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HA HA............er........I mean.....YEP tzone's right. Were normaler 'en heck!



All kidding aside, Welcome John! Sorry for the loss of your friend. I too hope you can still enjoy the camp this year like he would want you to do!

Good Lord,
If the Hilljacks in Kentucky find out about orange beer cans, the survivability of deer season will definitely be in question.

bring it on ole funky head!!

Well gents thats One Nice Forky Horns........ I'll also add for scent killer I use a 50% mix of water and 50% vanilla extract, cheap effective and the deer round here actually like the smell of it... I know but works for me...

Calling for rain here all the way through friday evening off and on, ole forky should be checking scrapes all day long on Sat. I'll be awaiting with the arrow. Can't Wait!!

We got ole funky head, ole forky toes, orange beer cans......IT'S ON!!!! WWWWWWHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO :grin;

skid marks too.

As I sit here trying to collect my thoughts and slow down momentarily trying to focus on the Good things in life, I noticed my thumb twiching all by itself. Stress!!!! I need a Break soon from things..

Sitting here waiting for the wife to return from work, she went today while I have 2 other doc appointments for the kid. My munchkin had another spell yesterday where her heart registered over 230 for a time then they couldn't find a pulse for awhile. Paramedics, ambulances, fire trucks blocking the road asmy wife and I flew home midday once again this time they were at my parents house trying to help my baby. Sorry for any typos my eyes are beginning to tear up. Its been over 24 hours and I've spent somewhere around 400 miles on the road covering 150miles of it at a high rate of speed only to come home to this stuff.

My baby was taken to see the specialist at yet more 90mph driving by the time lastnight had passed, and noone can figure out why!!! I spent today in travel taking her to more doctors only to get some more meds and more I don't know answers she needs more specialist 100 plus miles in another direction. They are working on getting me an appointment for her there now and will contact me once again as soon as they get it done.

Till then we have yet another appt with the same docs again on Monday for blood test results.

I need to cry I need to scream I need to get out and shoot a forky toes ssooon. Trying to hide this from the kids is hard and they are just in the other room. Dad is getting alittle over welmed here at the moment with crap I don't need from the docs. Sorry guys but didn't know where else to vent this is helping some, my orange hat sitting here infront of me is singing and not making much sense, like me at the moment.

Tomorrow maybe I can sneak out, still haven't had the chance. The weather is perfect but even when with Momma or at my parents house I'm getting to where I don't want my babies out my sight.

Once again Sorry but I didn't know where else to put all this and it needs to get out of my system somewhere. Hoping Momma gets home soon as I need a few minutes alone in my garage. Here is to hoping they findout whats wrong and fix my baby soon and here is another one to all of you guys getting deer tomorrow if your out. Oh one more so maybe I can find a way or find it in me to slip the 500 yyards from the house into the tree for awhile too.

I'm real sorry to hear that all of that isn't behind you wabo.

I'm very, very sorry.

you don't need to be sorry though for "venting" or wondering where to put this stuff you need to talk about. I' glad you put it here.

Sometimes you just need to take yourself out of hunting mode. It's still part of who you are & all that but at times like this, with problems like this, I go blind to any of my plans for hunting or what not.

When weezy was young like probably about... 7 or so, she became very sick during deer season.

She was misdiagnosed at a local clinic, if we would have let it go we would have lost her. I was dressed for hunting this particular morning & leaving the house thinking my little girl simply had a little flue bug or some kind of kid sickness thing. Pam was worried, asked me to go & check on her. Little weezy had an upstairs bedroom at the time. I went up to check on the little pumpkin & when i looked at her I knew we were in big trouble. I came down with her in my arms. To the ER we went & within the hour I was still dressed in my hunting clothes with 1200 gram insulated rockies on riding along side my weezy in a life flight turbo prop plane to the university of MN where after days of serving as watch dog & protector over her bedside they correctly diagnosed & decided emergency surgery was necessary. The surgery was a success and eventually we returned home. Those days without sleep guarding over her i was better informed of special care instructions than the teams of nurses & attendants that changed shifts regularly. I made sure certain important routines were followed through correctly, I stood guard when grand parents & others came to visit & I would not allow anyone inside the room until they could tell me with confidence that they would not cry or let on that they were scared when they entered the room to see her.

I'm not sure everybody understood that, I was accused of acting a bit like a drill instructor when they were all scared & wanted to cry.

I explained that nothing could be more frightening for a little girl than to recognize that all the adults are fearing for her life. I wanted to cry too, but i couldn't let her see that.

