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alika207
Ha`aha`a

USA
1260 Posts

Posted - 09/21/2008 :  10:45:38 AM  Show Profile  Visit alika207's Homepage  Send alika207 an AOL message  Click to see alika207's MSN Messenger address  Send alika207 a Yahoo! Message
Aloha kakou,

Starting tomorrow, our new taropatch friend Kamalani will be in the hospital getting surgery so that her mobility can improve (she's totally blind like me but also has dwarfism). She'll be there for quite a long time and will have to miss two weeks of school. I encourage all of you to e-mail her from her profile page to show some aloha.

E ola e Kamalani!

He kehau ho'oma'ema'e ke aloha.

'Alika / Polinahe

Edited by - alika207 on 09/21/2008 10:46:24 AM

kamalani764
Aloha

USA
16 Posts

Posted - 09/21/2008 :  11:12:06 AM  Show Profile  Visit kamalani764's Homepage  Send kamalani764 an AOL message  Click to see kamalani764's MSN Messenger address
Yeah, I'm supposed to be having it done at two... which probably means they won't start till four... but that's becides the point. Anyway, just to add a little more info to what Alika said, basicaly what they're doing is releasing tendons so that I can walk better and for longer distances, as sometimes I use a wheelchair for great distances and stuff. my mom seems to think after this one I won't need the wheelchair at al, that's stretching it I'd say but hey she'd know more about this one than I would. So I'm not really sure if I'm actually going to be in the hospital for a while or if I'll actually be at home; the paper with all the information and that jazz says I'll be home but somehow I doubt it. again though, they'd know more. Either way I'll probably have my computer; I'd go bananas with out this thing. So send an email, post, whatever. Lataz. Kama.

Kamalani
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cpatch
Ahonui

USA
2187 Posts

Posted - 09/21/2008 :  11:24:36 AM  Show Profile  Visit cpatch's Homepage  Send cpatch an AOL message
Hope everything goes well!

Craig
My goal is to be able to play as well as people think I can.
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RJS
Ha`aha`a

1635 Posts

Posted - 09/21/2008 :  1:50:07 PM  Show Profile
You will have our alhoa and prayers.
I have seen this surgery many times, and while I don't know your situation, I can tell you that it is usually successful, and people tell me there isn't too much pain. Hopefully it will be all worth it when you can get around better.
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thumbstruck
Ahonui

USA
2168 Posts

Posted - 09/21/2008 :  5:04:14 PM  Show Profile
Kamalani, all the best wishes. Remember music helps, too. Keep you ukulele close and CDs at the ready.
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wcerto
Ahonui

USA
5052 Posts

Posted - 09/22/2008 :  12:59:39 AM  Show Profile
All the best wishes to you.

Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda
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Trev
Lokahi

United Kingdom
265 Posts

Posted - 09/22/2008 :  02:21:21 AM  Show Profile
Best of luck, Kamalani. It's never a bag of laughs going into the hospital, but it should only be for a short while. As the old saying has it 'This, too, shall pass'.

Thumbstruck is absolutely right - music is a great help. It helps pass the time, and takes your mind off everything else.

I hope you'll start to see the benefits as soon as possible.
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alika207
Ha`aha`a

USA
1260 Posts

Posted - 09/22/2008 :  11:37:53 AM  Show Profile  Visit alika207's Homepage  Send alika207 an AOL message  Click to see alika207's MSN Messenger address  Send alika207 a Yahoo! Message
quote:
Originally posted by thumbstruck

Kamalani, all the best wishes. Remember music helps, too. Keep you ukulele close and CDs at the ready.


Kama no have one 'uke. I just brought mine to a camp that we were both at last summer and taught her by letting her use it. She wants one though...

He kehau ho'oma'ema'e ke aloha.

'Alika / Polinahe
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PoiDog
Lokahi

245 Posts

Posted - 09/22/2008 :  12:50:47 PM  Show Profile
Wishing you the best, Kamalani...


Aloha,
da Poi Dog
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Admin
Pupule

USA
4551 Posts

Posted - 09/22/2008 :  4:49:38 PM  Show Profile  Visit Admin's Homepage  Send Admin an AOL message  Send Admin an ICQ Message  Send Admin a Yahoo! Message
Email and positive thoughts sent.

