FROM: Chad
Sept 13 @ 2:58 AM

Lea: Better get feeling well soon…. I don’t want to break anything! Big hugs heading your way. I hope the ol’ man don’t get jealous of my effections. =)

FROM: Lou
Sept 13 @ 9:27 AM

Hi Larry – I’m liking the news you are sending!!!! Shana and I have been discussing coming to visit you (and Lea) for a couple of days. We’re both available to travel on Thursday September 29th, visit on Friday and Saturday, and head back home on Sunday. Is that doable at your end of the line?? We’ve not talked to Sheri, but would like to include her unless you think that is too many visitors. We’ll do whatever you think is best.

REPLY FROM: Larry Vaughn
Sept 13 @ 10:31 AM

No, that is certainly doable. My sister-in-law, Dottie, will be here September 21-October 6, and it would be a nice break for us to turn the “entertainment” over to you. Since she will be here, I shouldn’t have any trouble at all picking you up, and then dropping you at the airport, which is several miles north of town. If you like, I can contact Patient Relations here to see what accommodations are available close by. You could use my truck to come and go, although you would have to pay for valet parking while at the hospital ($4 or $8, I think, each time). If you “make a day of it” each day, it shouldn’t be too salty. Dr. Mah was saying this morning that he wants to get aggressive about getting Lea off the ventilator, off the narcotics, and get her wound closed up, so it could be that she will be “up” and alert by that time. I certainly HOPE so!

REPLY FROM: Lou
Sept 13 @ 1:04 PM

Yea – we’re on our way!!!! We originally explored the flights, car rentals, etc, and decided we might
drive instead creating a whirlwind trip. But since you offered a deal we can hardly refuse, we are rethinking this plan of ours. So – - – - we are checking flights this evening to come up with a time frame that is
agreeable to all. If you can check with Patient Relations for accommodations, that would be great!!! THANKS!!!! P.S. Would Lea prefer cotton or flannel? That’s as much as we are going to tell you. I’m thinking flannel, but you be the judge.

REPLY FROM: Larry Vaughn
Sept 13 @ 3:28 PM

UM-m-m-m. Well, before this episode she was hot all the time. Before she started getting hot all the time, she was cold all the time. Who knows what she’ll be after this!! 

FROM: Larry Vaughn
Sept 13 @ 10:51 AM

Link, Thanks for your concern about an appropriate diet while I’m here. Turkey wraps (from the cafeteria) have leafy green veggies on them.

REPLY FROM: Link
Sept 13 @ 1:00 PM

What about Ray Dog’s Kielbasa? ~

REPLY FROM: Larry Vaughn
Sept 13 @ 3:26 PM

SH-h-h-h-h. I’m in mom’s room with my company laptop. They don’t know I’m on line, and I’m not going to tell them! Heehee.

REPLY FROM: Link
Sept 13 @ 3:52 PM

Excellent! I love it!

FROM: Kim
Sept 13 @ 11:41 AM

Good morning! Would you let Lea know that Jeannie left earlier to go to hosp. Her daughter is being induced. It is a little early, but the drs are concerned about the baby’s low birthweight (?) I’m sure everything will be fine, but if you have a min., maybe say a quick prayer for all of them. Thanks. Will keep you posted if we hear anything…..kk

FROM: Larry Vaughn
Sept 13 @ 4:25 PM

Mom is working hard on the vent today. They plan to put her on rest mode at 6 pm . . . . 12 continuous hours! Her bp is running low right now, so I keep lowering her head a little. Dr. Mah has not been here to change her dressing yet today, so she hasn’t been put in the chair today.

REPLY FROM: Link
Sept 13 @ 4:30 PM

Of course, the BP could just look low due to cellular interference!?!

REPLY FROM: Larry Vaughn
Sept 13 @ 4:31 PM

Cellular interference? Yeah, THAT’S it! Cellular interference! 

FROM: Dallas
Sept 13 @ 3:59 PM

Heavenly Robes Re- Choired

in memory of Warren Brown

Warren joined the choir today
To sing with the Angel’s band,
For God recalled the voice He’d heard
When Warren walked this land.
The sweetness of each note he sang
Brought tears of joy to God’s own eyes,
As an opening in the Heavenly choir
Was filled as Warren’s voice took rise.
Holy, Holy, Holy!
The Angels sing so sweet!
Holy, Holy, Holy!
Is the place where we’ll all meet!
To sing alongside Warren,
In Heavenly robes re-choired,
And walk the streets of Gold
Just as God, Himself, desired.

by Unca D

REPLY FROM: Larry Vaughn
Sept 13 @ 4:29 PM

Wow! Very nice, Dallas! We will remember Brownie fondly. Thanks for sharing with us. Blessings.

FROM: Jean
Sept 13 @ 8:52 PM

Hello, my darling brother! I am so excited that Lea is doing so well. I know that you are too. I pray that the time of withdrawal will be over quickly for you, and for her too of course. I am sure the nursing staff has informed you of what is ahead and I worry about you, because I know none of us can imagine the agony a body must go through. Whenever this happens, prepare yourself a notepad of your prayers for her. Recite them over and over again. God will hear you and will bring comfort and peace to you. I guess we don’t ever have to doubt that again, do we? know I love you and am praying for your inner strength and peace.

FROM: Lion Tom
Sept 13 @ 10:19 PM

Lion Larry; How is Lea doing? Someone stopped by our booth at the Pork Festival this past weekend and said that Lea was doing a little better. I just wanted to know. Attendance was down a little at the Pork Fest. This week we are doing the FarmFest at the Tipton 4-H grounds. It has been a long couple of weeks. In your last e-mail you wanted me to remind you to have the power turned back on in the back yard. Let us know how things are going with you and Lea.

REPLY FROM: Larry Vaughn
Sept 13 @ 10:25 PM

Thanks for reminding me, Tom. I have asked our town marshal to look after the house, and he is expecting you. Please contact him at Town Hall to make sure he has the electricity turned on in plenty of time. I don’t know if your phone book has the Atlanta numbers in it, if so, look up the Atlanta Police Department number, otherwise, you’ll be talking to the City Clerk who can give you the number. (I am attaching) today’s update on Lea, who is spending her ninth week in Intensive Care. We are hoping she can recover use of her lungs. If she accomplishes that, she will turn the corner to recovery.