The Patriot Woodworkers with Operation Ward 57 Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays - 2019 (WINNERS ANNOUNCED)

[Gunny]

Gotta wait till I get home. Have to turn some cash to electronic cash.

[Artie]

BUT I ALREADY BOUGHT MINE! Now I feel like a slug  

[John Morris]

9 minutes ago, Artie said:

BUT I ALREADY BOUGHT MINE! Now I feel like a slug  

You my friend are no slug!

[DuckSoup]

1 hour ago, Artie said:

Now I feel like a slug

No chance of that Artie!

The prizes are real folks, I won the spindle sander from Woodcraft last year.

$80.00 to go

[Al B]

As DuckSoup said, the prizes are real. I won The Laguna  $500.00 certificate. Purchased the Laguna Oscillating Spindle sander with it.

[p_toad]

And if i missed it - a giant THANK YOU to our sponsors.

[FlGatorwood]

1 minute ago, p_toad said:

And if i missed it - a giant THANK YOU to our sponsors.

Ditto.

[PostalTom]

On 11/17/2019 at 9:45 AM, John Morris said:

Terminal Brain Injuries.

If they said he had a TBI, that usually stands for Traumatic Brain Injury, not Terminal Brain Injury.  Is that what you meant, or is he actually terminal?  Either way, it is terrible and he and they deserve every bit of help we can provide.

[Ron Dudelston]

Tom, it is a TBI.

[Gunny]

I had to look this TBI thing up, because I am not a doctor.  

 

So we have Terminal Brain Injury:

 

Terminal brain injury or TBI pertains to the injury in sustained after a person has obtained a severe blow to his head during a fall or by a blunt or sharp object. TBI is usually the result of vehicular accidents, such as bike accidents, trip and fall accidents, and on-site construction accidents.

 

Or Traumatic Brain Injury

 

Levels of Various Types of TBIs

There are three basic levels of TBI injury: mild, moderate, and severe.

Mild injury – A mild TBI is characterized by loss of consciousness for a few seconds or minutes, if at all. Loss of consciousness doesn’t need to occur and a victim may only appear to be confused or disoriented. With mild TBIs, medical tests may show that the brain was not injured, although this can be untrue. This is why doctors look closely at the victim’s mental functioning in diagnosing mild TBIs and concussions.

 

Moderate injury – A moderate TBI is characterized by loss of consciousness that may last up to a few hours and confusion that can last up to weeks. With a moderate TBI, complications can last for months and could be permanent. These complications can be physical, cognitive, or behavioral. Many treatment programs will be needed to address these complications.

 

Severe brain injury – The most severe TBIs come from crushing blows or penetration to the skull and brain. This level of injury is life-threatening and the victim is not likely to return to the life that they once had. While closed head injuries can result in severe brain injury, typically severe head trauma is from an open head injury where the skull has been seriously damaged.

[Ron Dudelston]

Gunny, our friend suffers from a traumatic brain injury.  We do not know the severity but any brain injury is a bad thing.

[John Morris]

I apologize for any confusion, I frequently get it wrong with the acronym TBI. TBI is Traumatic Brain Injury. I also changed the acronym in our database to reflect the correct definition. Now if you hover over TBI with your cursor, the correct definition appears.

I also corrected the text in the opening statement for this project.

Thank you @PostalTom for pointing this out.

[honesttjohn]

We're in for something - just gotta think a little.

[Gunny]

3 hours ago, Ron Dudelston said:

Gunny, our friend suffers from a traumatic brain injury.  We do not know the severity but any brain injury is a bad thing.

Yeah the brain doesn't like being screwed with.  Our truck hit a IED, my head impacted with the side window 2 inch glass I think.  Took me week to be able to remember what day it was, short term memory was screwy for a month.  Even now long term memory has some gaps.  While at the hospital they would tell me to walk down the hall and back.  It really screws with you when you get to end of hall turn around and cannot remember what you are supposed to do next, or why, and why am I in a hospital?

[Dadio]

I'M In. Got to dig into @DuckSoup wallet while I have a chance. On a previous one I won the $500. certificate and applied it to a Supermax sander, sold my Performax for $500. and put that with it to buy the Supermax for $1200. new from the factory. Another time I won the Easy wood turning tool set, and since I didn't have a lathe, donated that to another member.

The fun begins again.

Herb

[DuckSoup]

 Thanks to everyone that picked my pocket. Just about a third of the way there and less than 30 days. 

[Gunny]

Didn't get to pick it. Had to go do some side work. But I did scratch up some cash to donate. Gotta make a run to the bank.

[John Morris]

Dear folks, we have begun shopping this morning for the children's gifts!

[Gunny]

I see we have surpassed our goal of 1500.  Impressive people, doesn't mean it is over.  But these people will have a good Christmas thanks to your generosity. 

 

THANKS TO ALL WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE!!

 

Edited December 7, 2019 by Woodbutcherbynight

[John Morris]

Yes indeed! Thank you all for making this happen and so early!!!

We are doing more shopping for our adopted family this weekend, I'd love to share with you what we have already for them, but I had better not disclose the Santa stuff till after Christmas, just in case the kids are lurking, kids these days are krafty and wise to the cyber world these days you know!