Andy
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alika207
Ha`aha`a

USA
1260 Posts

Posted - 09/23/2008 :  09:16:00 AM  Show Profile  Visit alika207's Homepage  Send alika207 an AOL message  Click to see alika207's MSN Messenger address  Send alika207 a Yahoo! Message
Hey guys,

Just spoke with Kama, and she sounds like her normal self. I don't know how long it'll take her to read all the lovely notes you've posted as her wireless connection is going very slowly as of now, but I think she will be able to read them eventually. Mahalo for your support of my hoaaloha!

He kehau ho'oma'ema'e ke aloha.

'Alika / Polinahe
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alika207
Ha`aha`a

USA
1260 Posts

Posted - 09/24/2008 :  3:43:08 PM  Show Profile  Visit alika207's Homepage  Send alika207 an AOL message  Click to see alika207's MSN Messenger address  Send alika207 a Yahoo! Message
Update: Still no wireless connection from Kama's end apparently, but she seems to be in pretty good health and says that she's not in that much pain now. She also mentioned that she may transfer to another hospital where she'll be able to do physical therapy with three hour periods in between each session. She still talks and sings as if everything is normal. Please keep sending your messages of support and aloha. She said her computer is at her house because she can't get onto the Net, but I know she'll read your comments and e-mails when she's back at home.

Mahalo,
'Alika

He kehau ho'oma'ema'e ke aloha.

'Alika / Polinahe
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kamalani764
Aloha

USA
16 Posts

Posted - 09/26/2008 :  3:17:19 PM  Show Profile  Visit kamalani764's Homepage  Send kamalani764 an AOL message  Click to see kamalani764's MSN Messenger address
aloha!
Net's working! yea! we got a staff member to get it working now i've transferred. Mahalo for all the great messages.
it hasn't been so bad. I'll be starting physical theropy for a good two weeks or so then I'll be home. But i'll be able to be online thank goodness!

Kamalani
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wcerto
Ahonui

USA
5052 Posts

Posted - 09/27/2008 :  01:13:15 AM  Show Profile
Aloha e Kamalani: From first hand experience, I can tell you that the therapists will seem like torture specialists at first, like slave drivers, but hang in there. It really does speed you along to recovery and makes you use the body in the correct and efficient ways without compounding other problems. Hang in there. And if they offer pain meds, do not be shy about taking them. It all helps in quicker recovery. No shame to say when you hurt.

Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda
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kamalani764
Aloha

USA
16 Posts

Posted - 09/27/2008 :  05:29:13 AM  Show Profile  Visit kamalani764's Homepage  Send kamalani764 an AOL message  Click to see kamalani764's MSN Messenger address
I agree. it's just when you've got those annoying ones who think you're some kind of invinsible being or something that really agrivate me. you know, the ones who keep going at it even they know you hurt until you're in there screaming bloody murder. That was my first experience with the theropests, but it was only that one woman and the rest seem pretty cool. It really does help speed things along. As for pain meds, yeah, glorious creations those are! Especially right before theropy lol. I have physical theropy at one (two hours from now) and I can't wait! it'll be nice to get out of this blasted bed!

Kamalani
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alika207
Ha`aha`a

USA
1260 Posts

Posted - 09/27/2008 :  07:54:54 AM  Show Profile  Visit alika207's Homepage  Send alika207 an AOL message  Click to see alika207's MSN Messenger address  Send alika207 a Yahoo! Message
quote:
Originally posted by kamalani764

I agree. it's just when you've got those annoying ones who think you're some kind of invinsible being or something that really agrivate me. you know, the ones who keep going at it even they know you hurt until you're in there screaming bloody murder. That was my first experience with the theropests, but it was only that one woman and the rest seem pretty cool. It really does help speed things along. As for pain meds, yeah, glorious creations those are! Especially right before theropy lol. I have physical theropy at one (two hours from now) and I can't wait! it'll be nice to get out of this blasted bed!


I can imagine it will be. Pomaika'i! (Hawaiian for "Good luck!")

He kehau ho'oma'ema'e ke aloha.

'Alika / Polinahe
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