[Magdalen] Allan/Camille; was Thousand Oaks, Safety, Etc.

[Allan Carr]

Would you please forward my email to Magdalen. For some reason, this idiot computer immediately corrects mail to magdalen at herberthouse.org to your address and will not let me correct it to just the Magdalen address, Often I hate Apple for being my over zealous boss using their version of computer.


On Nov 9, 2018, at 2:21 PM, Allan Carr via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

The fires are to the east of us but for reasons unknown to me they closed the 101 freeway to the west and our caregiver could not get to us. They evacuated the dialysis center not that far east from us but apparently too close to the fire. Our caregiver manager, who himself was evacuated and has been up for days, previously because of the shootings and then the fires, arranged dialysis for me in Moorpark at 5pm. Hopefully the fires won’t crawl west. I had Camille take her shower, no easy task, and put on her clothes. I had thought Camille could cook, with me supervising from my wheelchair, but her bad back is pretty bad. We made do with a can of soup and, luckily, a leftover with plenty of mixed vegetables (of the approved varieties for dialysis) and pieces of chicken breast.

I have been doing well in the blood tests for potassium, phosphorous and the like, mostly because of a powdered phosphorous binder I take with each meal. This powder works far better than taking pills. Camille is her usual mostly cheery self  except if she stands and wears out, which happens quite quickly. Of course, she forgets anything and everything except her past life, which she recalls well. But she’s mostly happy.

It’s best to communicate with me by texting 818 439 8976 to my iPhone or sending an email to allanc5 at me.com. After removing Magdalen mail from gmail, It still comes to my iMac but not to my iPhone. I don’t have the time or energy to fix it. I rarely use my computer anymore so I mostly am away from Magdalen.

I love you guys
Allan






On Nov 9, 2018, at 12:00 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

I first checked their address against the evacuation map, and I'm pleased to say that they're just outside the "close but no cigar" range of needing to evacuate.  But that's not to say that they didn't.  I just called their landline and left a message (the outgoing voice was young-ish, so presumably a descendant, or caregiver, etc), and will wait a bit before I try his cell number.  How do I know all this?  I caved and joined 411.com for what must be called a deal, contact-only info for 12 months.  I generally never do such things.  But, hey.

Shall keep posted.

At least at the present time, we know this:  they're not in the evacuation zone, but they just might have been spirited away by family/etc for caution's sake.

California is, and has been for quite some time, being tried by fire.  I guess that's our hurricane / tornado / blizzard / heat wave version of the rest of the country.  (Except for where I'm at.  I wonder when it'll be our turn.  Considering our proximity to the ocean, probably tsunami.  Or hurricane.  Who the hell knows?)

M J (Mike) Logsdon.

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