Windham Hospital, Letterboxing ER room.

From: Chuck Straub (woodschuckstraub@yahoo.com) | Date: 2003-01-07 22:32:06 UTC-05:00

While warning Butterfly and remembering my fall, I couldn't help thinking about when I got to the hospital and the excellent care I received there by two fellow letterboxers, Irish Mum and B Weekend Warrior. Here I come limping into the ER room of Windham Hospital. I had to tell the ER nurse what happened and I didn't want to mention letterboxing so I said I was hiking. I said I knew a couple ER nurses there but by their email names. I was talking to B Weekend Warier! She got me settled into a room so I could lay down and the Doctor comes in and he starts doing his thing while talking about letterboxing. He actually had a stamp but I don't believe he had started letterboxing yet. Then Irish Mum, who is another ER nurse comes in to see how I'm doing. I had met her and her family on the trail near the Air Mail Letterbox once in Mansfield. Irish Mum and B Weekend Warier had everyone that worked in that area knowledgeable about letterboxing. I go for X rays and the guy wheeling me around starts talking about boxing. I couldn't help but laugh (which hurt) when I was on a table being positioned for an X ray, and the woman in there asked a question about letterboxing while helping me to move into a position for a good X ray. Then back to my original room. Then my brother comes in. He's a security guard there. He heard a little about boxing by people in the ER area, so he vaguely knew what I was attempting to find that day. If there ever was a Letterboxing ER Room, Windham Hospital in Willimantic CT is it! All great people there. It truly is a letterboxers emergency room. Would have enjoyed my visit more though if it wasn't for that darn fall I had taken earlier. Thanks again B Weekend Warier and Irish Mum. I've been doing fine and completely healed for some time now. Hope to see you again, but next time under better circumstances.....Chuck

Re: Windham Hospital, Letterboxing ER room.

From: an_irish_mum (e_r_nurse32@yahoo.com) | Date: 2003-01-10 03:06:24 UTC

AWWWW Thanks!!
Yes Chuck~ We would like to see you again too~ upright and on a trail
somewhere!! Glad you are feeling good! Now... if some of this snow
would melt!! Say hello to Chickabirdie and Molly : ) Irish Mum

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Chuck Straub"
wrote:
> While warning Butterfly and remembering my fall, I couldn't help
thinking
> about when I got to the hospital and the excellent care I received
there by
> two fellow letterboxers, Irish Mum and B Weekend Warrior. Here I
come
> limping into the ER room of Windham Hospital. I had to tell the ER
nurse
> what happened and I didn't want to mention letterboxing so I said I
was
> hiking. I said I knew a couple ER nurses there but by their email
names. I
> was talking to B Weekend Warier! She got me settled into a room so
I could
> lay down and the Doctor comes in and he starts doing his thing
while talking
> about letterboxing. He actually had a stamp but I don't believe he
had
> started letterboxing yet. Then Irish Mum, who is another ER nurse
comes in
> to see how I'm doing. I had met her and her family on the trail
near the Air
> Mail Letterbox once in Mansfield. Irish Mum and B Weekend Warier had
> everyone that worked in that area knowledgeable about letterboxing.
I go for
> X rays and the guy wheeling me around starts talking about boxing. I
> couldn't help but laugh (which hurt) when I was on a table being
positioned
> for an X ray, and the woman in there asked a question about
letterboxing
> while helping me to move into a position for a good X ray. Then
back to my
> original room. Then my brother comes in. He's a security guard
there. He
> heard a little about boxing by people in the ER area, so he vaguely
knew
> what I was attempting to find that day. If there ever was a
Letterboxing ER
> Room, Windham Hospital in Willimantic CT is it! All great people
there. It
> truly is a letterboxers emergency room. Would have enjoyed my visit
more
> though if it wasn't for that darn fall I had taken earlier. Thanks
again B
> Weekend Warier and Irish Mum. I've been doing fine and completely
healed for
> some time now. Hope to see you again, but next time under better
> circumstances.....Chuck

Re: [LbNA] Windham Hospital, Letterboxing ER room.

From: brenda davis (b_weekenderwarrior@yahoo.com) | Date: 2003-01-13 06:21:55 UTC-08:00

I think that Irish Mum and I should create a stamp to be placed in the ER at the hospital so that letterboxers come in for a stamp instead of a trauma workup. Secondly, you could just bring us a cup of coffee instead of more patients. Glad to have met Chuck and Chickabirdie, hopefully next time on the trail. I'm really glad that butterfly was okay. B

Chuck Straub <woodschuckstraub@yahoo.com> wrote:

While warning Butterfly and remembering my fall, I couldn't help thinking about when I got to the hospital and the excellent care I received there by two fellow letterboxers, Irish Mum and B Weekend Warrior. Here I come limping into the ER room of Windham Hospital. I had to tell the ER nurse what happened and I didn't want to mention letterboxing so I said I was hiking. I said I knew a couple ER nurses there but by their email names. I was talking to B Weekend Warier! She got me settled into a room so I could lay down and the Doctor comes in and he starts doing his thing while talking about letterboxing. He actually had a stamp but I don't believe he had started letterboxing yet. Then Irish Mum, who is another ER nurse comes in to see how I'm doing. I had met her and her family on the trail near the Air Mail Letterbox once in Mansfield. Irish Mum and B Weekend Warier had everyone that worked in that area knowledgeable about letterboxing. I go for X rays and the guy wheeling me around starts talking about boxing. I couldn't help but laugh (which hurt) when I was on a table being positioned for an X ray, and the woman in there asked a question about letterboxing while helping me to move into a position for a good X ray. Then back to my original room. Then my brother comes in. He's a security guard there. He heard a little about boxing by people in the ER area, so he vaguely knew what I was attempting to find that day. If there ever was a Letterboxing ER Room, Windham Hospital in Willimantic CT is it! All great people there. It truly is a letterboxers emergency room. Would have enjoyed my visit more though if it wasn't for that darn fall I had taken earlier. Thanks again B Weekend Warier and Irish Mum. I've been doing fine and completely healed for some time now. Hope to see you again, but next time under better circumstances.....Chuck

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Re: [LbNA] Windham Hospital, Letterboxing ER room.

From: thelionandsanddollar (pmoriarty01@snet.net) | Date: 2003-01-13 21:10:12 UTC

Hey, what type of coffie do you two want. I'm in that ED often for
work (American Ambulance), and if I can get Amy and myself a new
stamp, it'd be worth a coffie.
Patrick

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, brenda davis
wrote:
>
> I think that Irish Mum and I should create a stamp to be placed in
the ER at the hospital so that letterboxers come in for a stamp
instead of a trauma workup. Secondly, you could just bring us a cup
of coffee instead of more patients. Glad to have met Chuck and
Chickabirdie, hopefully next time on the trail. I'm really glad that
butterfly was okay. B

Re: [LbNA] Windham Hospital, Letterboxing ER room.

From: Joseph L. Sperrazza (jsperrazza@snet.net) | Date: 2003-01-13 18:19:10 UTC-05:00

Thanks for thinking about me, I am fine--not even any black and blue -to
show off!
I was just thinking--- I love the idea of you guys having a stamp there
at the Windam Hospital ER room, and thought that the unfortunate
letterboxers that come to you hurt need to also get to stamp in. Maybe
different color ink pads, like hummm ? purple ink for the injured folks
and a nice bright green -to go- for others just visiting. I'll bring
some home made cookies for a stamp .[ wink]
Butterfly

Re: Windham Hospital, Letterboxing ER room.

From: an_irish_mum (e_r_nurse32@yahoo.com) | Date: 2003-01-14 01:31:20 UTC

ANYTHING WITH CAFFEINE!!! We'd do just about anything for a coffee--
even if it means placing a box at the hospital!! ha ha-- Next Time
you come to the E.D. bring your book/stamp--and we'll exchange!!

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "thelionandsanddollar
" wrote:
>
> Hey, what type of coffie do you two want. I'm in that ED often for
> work (American Ambulance), and if I can get Amy and myself a new
> stamp, it'd be worth a coffie.
> Patrick
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, brenda davis
> wrote:
> >
> > I think that Irish Mum and I should create a stamp to be placed
in
> the ER at the hospital so that letterboxers come in for a stamp
> instead of a trauma workup. Secondly, you could just bring us a cup
> of coffee instead of more patients. Glad to have met Chuck and
> Chickabirdie, hopefully next time on the trail. I'm really glad
that
> butterfly was okay. B

Re: [LbNA] Windham Hospital, Letterboxing ER room.

From: an_irish_mum (e_r_nurse32@yahoo.com) | Date: 2003-01-14 01:40:56 UTC

Oh ---That would be fun!! Don't tempt us--We are pretty crazy about
letterboxing --it wouldn't take much encouragement to get us to place
a box there!! ha ha -- Cookies would be great!! I guess we would
have to let Chuck stamp in first--since he was the first local
casulty.... ;) Irish Mum

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Joseph L. Sperrazza"
wrote:
> Thanks for thinking about me, I am fine--not even any black and
blue -to
> show off!
> I was just thinking--- I love the idea of you guys having a stamp
there
> at the Windam Hospital ER room, and thought that the unfortunate
> letterboxers that come to you hurt need to also get to stamp in.
Maybe
> different color ink pads, like hummm ? purple ink for the injured
folks
> and a nice bright green -to go- for others just visiting. I'll bring
> some home made cookies for a stamp .[ wink]
> Butterfly

Re: [LbNA] Windham Hospital, Letterboxing ER room.

From: mothermoo2001 (cstearns07@hotmail.com) | Date: 2003-01-14 13:43:17 UTC

it wouldn't take much encouragement to get us to place
> a box there!! ha ha --
>
> To bad you weren't there when the Cowboy was brought in on the
night before thanksgiving. His snowball fight adventure wasn't a
letterboxing injury but we would have loved to meet you. A box there
would certainly get us to drive down the hill offering in hand! Now
here is a thought, you could prestamp cards so a visitor would not
necesarily interupt work at a crucial moment and every visitor could
make a donation either to the staff or the hospital! A new charity
box. The box could be in the security guys booth or at the
registration desk. Might add a light relief to an often intense job!
Either way we are grateful you are there when we need you - THANK-YOU
Leader of the Pack