It all worked out for us, i have no hunting memories of that deer season. It's just the year we saved my daughter instead of deer hunting.

be with her wabo, stay by her, show her love, show her confidence. Be strong, be the dad, be her watch dog.

hunting can wait. god bless, so many thoughts & prayers will be with you.

Dave

Dave,

Thankyou so Very much for the thoughts and prayers as well as a story of your family I can relate to all so well.

No worries about where I am I've been in guardian mode same as you described for awhile now, alittle over 2 weeks this time. I just came in from the garage I was just Really needing some me time. The wife made it back home and I have time to breathe for a minute, this has been ongoing for 3 years now. Your 100% on bout one thing my kids haven't ever seen me cry and won't. It has just been alittle more then I could hold for too much longer. I also am making sure she hasn't seen others crying as like you kids need to see stregnth right now in those who care for them.

Kiddo's first time was 3 years ago this happens to be a hereditery thing I've got as well as many of my family members yet with each generation it seems the problems become greater.

We thought things were good in Aug of this year as kiddo's first doc retired and a new doc took his place, the new doc declared all was good and no need for meds. Here we are 2 months later and the problems are back, we go back to the new doc who at this time actually said he thought kiddo was crying wolf. He told kiddo that to her face without first even talking with us about the idea of such a thing. He told my baby she would be in Big trouble too and a bunch of horrible things. This just compounded matters. Had to tell a doc to kiss my backside and consider what the next move was.

I had to then explain to kiddo how this was a crock and make sure she wouldn't hold back from telling us when something was wrong, again reasuring our love.

I've got so much documentation of everything I went straight to yet another series of specialist today. The new docs today couldn't believe how treatment came from the other guy and agreed with the old retired doc. However the guys today want to determine what the exact root cause is and they are working with me. All of this has pretty much taken place in the last 36 hours, I was just on overload for a bit, trying to make sure Each and Every base was covered with kiddo on First, I needed to bring her all the way to home plate.

I just hadn't had any me time for awhile and the guardian has been worn down alittle from all the driving at high speeds, the docs, the idiot doc I had words with, the worries the making sure that Grandparents, family and school nurses are all informed. I was just running alittle over the top with noway to allow any of my own time to get rid of some of the emotions.

Your right I'm hangin tight here until all is more then Good...

I may tomorrow afternoon slip out only if things are still looking ok and only if there are etleast Momma and Grandma here together. I haven't left kiddos side now up until a few minutes ago for around 36 hrs. I just needed to let go of some of the emotion. Same as I'm doing now.

Add in all of this I had to fix the new furnace which was having a problem downstairs while kiddo took a nap, my friggin truck had a dead batt this mornin and I needed it today. Just normal life stuff put it alittle over the top for a bit.

I'll get the battery fixed in the morning for now its on a charger and the wifes nice rig is in the garage if needed. To give you an idea of my commitment to family as much as I've wanted to go. I still haven't even got a tag yet, been aiming to go for weeks but I won't hunt without a tag... Kiddo has been winning the debate on that! Last time I went out was with her by my side teal hunting and she just may be at my side before I go again too.. We'll see how it goes tonight and in the morning I may pickup a tag when I get the truck fixed, then again I may not... No tag, no hunting its just the way I am...

Your dedication to Weezy and your family is also inspiring and I cannot imagine what things were like for you then! With you and the weezle family in my mind I'll keep retelling your story to myself and it will make my commitment to mine that much easier.. Thankyou!!!

See Dave the Birth of your deercamp is helping my family as I didn't know where else to let some of this out. Your thread was the first in my favorites and I clicked it, THANKYOU for Everything my friend.. I'll keep ya updated.... You wouldn't believe what typing in here and reading your story along with alittle me time can do for a guys emotions.. Thankyou Again!!!! As you and I have heard before I'm telling myself now again... ATTENTION....lol

Still here watching the clock tick tock and listening to it. Making sure my baby sleeps well tonight, for tonight yet again she went to sleep crying worried about all of this. She sleeps in the room next to mine in a new bed so that I can sleep with her if needed. At the moment she is asleep and finally out with her sister at her side along with my Big Lab at the foot of the bed. Knowing the Dog my most faithful companion won't leave her side either is both comforting yet troubling for me.

My lab usually sleeps there yet he is always at my side daily so long as I'm awake he will lay next to me even as I type here. For some reason he hasn't left her side either the past several days and this calms me as well as troubles me. Something is different even for him. Usually he would be here until I go to bed then go in with the kids for the night.

Contemplating how little details like that have changed recently bother me too. I dunno what exactly will take place in my babys world but I know she is a fighter and as long as she fights my lab and I will be beside her along with her sister and Mother.

