couples get along better than Linda and me (Linda and I?? Never did get that right) but we had a doozy of a dispute which resulted in words said..doors slammed..and a couple days of silence in\u00a0 separate corners of the house. I only share this because I sometimes write here so glowingly about us and all the fun times it seems only fair to let you know that even in the best of relationships, differences of opinions can and do arise; each are convinced they\u2019re right and say so. Stubbornness and pride prevail until, weary of the standoff, \u00a0somebody quietly knocks on the other\u2019s door..apologies are offered and accepted..before long..thank God..everything is back to normal.<\/p>\n

This time, though, our quarrel came to an abrupt end\u00a0 after a phone call from my nephew, Mitch who said his dad..my brother Denny..had been taken to the hospital and was in the ICU where he was about to undergo a procedure to stop internal bleeding. Denny is four years my senior and, even though I outwardly hated him growing up because of all the typical big brother teasing and tormenting\u2026inwardly he was and still is my idol.<\/p>\n

\"keowee<\/a>Denny has been dealing with erratic heart rhythm problems for years and, after a mini stroke in 2008, has been on a blood thinning medication. He\u2019s also on medication for Parkinson\u2019s and a bunch of other ailments. (Look up crest syndrome..it has nothing to do with toothpaste) In the hospital he underwent 3 procedures to deal with his problems and now he\u2019s staring at the walls and little TV at Good Samaritan on 46th<\/sup> and Marion Road awaiting his next rehab session. There’s no prognosis and no time table for how long he’ll be there.<\/p>\n

Judy, Denny\u2019s wife, knows all about those husband\/wife fights..having lived with my brother for..what will be 50 years this December..but even though she, herself, is in desperate need of shoulder surgery, has barely left Denny\u2019s side through these tough times. She, like the rest of us, keeps looking for a silver lining in the dark clouds that keep drifting over Denny\u2019s illness and hopes for recovery.<\/p>\n

Spiritually speaking, I\u2019ve been such a doubting Douglas lately that I hesitate to request others, who know me, appeal to the Deity on my brother\u2019s behalf.\u00a0 But just like his illness allowed Linda and I to put aside petty differences and instinctively find agreement on what\u2019s really important, I ask you to look beyond my perceived religious hypocrisy and lift Denny up by whatever means you feel will get the challenge met.<\/p>\n

I really appreciate it, but there\u2019s no need to comment or acknowledge your thoughts and prayers. I just hope you\u2019ll really do it and that God will hear and God will heal my brother.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s been an emotional couple weeks in the Lund house which I\u2019m going to go ahead and use as an excuse for my blog keyboard being quiet. That and there being no comments to the last effort which, for a sensitive writer like myself, causes considerable anxiety and self-doubt. Anyway, regular readers know that few…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lund-at-large","category-60","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11597,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636\/revisions\/11597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}