Saturday, July 9, 2011

Prayers, Please

GRANDFATHER Bunyip was in the back yard on Thursday when, as he puts it, he began to "feel funny", which sounds from his lips like this, "sel sphiny". The poor old bugger was having a stroke, not sufficiently severe to have prompted an immediate reckoning with the Great Bunyip, but nasty enough to put him in an ambulance and, soon after, a hospital bed, where he remains.

He is showing signs of recovery and the medicos are optimistic, more or less. The charm he is turning on for all the firm, young nurses suggests they are right.

Posting will be light at the Billabong for the next few days. If readers inclined to theism care to ask the Great Bunyip for a little help, those prayers would be greatly appreciated.

23 comments:

  1. Prayers carried on wings of angels already on their way to the Great Bunyip.

    Heartfelt good wishes for a speedy return to the billabong.

    xxx

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  2. Leeches, always good when there is an excess of blood, especially when a choleric humour prevails.

    Cheers

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  3. All the best for the old fella, Bunyip. I will add him to my prayers.

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  4. Shock!!! Horror!!! Is the Professor writing about himself in the third person? Being unfamiliar with the patriarchal lineage among the Billabonic Tribes, that was my immediate interpretation which rendered me alarmed and a trite confused.

    Whoever. May the recovery be expeditious, and to that end, I shall offer a sacrificial trout to the water nymphs in the local lagoon rather than allow the gale extant to rob any deity of my orisons.

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  5. I'm sending out a prayer to the Great Bunyip wishing your father a speedy recovery. All the best to you and your family

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  6. Consider it done Prof.

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  7. Dear Bunyip,
    I have lit several candles, said a few prayers, crossed my fingers, toes and flaps for Bunyip Snr.

    I do not say all this lightly. My mother suffered a (for want of a better term), reverse stroke last year. Rather than being paralysed down the left side, the left leg goes beserk. When this out of control behaviour of an important appendage is combined with old age and batshit crazy dementia, it makes for a kaleidoscope of colour on the face of said oldie unfortunate enough to be attempting a midnight flit from bed to bog.

    Bunyip Snr is extremely fortunate to be in the care of the young and firm, indeed even more fortunate to be aware of said care.

    The best to Bunyip Snr and Jnr.

    'tis not easy to be the needed one.

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  8. You got it. God bless.

    MarkL
    Brisbane

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  9. Best wishes for Grandfather Bunyip and Professor Bunyip, wherever you are.

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  10. I'm "inclined to theism" and my prayers are with you both. I hope things work out well for all concerned.

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  11. Hope all continues to go well for your Grandfather. Tell him not to give the nurses to much cheek, remember they give enema's. God bless.

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  12. Best wishes from our mob for Bunyip the Elder.

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  13. May the great Bunyip smile favourably on the Billabong and its resident one and all.

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  14. You are lucky you caught it early. Readers should be familiar with the FAST acronym.

    FAST requires an assessment of three specific symptoms of stroke.

    Face - Facial weakness - can the person smile? Has their mouth or eye drooped?

    Arm - Arm weakness - can the person raise both arms?

    Speech - Speech problems - can the person speak clearly and understand what you say?

    Time - Don't waste any. It's time to call 000 (Australia) or 112 from a GSM Mobile phone anywhere in the world (requires no SIM Card or credit).

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  15. done. no candles to lit a la Pogria, but prayers always help.

    God be with you and the elder Bunyip.

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  16. Good luck mate.... been through the same with my parents. Patience is the key... It will take time and practice re-learing things we take for granted, but it is simply amazing what recoveries they can make.

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  17. Well-wishes and heartfelt prayers for a swift and complete recovery of of our Bunyip's sire.

    For any fellow Yids here who don't have the refuah shlema handy:

    Transliteration from Hebrew: Mi-sheberakh avoteinu v'imoteinu, Avraham v'Sarah, Yitzhak, v'Rivkah, Ya'akov, Rakhel v'Leah hu y'varekh et [name unknown] v'yavi aleihem refuat hanefesh u'refuat haguf yakhad im kol kholei amo Yisrael. Barukh atah Adonai, rofeh ha'kholim.

    In English: May the One who was a source of blessing for our ancestors, bring blessings of healing upon the father of our blogger, the "Bunyip," a healing of body and a healing of spirit. May those in whose care they are entrusted, be gifted with wisdom and skill, and those who surround them, be gifted with love and trust, openness and support in their care. And may they be healed along with all those who are in need. Blessed are You Almighty, Source of Healing. Amen.

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  18. Personaly I am not inclined to theism, none the less you have my best wishes and thoughts for your family for the expeditious recovery of your revered elder.

    PaulM
    Brisbane

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  19. My best wishes to Grandpa Bunyip.

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  20. Bunyips never give in. Go Great Bunyip!!

    Best wishes from JB, Sydney.

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  21. Do you really think prayers will do anything? Hasn't it occurred to you yet that prayers are totally useless?

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  22. Anonymous at 2.47 can get stuffed - I will have several refreshing ales at the Walkabout Creek Pub tonight in celebration of the Senior Bunyips recovery.
    And tell the Senior Bunyip that enemas are described as "High, hot, and a hell of a lot!" for a fairly obvious reason.

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