[Dixielandjazz] A funn tng happened on the way to my birthday party!

[Larry Walton Entertainment]

Don = Take care. Glad to hear you came out OK.
Larry
St Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Ingle" <cornet at 1010internet.com>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 1:21 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] A funn tng happened on the way to my birthday 
party!


>A funny thing happened on the way to my birthyday, Feb. 10, or at least if 
>seems funny now.
>
> Left arm suddenly announced that it hurt, and an onset of heavy sweating 
> said, "Don, my lad, get thee hence to the EMT."
> It seemed that a bit of a blood clot had moved into the wrong address, 
> and, as I was soon told at the hospital, that I had just had a heart 
> attack.
> Some people are happy enough with a card and slive ofbrthdaycake, but 
> n-o-o-o-! I got a stent as my gift of a lifetime. Which - I add - is 
> giving me just that.
>
> Well, it _was_ an interesting day. I got to watch on the monitor as they 
> finessed the stent into place - quite a procedure. The cardioliogist doing 
> the work could get
> a job steering a sub under the ice at the North Pole and not scrape the 
> hull.
>
> After a night of constant awakenings for the lab vampires drawing blood, 
> enough needles to qualify for the porcupine survivors club, EKG readings, 
> and the blood pressure
> arm squeeze every 15 minutes, I was okayed to come home - a day and half 
> of anything but a good night's sleep. (One does not go to a hospital 
> execting sleep.) I now take seven instread of the old four pills, three 
> for the heart and the old ones for the asthma/allergies. (Getting old is 
> not without busy work and I am warned not to lift more then ten pounds for 
> a few days, meaning perhaps that I buy my Scotch in fifths rather than 
> half-gallons for awhile - but then I never did.)
>
> Sadly, I learned while I was being poked and prodded that my friend, music 
> partner for 23 years with the Michigan Nighhawks, Jerry Paauwe had passed 
> away four days earlier. He was 87 and has been a teenage marine that took 
> part in five Pacific island campaigns. A marvelous player of trombone, 
> clar, alto, mellophone, and who shared the arranging with me for our band. 
> To his spirit I say, "SEMPER FI."
>
> Well, I may have some adjustments to make in my lifestyle but thanks to 
> good doctors, and to my own recognizing I had a problem, I will hang 
> around for awhile.  Who knows, perhaps long enough to hear someone sing 
> the Nat'l Anthem with due respect at a bowl game. That will be something 
> to live for!
>
> So, good friends and fellow listees,  blot the ugly moments of the Super 
> Bowl stage out of your minds, and realize that we saw one hell of a good 
> game.
>
> Now --_*let's talk jazz!*_
>
> Don Ingle
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