Our Thanksgiving Dinner has been canceled.

[beaglelover]

Our good friend who was to host today collapsed while cooking this morning. He's being admitted to the hospital. We're not sure what is wrong with him and are very concerned. We're hoping he recovers quickly.

My husband just went to the store and bought a turkey breast that he'll cook up later and we'll have some stuffing and veggies and ice cream for dessert. But it just won't be much of a celebration worrying about our dear friend.

Hope you all are having a much better thanksgiving day than we are.

[kimbutgar]

1. Wow, you just brought back a memory I had forgotten

My lovely neighbor across the street from me was a 2x widow. Her first husband was alive when we brought our house in 1993 and got to know her. The first husband was about 15 years older than her and he died in the late 90’s. A co worker she knew from her church had also became a widower and they eventually married on April 18
( earthquake anniversary for us San Franciscans) we used to joke about that. So they traveled for a few years went on cruises and they were enjoying life and he had a massive heart attack one night and he died suddenly. I remember having to go to work that morning but when I came home I went over to her home to see how she was doing and checked in on her constantly. Thanksgiving morning on 2003 her friend rang our doorbell and asked if we had seen her. We checked in her garage her car was there and her friend went back to her own home and got her house keys.The three of us went in and checked her home and sadly found her dead on her bedroom floor was a heart attack. I will never forget the smell and she was exposed and my husband threw her bedspread over her while we called the police. Thanksgiving was so sad that day thinking about the lost of such a great woman. Who comforted me the night my Father passed away and stayed with our son while we went to get my another and bring her back to our place because we didn’t want to leave her alone. And how when my mother came in the door she immediately hugged my Mother and comforted her. My Mother would always tell how this lady gave her strength that night.

So every Thanksgiving I think of Mary Liz and still every Halloween hang the witch my husband hung from our roof that looks like she’s flying past our house. Mary Liz asked us to keep it up for a week after Halloween because when she had her morning coffee she got a laugh and smile over that witch. We call the witch the Mary Liz memorial. This year she got a new costume!

[Ligyron]

23. As you get older, one starts to contemplate the manner of exiting this life.

If one was somehow able to look back and observe the manner of their death, I think a sudden cardiac event would certainly be preferable to say, a prolonged battle with cancer or a much shorter bout of rabies or hemorrhagic type disease or perhaps everything other than peacefully exiting this mortal coil in one’s sleep unexpectedly.

Apologies, got a bit carried away on a day we should all be able to find at least something to be grateful for.

[Picaro]

2. Very sorry 😞

[AllaN01Bear]

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[debm55]

4. I am so sorry beaglelover.

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[JohnSJ]

27. I think her condition is unknown, and I am sure we are hopeful for a

recovery.

[DownriverDem]

5. So sorry

Hope he'll be okay.

[TommieMommy]

6. Oh so sorry 😞 i pray he will be ok 🙏💙

[Evolve Dammit]

7. Best thoughts for your friend.

[barbtries]

8. that is scary.

hope your friend will be well, and you get to find out sooner than later.

My parents both died on November 23, 12 years apart. Those were somewhat bleak Thanksgivings.

[Evolve Dammit]

10. That is tough. Hope this year brings you some peace, but understandably not easy.

[barbtries]

13. It's fine.

I still like Thanksgiving more than Christmas, and my parents died a long time ago. 1968 and 1980.

I didn't mean to imply that the holiday was forever ruined, no, just those years were kinda sucky.

[Evolve Dammit]

15. understand. lost mine a long time ago. Still try to keep some memories alive with recipes and even serving dishes

that we used when they were with us. All I can do.

[Erda]

43. I hope your friend gets well quickly

And will be home to enjoy the rest of the holidays.

[PennyC]

9. My Thnaksgiving will be small this year

My 35-year-old son-in-law had a cardiac arrest Oct. 11th. Perfect health, no history or even family history. He's been at Mt. Sinai NYC since then. They had him in a coma and on a ventilator. However, there seems to be no damage of any kind. He had a week of in-patient therapy, and went home this past Tuesday.
He and my daughter will be feasting today at my sister's in Manhattan. I really miss them! We get them for Thanksgiving every year because it's the non-religious holiday (her dad get Chanukah and his parents get them for Christmas).
I'm very happy that Ryan came through with flying colors! Don't know when he'll go back to work...he had just made partner at DeLoitte...I think anxiety may have been a part of why it happened.

[Evolve Dammit]

11. That is so stressful. Hope all will be OK and you have some peace. I'm feeling major anxiety as well. Could be...ED

[electric_blue68]

30. Good luck to him!

[wryter2000]

12. I'm in the hospital

But my pastor and his offspring are bringing me home tomorrow

[multigraincracker]

14. Just had two scrambled eggs and toast.

Wife is out of town and I’m babysitting the dog and cat.
I’m the luckiest person in the world. Half of it is good and half of it bad.
Hope your friend is ok.

[macwriter]

16. hope things get better soon for you...

my thanksgiving was also canceled. I tested positive for COVID yesterday. Really bummed out I spoiled the holiday for my family. but they -- not a MAGAT in the bunch -- have been very understanding.

