I am right now dealing with issues regarding my mom's health and haven't had as much time to blog really that or I have the time but if I so much as open the window to blog something else happens and I put it off. My mom finally made it in for her colonoscopy after another troubling night with the prep they give you for it. She had alot of trouble with it and couldn't really keep it down but fought through it and it worked. They checked her out and found so far a Hiatal hernia , 4 pockets where she has Diverticulitis , and two sections of dead bowel or intestinal ischemia and infarction . In other words two sections of her bowel quit receiving their blood supply. They had told her during this appt. that she should start getting blood flow back to them that she just had to sit up for 3 hours after meals and all should be fine. They took biopsies and told her they'd call with the results. She has an appointment coming up to see her regular dr. for bloodwork to see where her levels and all are. She is still getting nauseous which is not good as they don't really know why that is happening. I don't think anyone has checked her white cell count since she was in the hospital with this so we don't know that the infection is gone or just staying subdued. I don't know if the IV's she received at the last two appointments is what is keeping her going either.
In any case she received her phone call today and the news was not good. They said that the biopsies had come back with not good results. They said that she has to have treatment but did not inform her what this treatment would be or what the treatment was for. Told her nothing of the result ...just that they are bad and if she does not receive said treatment that she would wind up right back where she was with the hemorrhaging, diarrhea, vomiting, low blood pressure, high white cell count, etc. The dr. had told her before that she was lucky to have made it through that the first time. That if there was a next time it was not likely she would make it through so knowing that this news is hard to take. She doesn't see them for two weeks. (a little over that actually)
We had really thought that from what they told us following the colonoscopy that things were going better but it looks like that is not so.
I'm not sure what to think til after this next appt (or well two appointments) of hers or what to expect and I'm sure for her this is much harder. :(
SHAWNEE, Okla. —
Two suspects were apprehended Tuesday following a crime spree in Seminole and Pottawatomie counties that included several armed robberies, carjackings, a shooting, police pursuits and a manhunt.
Law enforcement officers swarmed Tecumseh Tuesday, where schools and businesses were locked down following the armed robbery of Ralph’s Pharmacy, 211 S. Broadway.
With the help of tracking dogs during the manhunt, suspect Jason Masieo was nabbed nearly two blocks from the pharmacy shortly after 3 p.m. Suspect Bobby Cardenas, 44, had been arrested around 11 a.m. after a police chase ended in the Norman area on SH 9. A Norman police officer reportedly tossed stop sticks in front of the stolen vehicle Cardenas was driving, a tire blew out and officers made the apprehension.
Both men, reported to be from California, were arrested as the investigation continued into the crime spree that started in Seminole County.
It began in Konawa just after 9:30 a.m. when the two men walked past the Oklahoma Family Medical Center and carjacked a vehicle from Ruben Brewer, said Jessica Brown with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
During the ordeal, Brewer fought back with the help of a good samaritan, identified as Jimmy Cunningham, who was shot and wounded in the incident, she said. He was taken by helicopter ambulance to OU Medical Center, while Brewer went by ambulance to Valley View Hospital in Ada with head injuries.
The suspects fled in Brewer’s truck and drove south of Maud, where they stopped an OG&E contractor and stole his vehicle, she said. From there, the pair allegedly drove into Maud and robbed the Quick Stop at 218 E. Wanda Jackson. While inside the store, the suspect demanded a customer hand over keys to her vehicle, but it was reportedly low on gasoline. They drove 1.5 miles to Trinity Baptist Church in Maud, where a group of three women, including Donna Morris and Sally Christopher, were standing in front of the church before a meeting.
Morris said a vehicle came speeding into the church parking lot. There were two men — one got into Christopher’s van, while the other came up to them.
“He pointed a gun and said ‘whose car is this,’ and said ‘give me the keys,’” she said.
Morris said she had her eye fixed on the gun. Christopher told the man it was her vehicle, but her keys were inside the church office. She said the armed suspect followed her inside at gunpoint to get the keys. Before he fled, he took her purse, along with Morris’ purse and her Bible that was tucked in a carry bag, she said.
The women remained relatively calm, all things considered.
Christopher said when it happened, “I sort of stood there — I could not believe it was real.”
Morris agreed. “I was thinking ‘is this real...you can’t really even process it,” she said.
“You never dream while standing outside a church that someone would come point a gun in your face,” Christopher said, adding she thinks of how things could have happened differently. “We’re just blessed.”