I've even recalled now the last 3 years of hunting and I don't think I've gone more then 3 or 4 times without her next to me. Somehow it doesn't seem right without my kids hunting now eachtime I've gone alone, I bring them the next several times after.

Where is all of this leading me and my family I don't know but I pray soon its better for I'm tired. Being up late into the night, night after night,listening to make sure that the one is breathing normally along with listening to the tick tock has got to let me find rest soon I hope. I hope soon I don't have to worry this much and I pray things change back to normal.

Sorry Guys just finding a way to blurr the tick tocking and trying to find answers as I type. My wife is sound asleep exhausted as her day started at 3 this morning, she worked a 12 today and added 2 hours of travel, once again I don't know if or when I'll sleep. My brain still looking for answers mybaby is fine at the moment but what will the next tick and or tock bring. Yes I'm worried..

After 4 hrs of the best sleep I've gotten in awhile, some wierd dreams of a party in a nieghborhood I once built many houses in. I'm up checkin kids and all is well except one thing I may have to move this rediculas clock.

Get some more sleep Wabster

Well late into Sat night my lab came in and crawled into my bed, I knew something had changed. Checked with the Grandparents and kiddo is doing much better not as pale. Seeing how it was early sunday morning I went back to sleep.

I've slept somewhere around 18 hours today and feel 100% again. Taking kiddo back for more test tomorrow, but things are getting better atleast seem to be. She felt good enough to ride in the truck and had her out shooting this afternoon per her request. She blew a 1 gallon can all to heck and back many times, felt Real Good to see a smile out of her again... Smile was Huge when the can first blew its top as I had filled it with water for her. Good feeling!!!!

Good deal!

We had niece & nephew up this weekend out at the cabin. We spent all of yesterday working on deer stands, We got the walls sheeted on the boy�s enclosed sniper tower, built a ladder & put a roof on the stand. It looks really good, just needs some camo netting hung on it now & the same for Pam�s. We built a ladder for that one as well and hung the door on it. We�ll probably look for some camo burlap early this week & I may make a run out there after work this week to hang that stuff up on the 2 new stands. I also need to do some mowing around the boy�s enclosed sniper tower.

We�re under 2 weeks away from opener now!! It�s time to start getting revved up!!

I didn't make it out to camp Friday night like I had hoped. But I see that team grainery made it out there & tried to pay me a visit.

I took notice of Buschpilot's secret clue that he left hanging in the tree at the gate A Busch light beer can.

I hoped to see the grainery boys on Saturday night, I had cold beer in the fridge (yes I got the gas fridge hooked up & it works great!) & a big pot of elk stew on the stove but the grainery shack boys never showed

I guess I was a day late. Next time!!

Jesus Wabo,

My heart goes out to you. I don't have any experiences to relay back to you, you know to help you through this. I'm not a church going man, but I've prayed for you and your family. I don't know what to say to you except be with her, care for her, and love her with all your heart. Of course you already know that.

Deer hunting takes a back seat, way back, when something like this happens.

Please remember that you don't need to feel sorry for venting. We're here for you too. We all need to vent.

Let me know if there is anything I can do for you guys.

Tom

GREAT NEWS on the kiddo. Good to see you got some sleep Wabo.

18hrs. Man you must have just been wiped out.

I did that last year when I had the pnmonuia. I went out into the woods on WI opener. Sat until 4pm. I went to bed after dinner aroud 6pm, and woke up at 11am the next morning. My FIL was worried about me, so he didn't hunt, he stayed in the cabin with me. He made some coffe, and we went to town to watch football since the day was 1/2 gone already. I didn't leave the cabin the rest of the week except to to help FIL load his buck into the wheeler.

Hope all is well for you today Wabo.

Tom

Speaking of beer cans, the champange of beers has the "fall series" out.

They're not orange, well not really, they are camo but some of the camo is orange. I have an empty beer pyrimad pic for you, but mrs tzone took the camera to San Francisco yesterday. So no pic til she gets back.

I bought some camo burlap at Gander Mt. on sale for $10. It should be enough to wrap arond the ladder for my FIL. Check that out if you haven't yet.

12 MORE DAYS. This is going to be a LOOOONNNNGGG couple weeks.

do those cans look like this?




I've already took em for a test spin...

They work just fine.

Yeah we have some of that camo burlap hanging on some of our stands already, I actually picked some up at wal-mart last year pretty cheap. We have some of that stuff iside the cabin hanging in the bunkroom door openings like curtains for privacy fer gett'n dressed & stuff.

We've got some of the other types of camo netting out there on a couple of different stands too but the burlap stuff is cheap & it'll work good on these stands. way faster & cheaper than trying to camo paint them like we used to do.

MAN O MAN!! I