March 26, Frisco.
Our yearly three-day stay in Frisco, and we're back on the other side of the plazza.
Brian could be dead by now.
Three weeks ago he burnt himself practicing with a new fuel. He didn't want to go to the hospital but Tavana found him in the circus kitchen trying to cool his hand with cold water and made him go. He had second degree burns on his hand and face. Once in the hospital he was found to have alarmingly low blood pressure; they sent him off to a bigger facility, in Corpus Christy, where the next day he was outfitted with a pacemaker. His heart was failing, and would most likely have stopped within days.
If he hadn't burnt himself.
At first he thought they had the wrong guy; he was feeling fine, no chest pains, nothing out of the ordinary. His pressure was under twenty. He was released from the hospital the day after being fitted with the pacemaker and was back at work two days later.
When we were in France Nicolas went about the house armed with kitchen utensils saying he was going to cook, like Brian. When we were invited for dinner Dylan would inevitably say that the cooking was delicious, like Brian's.
To think we could have lost him.
If he hadn't burnt himself he may have been dead by the time we arrived at the circus.
Monday, March 28, 2011
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Glad you and your family have been reunited. Don and I look forward to following your journey and plan on catching up with the show in July. We first heard about Brian's injury through Steve's blog so we called and talked to Brian. We call it "A God Thing" -- where God has one thing happen to bring your attention to something else. We are very thankful that our good friend Brian is still with us. Barb
Great to hear that you are back with family and KM. Thank God Brian is OK. What an expience.
Bill Prickett
"Because this is America".......Please go back to France
LOVE your blog! But it would be better without the negative inserts about American healthcare (there's no such thing as "free") and the constant jabs at Christianity.
Dear "Anynymous#1": I am, thank you.
But what happened to this American tradition, the great wide debate of people with wildly different ideas and outlooks? It is saddening to hear knee-jerk reactions from someone hiding behind anonymity, where this country has a rich tradition of lively discussion and democratic exchanges, among its many qualities.
This short comment has inspired me to write an entry on the subject of my love for America, warts and all, so read on.
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