The suspects’ crime spree didn’t end there.
Pottawatomie County Sheriff Mike Booth said deputies headed to Maud after this incident and encountered the suspects driving the stolen van along SH 9A. The driver allegedly ran Capt. Travis Palmer off the road using the van to try and hit his patrol vehicle head-on, Booth reported. A deputy and an Absentee Shawnee officer reportedly fired shots into the van as the suspects fled.
The suspects then drove to Tecumseh, where they are accused in the armed robbery at Ralph’s Pharmacy. Tecumseh Police Chief Gary Crosby, who said there was an exchange of gunfire between the suspects and the pharmacist, said the suspect later identified as Masieo allegedly swallowed several Oxycontin pills while still inside the pharmacy.
After the pharmacy hold-up, the two suspects parted ways. Cardenas reportedly drove Christopher’s stolen van to Park Street, where he abandoned it and carjacked another vehicle from a father and son. A high-speed chase and pursuit of that stolen vehicle commenced west along SH 9, and eventually ended with Cardenas being taken into custody in the Norman area.
Since Masieo fled the pharmacy on foot, a barrage of law enforcement officers swarmed into Tecumseh as a manhunt pursued.
An abandoned car wash across the street from the pharmacy became a command post for numerous law enforcement agencies. Tecumseh and Shawnee police, Pottawatomie County sheriff’s deputies, area tribal police departments and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol’s tactical team with tracking dogs were among those at the scene.
As authorities set up a perimeter and began a search, they asked the public to check on their friends and neighbors in the Tecumseh area, especially the elderly who live alone, while schools and businesses were locked down. Officers were stationed at highway on-ramps and other intersections to search all vehicles leaving town.
The OHP tactical team began searching around the pharmacy, using a dog team. OHP Lt. George Brown said they used evidence from the robbery to give dogs a scent, and that dog team led authorities eastbound to a residential area about 1.5 blocks away.
The dogs, which are “extraordinarily good at tracking,” Brown said, led them straight to where the suspect was crouched down beside an outbuilding.
Brown said Masieo was not armed and was taken into custody without incident.
All law enforcement agencies participated in what was a collaborative effort, Brown said, and Booth said the area agencies work well together.
“The good guys won this time,” Booth said.
The investigation involved several different incidents in Seminole, Pottawatomie and Cleveland Counties, but the suspects were expected to be booked into the Seminole County jail since the crime spree originated in that county.
Watch for updates.
Law enforcement officers swarmed Tecumseh Tuesday, where schools and businesses were locked down following the armed robbery of Ralph’s Pharmacy, 211 S. Broadway.
With the help of tracking dogs during the manhunt, suspect Jason Masieo was nabbed nearly two blocks from the pharmacy shortly after 3 p.m. Suspect Bobby Cardenas, 44, had been arrested around 11 a.m. after a police chase ended in the Norman area on SH 9. A Norman police officer reportedly tossed stop sticks in front of the stolen vehicle Cardenas was driving, a tire blew out and officers made the apprehension.
Both men, reported to be from California, were arrested as the investigation continued into the crime spree that started in Seminole County.
It began in Konawa just after 9:30 a.m. when the two men walked past the Oklahoma Family Medical Center and carjacked a vehicle from Ruben Brewer, said Jessica Brown with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
During the ordeal, Brewer fought back with the help of a good samaritan, identified as Jimmy Cunningham, who was shot and wounded in the incident, she said. He was taken by helicopter ambulance to OU Medical Center, while Brewer went by ambulance to Valley View Hospital in Ada with head injuries.
The suspects fled in Brewer’s truck and drove south of Maud, where they stopped an OG&E contractor and stole his vehicle, she said. From there, the pair allegedly drove into Maud and robbed the Quick Stop at 218 E. Wanda Jackson. While inside the store, the suspect demanded a customer hand over keys to her vehicle, but it was reportedly low on gasoline. They drove 1.5 miles to Trinity Baptist Church in Maud, where a group of three women, including Donna Morris and Sally Christopher, were standing in front of the church before a meeting.
Morris said a vehicle came speeding into the church parking lot. There were two men — one got into Christopher’s van, while the other came up to them.
“He pointed a gun and said ‘whose car is this,’ and said ‘give me the keys,’” she said.
Morris said she had her eye fixed on the gun. Christopher told the man it was her vehicle, but her keys were inside the church office. She said the armed suspect followed her inside at gunpoint to get the keys. Before he fled, he took her purse, along with Morris’ purse and her Bible that was tucked in a carry bag, she said.