[electric_blue68]

31. May you fully recover!

[topcelts]

17. Prayers to all of you

Will keep you in our Thanksgiving Prayer today. God Bless

[Coloradan4Truth]

18. Hugs

I hope your friend is OK. Hugs.

[634-5789]

19. Sending prayers and thoughts your way.

[COL Mustard]

20. I hope your friend will be okay.

[CaptainTruth]

21. OMG I'm so sorry!!!

[liberalla]

22. I hope you receive good news about your friend very soon! I hope he recovers 100%.

Keeping a good thought for all of us today.

[Archae]

24. My family canceled Thanksgiving too, colds going around.

Two of my sisters have bad colds, and now my BIL who's house we were going to have Thanksgiving at has that same cold.

One of my other sisters is dropping off some meals later, but no visits.

Well, we'll have to see about Christmas I guess.

[Wicked Blue]

25. We postponed ours

Daughter - the main cook - sick with stomach virus.

Me caring for our 15-year-old dog who can't stand or walk, and may have failing kidneys. Cleaning up bladder accidents, washing towels, bathing and drying her while husband mops the floor and lifts her in and out of the tub.

[summer_in_TX]

33. That's hard.

Glad she has you to love her through and beyond the rainbow bridge. Or he/him.

We’ve been there.

[Wicked Blue]

40. Thank you, summer

She's a great dog and I hate the thought that we will lose her.

[summer_in_TX]

45. Our Buddy found us on Christmas night, 2015

https://imgur.com/a/G6qvOyy

It was a cold, dark night. My husband heard a sound at the door, looked out the door panes but didn’t see anything. So he opened the door to see what it was and a small dog trotted in, barely sniffed around then jumped up on the couch as if to announce “I’m here now.”

My husband loves dogs but had a broken heart after losing our previous dog a few years earlier, so he didn’t want to keep him if we couldn’t find his owner. We spent a couple of weeks trying to find his owner.I recognized a Godsend right away, but my husband was slower. But he just couldn’t turn him over to a local rescue group.

He was a chihueagle (a beagle-chihuahua cross) and was a joy, outgoing, playful, but also sometimes melancholy. We learned months later that after a new baby was born he was considered too energetic to be safe around a baby. He was the elementary-aged daughter’s pup, but even she could see he was too much for a baby. So his family gave him away. But the couple who got him split up and dumped him with someone who lived nearby, whose nickname was Snake. Buddy decided he wasn’t staying there and made his way to our carport.

In his last few years, he developed diabetes and soon after cataracts that left him nearly blind with incontinence. He passed last year after kidney failure.
💔

[Wicked Blue]

47. I hope your beloved dog is happy and pain-free in Dog Heaven

[MustLoveBeagles]

35. I'm sorry

Hugs to you. 🤗

[Wicked Blue]

39. Thank you

I love Penny so much. She's a wonderful, gentle soul.

[ProfessorGAC]

26. Hope Things Turn Out Ok

Heck of a shock, I'd think.

[Aussie105]

28. Personally, I dread these 'special' days.

Mother in law died on my birthday, my favourite dog had to be put down on Easter Monday.

Not looking forward to Christmas. Covid is still a thing here, so we are not accepting any family invites.

Hopefully he is OK.

[LoisB]

29. Oh, goodness. I am so sorry. Sending positive

thoughts for your friend.

[electric_blue68]

32. Good luck for you friend's full recovery.Good luck to others here, as well.

[MustLoveBeagles]

34. I'm sorry to hear this

I hope it's not too serious and that your friend makes a complete recovery.

[LittleGirl]

36. Please offer an update

I flew overseas yesterday so my day was ruined as soon as the ticket was purchased. This was an unplanned and not needed financially, the most. Most people would be happy to travel on holidays but I’m never one. Boo.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

37. I hope that your friend is okay

[NNadir]

38. I'm very sorry to hear that. I hope and trust your friend will recover completely. I know whence you speak.

My mother died the day before Thanksgiving, 1975. We knew it was coming, so there was nothing to cancel, no dinner.

I may have had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or something. I don't know.

It's weird, because until you mentioned this, I didn't realize it's approaching 50 years ago. It still seems, after all this time, that it happened just minutes ago, if, and only if, I think about it, which I have spent decades trying not to do.

[bdamomma]

41. Oh I'm

so sorry to hear this sad news, hope your friend gets better soon.

[Trueblue Texan]

42. We had a similar event...

...only ours was in the evening after we'd all gone to bed. Our housemate and my lifelong friend emerged from her room gasping, "I can't breathe!" Ambulance arrived took her to ER, I was up there till 4 a.m. She's going to be ok, but life will be different with heart failure being an issue from here forward. Thankful she is ok for now. Hope your friend is, as well.

[Upthevibe]

44. beaglelover..............

I'm so sorry to hear this....

Love and healing vibes to your friend.....

[beaglelover]

46. Thanks for your concern everyone. Our friend was released from the hospital yesterday and is at home resting.

He has a follow up appointment with his cardiologist this week to determine next steps.