The Minister's Cat: Power Outage

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Power Outage

For the past few days John has been listening to an audio book from the library. He woke up early this morning and asked me to turn on the CD player. Part way through the disc it stopped and then his ventilator started beeping and John told me the power was out. (His vent alarms when it changes from AC to DC power.) After finding out that Hydro had no idea when the power would be back on we decided to head for my parents place. By the time we had a lovely breakfast the power was back on at our place and we were ready to head home and get on with our day. We learned a few things. One was that we need to keep some water on hand. I had dumped all our water out when cleaning up our house for being with John in Vancouver. We are so thankful that the power outage was just a little blip in the day and we were well organized.

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AlmaJuly 20, 2010 at 8:52 PM
Well, that was a good practise for power outages.

Thank goodness it was a small one and thank goodness you have your parents to go to Laverne.
That was an unexpected visit and a pleasant one for your parents , I'm sure..

Maybe a standby generator would be good to have.. :)

Take care, Love to you both....
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AnonymousJuly 20, 2010 at 11:57 PM
You both must be very proud of yourselves. You have been given a little test and it sounds like you both passed with flying colours! And got to visit your parents for a little bonus! God bless you both.

Diane Gration Dermott
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Calm in the storm - blessings and praises

1 ATV was on the trail minutes after Johns accident. He was able to get help ASAP while Laverne was able to stay and assist.

2 The cement blocks had been removed from the beginning of the logging road so that the ambulance could back in right away.

3 The nurses at the hospital were the right ones. One worked with John and one graduated with Laverne. They were Connie and Ellen.

4 Good friends Lee & Don, Bob & Pat were at the hospital quickly.

5 Laverne was able to fly with John on the Medivac helicopter as this is unusual.

6 In vancouver Beth Sykes a Cascades church friend was coming on shift on ICU after a week in Mexico.

7 Tom Freeman a friend was in town to Visit John the first day.

8 The many prayers and help. Those who have helped by taking DVBS, feeding cat, gathering belongings, (and bringing them down), and getting the bikes home.

9 Karen from 100 Huntley St called out friend Patricia and said she sensed that a close friend needed prayer.

10 Sister Eleanor was able to get a quick flight and be there before surgery.

11 John was able and ready to get a tracheotomy in good time instead of days or weeks later.