The women remained relatively calm, all things considered.
Christopher said when it happened, “I sort of stood there — I could not believe it was real.”
Morris agreed. “I was thinking ‘is this real...you can’t really even process it,” she said.
“You never dream while standing outside a church that someone would come point a gun in your face,” Christopher said, adding she thinks of how things could have happened differently. “We’re just blessed.”
The suspects’ crime spree didn’t end there.
Pottawatomie County Sheriff Mike Booth said deputies headed to Maud after this incident and encountered the suspects driving the stolen van along SH 9A. The driver allegedly ran Capt. Travis Palmer off the road using the van to try and hit his patrol vehicle head-on, Booth reported. A deputy and an Absentee Shawnee officer reportedly fired shots into the van as the suspects fled.
The suspects then drove to Tecumseh, where they are accused in the armed robbery at Ralph’s Pharmacy. Tecumseh Police Chief Gary Crosby, who said there was an exchange of gunfire between the suspects and the pharmacist, said the suspect later identified as Masieo allegedly swallowed several Oxycontin pills while still inside the pharmacy.
After the pharmacy hold-up, the two suspects parted ways. Cardenas reportedly drove Christopher’s stolen van to Park Street, where he abandoned it and carjacked another vehicle from a father and son. A high-speed chase and pursuit of that stolen vehicle commenced west along SH 9, and eventually ended with Cardenas being taken into custody in the Norman area.
Since Masieo fled the pharmacy on foot, a barrage of law enforcement officers swarmed into Tecumseh as a manhunt pursued.
An abandoned car wash across the street from the pharmacy became a command post for numerous law enforcement agencies. Tecumseh and Shawnee police, Pottawatomie County sheriff’s deputies, area tribal police departments and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol’s tactical team with tracking dogs were among those at the scene.
As authorities set up a perimeter and began a search, they asked the public to check on their friends and neighbors in the Tecumseh area, especially the elderly who live alone, while schools and businesses were locked down. Officers were stationed at highway on-ramps and other intersections to search all vehicles leaving town.
The OHP tactical team began searching around the pharmacy, using a dog team. OHP Lt. George Brown said they used evidence from the robbery to give dogs a scent, and that dog team led authorities eastbound to a residential area about 1.5 blocks away.
The dogs, which are “extraordinarily good at tracking,” Brown said, led them straight to where the suspect was crouched down beside an outbuilding.
Brown said Masieo was not armed and was taken into custody without incident.
All law enforcement agencies participated in what was a collaborative effort, Brown said, and Booth said the area agencies work well together.
“The good guys won this time,” Booth said.
The investigation involved several different incidents in Seminole, Pottawatomie and Cleveland Counties, but the suspects were expected to be booked into the Seminole County jail since the crime spree originated in that county.
Watch for updates.
Now to input our own personal part of this day. We were catching updates on facebook thanks to others with scanners, the Tecumseh FD, and people who were sharing what they heard via others.
When my husband went to try to go to the other local pharmacy he found them to be on lockdown only allowing in and out people who they knew as regulars (thankfully we are regulars) We had to get my mom's pre-appointment prescription as tomorrow is her big day for having her scope done to find out what is wrong with her digestive tract. He also finds out that her insurance won't pay for what they wanted her to have and it was going to cost us nearly 60 bucks. So we had to let her know about that and she had to deal with her insurance company to straighten that mess out. Well then we start getting calls from the kids. One of them (my oldest) found someone with a cell and started calling. The school had been on lock down (in the end it totaled at around 5 hours and almost another half hour) THey were to stay in the classroom they were in when it started and were escorted to the bathroom and to lunch. My son said they only got one bathroom break during this whole time for his class which I thought sucked of them. I understand protecting the kids but geez the other classes found a safe way for them to go and by the time he came home he was in pain from it. Anyway my oldest started calling and she would call and hang up call right back over and over and over. I told her that if she called and I didn't answer to give me a few minutes at least to call her back and not do that. She of course did it again. The school didn't know when they were going to release the kids. Though they caught him about the same time school was letting out so they decided to let the buses run though they would be late. There was alot of confusion there. I later find out that the grocery store and everywhere else had been locked down. THe whole town. Alot of excitement for one day.
Today (my birthday) we are experiancing the effects of tropical storm Hermine. Tons of rain and a chance of storms later today. I actually like storms so this isn't such a bad thing.