Bear aka Barry in the Hospital

[maryaz]

I am sure that Barry aka Bear can use a lot of prayers right now. So can his wife Carol as this will be a long road.

I was recipient of a multiple email sent out by Carol about Barry. Since no one has yet posted I will post. I wouldn’t post the complete email without having an okay and I know Carol is now busy or getting much needed rest. Most of the wording below is from the email and I changed a few things to keep it in context.

Barry took a fall today while attempting to fill the birdfeeders and he is in the hospital in Oshawa with a massive headache, 100 staples and 20 stitches, maybe more.. .Carol was told that people who saw it stated he seemed to trip, slip, fall and eventually end up bashing his head into the railing.
Could have been worse.

911 was called, pressure was applied by one of our neighbors, until EMS arrived. . . . in a trauma room being assessed, hooked to various devices to monitor him, and the plastic surgeon had been called. . .He had birdseed everywhere, plus dirt all mixed with copious amounts of blood.

If you're feeling queasy right now, close your eyes and skip over the next part. Attending Attending nurse said to the doctor "he scalped himself" and that's exactly what he did!

. . .all vital signs are stable and he will be monitored in hospital for a few days at least.

I will be praying for both Barry and Carol.

[muffin]

Barry & Carol, know you are in my thoughts and prayers. May God gently guide you through this. Blessings

[Joyce7]

I'm so terribly sorry that such an awful and painful thing happened to you Barry. I will be thinking of you and Carol also, and keeping both of you in my prayers...Joyce in SC

[Colleen-Pa]

Sending lots of positive thoughts, what an awful accident. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

[Blossom/Jackie W.]

Thanks for posting this Mary; I was just talking with Bear y'day morning. I was shocked.....

Barry; to help you through this you should have your own private nurse to stay with your 24 hours a day. So; being the kind woman that I am I'm sending Elivira over....

I guess no one told you that you couldn't fly.....

Seriously though Bear, I've said a prayer and will say a few more . Get well soon please!

[Deleted]

Dear Barry & carol,

All my thoughts and prayers are sent to you both, please give Bear a big but gentle bear hug from all his friends. Carol please take care of yourself too, Thank goodness someone was there to help.

Love Linndie

[John]

[bobbioh]

Poor Poor Bear, Im so sorry this has happened to you and you and Carol will be in my prayers. And I wish you a speedy recovery. AND NO MORE FILLING THE BIRD FEEDERS ! Leave that to someone else. Poor guy Im sure you hert like heck. Take care and let us know how your doing when you can. Sending you both a big old bear hug (((((((((((HUG))))))))))))))))) Bobbi

[blondie]

Prayers and good wishes to Barry and Carol. Pat

[gwenwigley]

Bear,
Chris and I are thinking of you and hope you make a speedy recovery. What an awful thing to happen. Carol take care of yourself too.

[LindaNY]

Oh poor Barry. OUCH!!!
Those scalp wounds bleed like holy hell. Hopefully, if he didn't sustain a Fx. , he should heal well and quickly.
Poor Carol, it must have frightened her half to death.

Get well quick, my friend. There are benefits to having a hard head.

[sue]

My good thoughts and prayers for you both.

[lindab]

Sending prayers and hoping speedy recovery

[deltagirl]

Yowza!! No more cirque de soleil in the back yard Bear!! Hope you get well soon.

[stargazer]

What a terrible thing to happen!! Thoughts, prayers and speedy recovery to you Bear.

[cocojax]

I am so sorry this happened, I just talked to Barry yesterday and the poor fellow
was going to come over Monday to pick up some pamphlets,
Carol my heart goes out to you, pretty scary for you, both of you are in my thoughts...

[cheryl]

Oh Boy, Barry - Please be more careful. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

[aero63]

Bear, I am so sorry you took such a nasty fall. My thoughts are with you for a fast recovery.
Carol, take care of yourself and I am wishing you well too as it is just as hard on you.

[Deleted]

Dear Bear & Carol,

Hope there is some comfort in knowing your friends are keeping you both in our thoughts and prayers, Hope you start to heal and feel better Bear, and Carol you take care of yourself too, your part of this big ole family too. Lovce Linndie

[Blossom/Jackie W.]

