[meteorite-list] I"m Back! (not fully though)

From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <mcomemeteorite2000_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:09 2004
Message-ID: <20030417100147.93964.qmail_at_web10305.mail.yahoo.com>

Welcome back in the list Steve, I hope go all well in
future.
regards

Matteo

--- Steve Schoner <steve_schoner_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone.
>
> I want to thank all of those that sent me very kind
> regards while I was in the hospital, I received
> almost
> 100 and attempted to e-mail everyone. Some came
> back
> and if you did not receive a reply, I would like to
> thank you here and now.
>
> I have kept all of those e-mails, and I cannot
> express
> how much they meant to me, they literaly brought
> tears
> to my eyes. At the time, I could not read them, as
> I
> could not read at all. So my wife read them to me,
> and she was in tears as well.
>
> Thank you everyone.
>
> Well, I am back here at the meteorite list. Not
> sure
> exactly where my brain is at as I am still in
> recovery.
>
> My writing is ok, and my immedaite reasoning is
> fine,
> but problem solving--- oh boy-- not so good.
>
> Looking forward to embarking on meteorite hunts,
> though my body needs some work. Being in the
> hospital
> for over a month was very hard on me.
>
> For those of you who might be wondering what
> happened.
>
> Simply--I contracted a case of ADEM, (Acute
> Disseminating Encephalo-mylitus) or something like
> it.
> The neurosurgeons are not certain what it was that
> got me, but it was very bad.
>
> I felt it coming on after working hard on a house
> that
> I had moved onto my property. I had spent 2 solid
> months working on the foundation pilliars putting in
> shims.
>
> The house in question is very historic, the home of
> Clyde Tombaugh the discoverer of Pluto. The
> interior
> is in virtually original condition as it was when he
> lived in it, and it has trememdous solid hard oak
> floors, and beautiful, 1900's chandaliers
>
> But the job is hard and I was at it hard. The
> doctors
> think that I contracted this bizzare form of
> encephalitis from a spider bite or mold. But they
> are
> not sure.
>
> What did happen was in the beginning of Jan, I was
> not
> feeling well. I thought that I was suffering a very
> bad case of fatigue. I was losing my abiliy to
> focus
> and especially solve problems.
>
> Then on Jan 5th, I thought to lay down on the couch
> for a much needed nap. I found that I "passed out"
> and awoke the next morning, Monday, Jan 6th. My
> wife
> had left me there rather than disturb me, and she
> went
> off to work, not returning until about 12.
>
> By then I was in serious trouble, and I had no idea
> what was wrong. A plant light came on and I found
> it
> very annoying. I got up and staggered over to where
> it was, and then to my amazement-- I could not
> figure
> how to turn it off!
>
> It simply did not occur to me that all I had to do
> was
> pull the plug, unscrew the bulb or even hit the off
> switch.
>
> I stood there completely perplexed--- and it was
> then
> that I knew that something was very wrong with my
> head.
>
> I had no emotions either, and my thougts were quite
> blank at the time.
>
> I staggered back toward the couch, leaving the light
> behind me on, as I could not figure how to turn it
> off, but on the way heaves overtook me. I began to
> retch and fell to the floor. And then I could not
> get
> up to crawl onto the couch. I spent quite a bit of
> time on the floor, in and out of consciousness
> before
> I finally got the strength to crawl back on to the
> couch.
>
> Soon after, my wife came home, and when she saw my
> condition, she immediately decided to take me to the
> hospital. By this time, I could not dispute her, as
> I
> could not talk. She somehow got me out to the car,
> and I remember staggering outside with snow falling.
>
> I have no idea how she did it, and as soon as she
> got
> me into the seat she took me to the hospital, and I
> was heaving all the way.
>
> It was awful.
>
> Then sometime after I got there, the doctors decided
> that I was perhaps having a stroke and sent me out
> for
> an MRI.
>
> I went through two and in the second session I
> became
> unconscious, and vagely remember being "awakenend"
> as
> the doctors then put in a breathing tube and other
> tubes in my person.
>
> Sortly after that I lapsed into a coma, where I was
> for 5 days.
>
> And it did not look good. The doctors were certain
> that I was not going to make it, and I had some very
> strange experiences in the coma. I saw my father,
> brother, wife daughter, and the nurologist clearly,
> and I wear thick glasses. But I was not wearing
> such
> at the time. It was like I was floating over my
> bed,
> seeing and hearing everything very clearly.
>
> And I remember the nurologist saying to my folks,
> "Look, I don't what to get your hopes up too high,
> but
> everyone that I have seen in Steve's condition does
> not come back... and if they do they are very
> disabled."
>
> I could not understand it, as I felt ok. I had no
> pain, none at all. But I was perplexed that I
> could
> see so well, being that I had left my glasses at
> home.
>
> And then I saw some very, very strange things. I
> saw
> my brain in cross section being worked on by
> someone.
> I could hear the instruments, and hear the steps of
> the "person" working on me. I heard this throughout
> the entire five days, and for about 20 days later,
> after I had come out of the coma.
>
> (I did however, have a very nasty surgical
> proceedure
> on my forehead that has left a very bad 5.5 inch
> scar.
> This was done to get a sample of my brain for
> analysis, which was done at Vanderbuilt Medical
> Center, KY. THe results turned out as negative with
> no virus. But the sounds I heard, and the vision of
> the cross section of my brain were not related to
> this. I firmly believe that there was something
> else
> going on there-- Spiritual?)
>
> And I also had a very profound Near Death
> Experience,
> but I won't get into that here.
>
> What did I have?
>
> The doctors, and there were at least 5 working on me
> don't know. Encephalitis is the consensus, and more
> specifically a rare form of "brainstem encepalitis"
>
> My left brain had swollen to such an extent that I
> could not use, move or otherwise do anything with my
> right side. And I could not speak, or even
> recognize
> words, or objects.
>
>
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Received on Thu 17 Apr 2003 06:01:47 AM PDT