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Trip Home San Francisco Concord Virgin America Flight Wake 0300 Swal
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1704 - Summary/Objective
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170501 - Follow up ref SDS 15 0000. ref SDS 12 0000.
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1708 - Background
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170901 - Ross and Claudia called Sunday evening and asked about visiting during
170902 - Thanksgiving. 101107 1054, ref SDS 10 A75T
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170905 - On 101109 1750 called and discussed making the trip for Thanksgiving.
170906 - ref SDS 11 YF6I Asked Ross to find flight for the trip, based on his
170907 - report of lower priced air fares, when we had breakfast in New York on
170908 - 100829 0700. ref SDS 5 RU4G Sent a letter confirming these
170909 - considerations. 101109 1750, ref SDS 11 0184
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170912 - On 101110 received letter from Virgin Airlines, with flights and
170913 - itinerary. ref SDS 12 PQ6W
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1711 -
1712 - Progress
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171302 - 1. Subject: Virgin America Reservation MPB2J3
171303 - Date: 10 Nov 2010 21:13:28 -0800
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171308 - 2. Virgin America Reservation
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171311 - 3. Your Confirmation Code: MPB2J3
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171314 - 4. Booker Contact
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171322 - 5. Who's Flying
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171327 - 6. Where You're Going...............
171328 -
171329 - Date...................................... 30-Nov-2010
171330 - Time...................................... 07:00 AM
171331 - Flight.................................... 11
171332 - From...................................... NEW YORK, NY (JFK)
171333 - To........................................ SAN FRANCISCO, CA (SFO) 10:35 AM
171334 - Arrive.................................... 10:35 AM
171335 - Stops..................................... 0
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171701 - Was having trouble sleeping, because laying down was causing fluid to
171702 - backup creating a drowning problem that has not been experienced since
171703 - before Heller Myotomy surgery on 091216 0600, ref SDS 3 OP6N
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171706 - Decided to work sitting up until Ross gets up at 0500 for the drive to
171707 - the airport.
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171710 - Ross got up and asked if we should go ahead and drive to the airport.
171711 - Suggested he sleep until 0500, and then we drive to JFK, as planned
171712 - the night before. Ross decided to go ahead and leave for the airport.
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171714 - [On 101130 1610 letter thanks Ross and Claudia for
171715 - wonderful Thanksgiving week, and to Ross for "going the
171716 - extra mile" getting up early for the drive to the airport.
171717 - ref SDS 17 5O5M
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171720 - Driving to the airport Ross asked about the throat and swallowing
171721 - problem.
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171724 - He suggested that not swallowing food that is heavily salted could be
171725 - contributing to swelling the throat in the same way that placing a
171726 - turky in salted brine causes the turkey to swell.
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171729 - Ross recalled that seeing me initially back in August I looked
171730 - "bloated" on arrival at JFK. ref SDS 4 IR4J He feels bloating can be
171731 - due to excessive salt intake.
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171734 - Discussed research on salt and health, discussed at VA prior to heart
171735 - surgery on 091021. ref SDS 1 HA92
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171738 - Primary worry about salt medical problems is high blood pressure,
171739 - which typically means above 150. The record for the past few months
171740 - shows average blood pressure is about 115, which is below the median
171741 - of 120 for normal blood pressure. As well, resting pulse has dropped
171742 - below 60, well below 90, considered problematic. (see case study on
171743 - 101010. ref SDS 7 QJ5I
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171746 - [On 101201 0827 letter from Ross reports challenges
171747 - reducing salt in the diet. ref SDS 18 8R7U
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171750 - Added Ross' idea on the "bloating" issue to discuss with Doctor Lee at
171751 - the meeting on 101207, with respect to increased swallowing problems
171752 - the past week, also, listed in the study on 101010. ref SDS 7 BT8N
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171754 - [On 101206 1542 salt issue in letter to medical team for
171755 - agenda to guide meeting on 101207. ref SDS 19 7Q4U
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171758 - [On 101207 0906 lab report on blood test shows salt (NA
171759 - 137) near danger level of being too low. ref SDS 20 GM65
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171762 - [On 101207 1000 Doctor Lee indicted excessive salting
171763 - food not likely to compound swelling esophagus that
171764 - restricts swalloing. ref SDS 21 PD6O
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171767 - [On 110314 1022 Ross letter asks again about feedback from
171768 - the doctor on correlations between salting food and
171769 - swallowing problems. ref SDS 24 NT3V
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171772 - Ross has goal for dropping weight to 175 by April.
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171775 - Upon discussion, decided to have a contest. I will try to get down to
171776 - 165 by April. Ross feels in my case this can be aided by reducing
171777 - salt intake. Soooooo, will try to stop adding salt to everything. and
171778 - see what happens. Since I got down to 165 last year after the
171779 - operation, seems like this should be doable. In the hospital I was
171780 - NPO for a few days, which means "Nothing by Mouth," i.e., no food or
171781 - drink except sucking on watered sponges, reported on 091102 0642.
171782 - ref SDS 2 IV9M This helped drop weight, along with eating only Ensure
171783 - for 2 months after discharge on 091104.
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171786 - We shook hands on the deal, with the loser paying for all the pizza
171787 - the winner can eat. Of course this can be a win-win result, which
171788 - will call for appropriate celebration with a milk and ice cream shake.
171789 -
171790 - [On 101201 0827 letter from Ross reports running 6+ miles
171791 - and getting weight to 191; but knees won't hold up for
171792 - extended running. ref SDS 18 8R7U
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171795 - [On 110313 0944 notified Ross of successful medical
171796 - procedures, and new problem of foot injury curtails hiking,
171797 - so concede bet on losing weight down to 175 by April 1st.