...Just got an e from Ellen (CoCojax); she spoke with Carol (Bear's wife this afternoon; they live in the same relative area)

In it she said...."Barry is still in hospital, blood pressure is still low, no sounds in his lower lungs so they are going to try and get him up but because of his blood pressure..."

Please continue to keep him in your thoughts/prayers....

[lindab]

Bear we miss you-----get better soon

[bobbioh]

You are both in my thoughts and prayers. And im sending you healing thoughts. And Rosie the kitty to keep you company We miss you! Hurry back. We miss your big bear hugs so heres one for you ((((((HUG)))))) Bobbi

[Deleted]

Dear Bear,

Sending gentle ( Hugs) to you, hope you feel better soon, we miss you and your Bear -hugs!

God Bless, and get better soon! Your friend Linndie

[Blossom/Jackie W.]

I just got home, then called again for Bear...spoke with Carol.
They'll know more once he sees the plastic surgeon which they were waiting on. I would offer up Bear's number to anyone in a PM (private message) however; I got the impression Carol may not like for him to have any calls. If/when I hear more, I'll let you know.

[Joyce7]

Bear and Carol---


I'm keeping you both in my prayers. We miss you Bear--
Joyce

[aero63]

Blossom
Thanks for the update. Poor Bear. Carol, you must be exhausted. My thoughts are still with you both.

[Deleted]

Mabey Bear needs the rest, I would love to say , b ut will wait till he is back to feeling better, Thanks Jackie for the up-date. Hope Carol is doing okay too, she must be so tired too


Good wishes and thoughts being sent to carol & Bear

[Blossom/Jackie W.]

I received an e from Carol this morning.

In her post....."Updates will be available after decisions are made regarding the next step"

I've sent her a link to his forum family here so that when she's up to it, or has something she'd would like to share here with his friends, she can.

Please continue to keep him close folks....

[Barrys Gal]

Good Morning all members of this site.

Thank you all for your prayerful thoughts. I know Barry will be home soon and thank you all personally.

Time to take a few moments to bring you up to date. Thanks to MaryAz for sending me the initial link. I did read the initial posts and relayed the messages to my Sweetie.

He did NOT trip over his shoelace as was the original suggestion........it's impossible! I recreated the situation with his shoes, laces aren't long enough for him to stand on while hanging the feeder. Instead, a runner root from the pine trees was discovered, actually there were many of these which had been exposed after severe rainfalls. The offender and others have since been removed.

Barry is still in hospital, not sure when he'll be discharged, as we are waiting for the plastic surgeon to "reappear". One nurse thought he might be on holidays this week, I hope not.

The head wound is still the concern, everything else is back to normal. He's up walking the halls, even got to leave the floor yesterday for a short while but in a wheelchair.

Phone calls are not appreciated. I can not even call him........I have to wait for him to call from the Common room. Even at the best of times Barry finds telephone calls difficult, so I hope you understand that it is Barry's request to not have the phone connected. I spend several hours a day at the hospital and have been active in his care, assisting with dressing the wound, as well as personal care when he wasn't able.

I've just received a call from the Plastics office this minute. The doctor is on vacation so I guess Barry won't be coming home for a bit, unless they discharge him with Homecare nursing visits.

Once again thanks for all your good wishes, we really appreciate them.

I'm going to try to include a picture that will be upsetting to some. If it doesn't work, then I will send it through to MaryAz if she wants to post it. Barry has given me permission to do this.

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This website is new to me so I don't know if the picture will show or not. In case it doesn't, I'll get in touch with Mary.

Have a good day!

Carol

[LindaNY]

Poor Barry, That is a nasty wound, but I have never seen staples used to close a laceration on the face. Am I seeing this right?
Seems to me that they should have called the Plastic surgeon initially do do the closure.
I worked for years with a group of plastic surgeons, so I have experience with this.

It's an outrage that Barry's plastic surgeon doesn't have another plastic surgeon to cover him while he is on vacation.Wow!! Unbelievable. Poor guy probably wants to get home.