171798 - ref SDS 23 FD9U
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171801 - [On 110314 1022 Ross amends bet with time extension to
171802 - 110630, and seems to indicate he is aiming to reach 165
171803 - pounds, ref SDS 24 NS4R; conflicts with original plan for
171804 - him to reach 175, reported on 101130 0400. ref SDS 0 UH7K
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171807 - [On 110626 1030 Ross and Claudia in California for Kelsey's
171808 - ceremony commissioned 2nd Leutenant in the Marines,
171809 - ref SDS 25 JO5L, hiked 2 laps at Lafayette Reservoir in
171810 - very good time, continuing the goal to reach a healthy
171811 - weight. ref SDS 25 NP7K
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171814 - Will be great if reducing salt reduces bloating of throat, so there
171815 - is less vomitting.
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171817 - [On 101207 1000 Doctor Lee explains that salt consumed with
171818 - meals not likely to affect swalling problems. ref SDS 21
171819 - PD6O
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171822 - Thanked Ross for the early ride. His energy, determination, and zest
171823 - for life lift everyone priveleged to know him.
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172201 - Arrive JFK Virgin America terminal.
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172203 - Virgin America was not open.
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172206 - There are about 10 customers waiting to check in. Seems like this is
172207 - the ideal time to arrive for a 0700 flight, before the crowd arrives.
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172601 - Virgin America opens check in counter. There are 2 attendants.
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172603 - Rather than go through the line, used computer for ticketing.
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172606 - The computer check-in printed a ticket, but the seat and gate were
172607 - not visible due a printer problem.
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172610 - Asked an attendant. She said to use the credit card again to print
172611 - another ticket.
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172614 - Tried this, and the computer stalled. The screen went black, and no
172615 - ticket was produced.
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172618 - The attendant checked the equipment and fixed a mechanical problem.
172619 - Seemed like the printer was jammed.
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172622 - Got the ticket printed legibly. The gate was not shown, so the
172623 - attendant wrote the gate number with an ink pen on the ticket, B25.
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173001 - Went through security. The line is very short, so this went quickly.
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173003 - Several customers were patted down. I was not patted down. Not sure
173004 - what the criteria was.
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173401 - Found gate B25. The terminal screen says next flight is 0700 to SF,
173402 - so this seems like the right place.
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173405 - Only one other person is waiting. Found a good seat next to a power
173406 - outlet to write up the record, while everything is fresh in memory.
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173801 - C group boarded early, so got to the seat and stored both the luggage
173802 - bag and the computer overhead, since experience shows there is not
173803 - enough room to use c15 in the Virgin America seating space for the
173804 - main cabin.
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173807 - Plane departed a little before 0700, but there was a long que in the
173808 - flight line.
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SUBJECTS
Trip Home San Francisco Concord Virgin America Flight Very Sick Snee
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3704 - 0726 - Eastern Time
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370502 - Wheels up on the way home.
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370505 - Window seat, which Ross arranged online a few days ago, proved
370506 - helpful. Was not feeling well, sneezing and blowing my nose for much
370507 - of the flight, seem worse than on Sunday, when we cut down the 10
370508 - trees for Ross, reported on 101128 0538, ref SDS 16 O995 Window seat
370509 - made it possible to do these tasks with least disruption to others.
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370511 - [On 101223 1030 Doctor Sandhu diagnosed flu symptoms caused
370512 - by excessive exercise cutting down 10 pine trees.
370513 - ref SDS 22 KI5J
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370516 - [On 110901 0555 Peggy remembered a year later getting sick
370517 - on the tree cutting project for Ross and Claudia.
370518 - ref SDS 27 VI3N
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370521 - [On 110910 0430 sick again last week of trip to visit Ross
370522 - and Claudia in Danbury, Connecticut. ref SDS 28 U44G
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370525 - [On 110926 1618 still having slight hollow sound in head;
370526 - research indicates possible ear infection from throat
370527 - problem, ref SDS 29 IO5H, possibly from EGD and dilation
370528 - procedure on 110819 0830. ref SDS 26 NU8L
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370531 - Very dull and uninteresting trip without using the computer to get
370532 - work done. The window seat revealed again that the interior of the US
370533 - seems totally uninhabited, with millions of square miles of snow
370534 - covered mountains. There also seems to be a lot of rivers and lakes.
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3708 - 1030 - Pacific time
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370901 - Touched down and de-planing on time.
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370903 - Very long walk from Virgin America gate to BART, seemed like the full
370904 - length of the terminal.
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370907 - Found BART and bought a $20 ticket, because I had a twenty and cost
370908 - to Concord is $10.25, barely more than a $10 bill, also, available.
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370911 - Using c17. Changed time to Pacific Time Zone to account for 6 hour
370912 - flight from JFK.
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371301 - BART leaves SFO headed to Concord.
371302 -
371303 - Not very crowded now so can take up seating for the luggage and to
371304 - use the mouse with the computer.
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371701 - Arrive Concord. Got a cab home, cost $10, including tip.
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371703 - Sasha looks and sounds good. The house looks in good shape as well.
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371706 - Got the computer set up.
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371709 - Arlette called. She has some cloths in the dryer and washer from
371710 - being here last night. She will come by later today to drop off the
371711 - key and remote for the garage, and finish her laundry.
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371714 - Told her I would remove cloths from the dryer and move cloths in the
371715 - washer to the dryer, so everything is ready when she arrives.
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371718 - Still very sick.
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371721 - Went to the store for some stuff.
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