BACK SURGERY, EARTHQUAKES, UFC, AND HOCKEY!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

AFTER MY FUN WEEKEND FROM MY LAST BLOG POSTING, I'M BACK IN BETHEL WORKING AND STAYING WARM, HANGING WITH FRIENDS.

I WANNA DOGNAP HER!!!

I ACTUALLY REALLY LOVE THIS FILM.

AND THEN I GET A CALL "FROM ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC RESEARCH ALASKA" AND SAID I AM CLEARED FOR SURGERY AND WANT TO SEE ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.  I'M GAME AND LETS GET THIS STARTED!!!

ANCHORAGE HERE I COME!!!

I REALLY LOVE THE FACT THE "ORCA" DOES NOT SIT AROUND AND TAKE THEIR TIME, THEY ARE PUNCTUAL AND ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST OF BOTH INTEREST.

GETTING READY FOR SURGERY!!!

THE PRE-OP CREW IS AMAZING AND SO WAS THE LOVELY NURSE WHO WAS VERY FUN TO CHAT WITH, I ALMOST GAVE HER MY BUSINESS CUDDLE CARD.

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I.V. IS ALL SET UP AND READY TO GO AND ALL SHE HAS LEFT TO DO IS STICK ME WITH THE NEEDLE, AND AS SHE IS ABOUT TO PROCEED, A RATTLE WAS FELT, SHE PULLS THE NEEDLE AWAY AND WE BOTH LOOKED AT EACH OTHER WITH SHOCK, AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, THE RATTLES AND SHAKES GOT SERIOUS!!!

ITS AN EARTHQUAKE, A FUCKING EARTHQUAKE!!!  I'M LIKE, "ARE YOU FUCKING FOR REAL RIGHT NOW!!!"

APPARENTLY SHE WAS FOR REAL...

CONSIDER MYSELF BLESSED AS I'D RATHER NOT BE IN SURGERY AND SEDATED DURING ALL OF THIS.  SO I WAS DISCHARGED AND WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  SO NOW I'M LIKE HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO WAIT AND WHAT DO I DO NOW???

OH YEAH, I TEXTED EVERYONE I KNOW IN ANCHORAGE ASKING IF THEY ARE OKAY AND THANK GOD EVERYONE IS SAFE AND SOUND.

I HEADED BACK TO MY SISTER'S PLACE, WHO HAPPENS TO BE OUT OF STATE FROM OCTOBER TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN MAY!!!  I'M THE CARETAKER OF HER PLACE AND LET ME TELL YA, SHE'S LUCKY TO BE IN FLORIDA ENJOYING THE WARM WEATHER!!!

SO LONG THE KAMAKA UKULELE & THE OREO COOKIES ARE GOOD, I'M GOOD!!!

ACTUALLY IT WASN'T BAD AT ALL AND NOTHING MAJOR BROKE LIKE GAS LINES, WATER LINES, ELECTRICAL, ETC.  

AFTER CLEANING UP AND PUTTING THINGS BACK TO NORMAL...  WHAT DO I DO NOW???

I ALWAYS GOT A BACKUP PLAN, I EVEN HAVE DESIGNATED & DEDICATED CONTACTS FOR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES RANGING FROM CUDDLING, OHANA TIME, MOVIES, BRUNCH & STUFFS, NIGHTLIFE & CLUBBING, ETC.

ANABEL!!!  WHAT ARE WE DOING TONIGHT???  I CAN LITERALLY IMAGINE WHAT MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH HER MIND WHEN SHE READ MY TEXT.

"GEEEZ, WE JUST HAD A FUCKING MASSIVE 7.1 EARTHQUAKE AND YOU'RE ASKING ME WHAT ARE WE DOING TONIGHT???"

AND HERE WE ARE...  CELEBRATING SYDNY'S BIRTHDAY AT "SUITE 100 RESTAURANT"

LINK--->SUITE 100 RESTAURANT

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SYDNY!!!  NOT EVEN AN EARTHQUAKE WOULD STOP US FROM CELEBRATING YOUR BIRTHDAY!!!

THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME EATING HERE AND IT WAS PRETTY GOOD!!!  I ORDERED THE SCALLOPS, I FUCKING LOVE SCALLOPS!!!  IT WAS REALLY GREAT SEEING EVERYONE WHICH TELLS ME THEY ARE ALL UNHARMED AND SMILING AND LAUGHING!!!

WE SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND CALLED IT A NIGHT.

ITS SATURDAY MORNING AND WAS WOKEN UP BY A PHONE CALL FROM "ORCA" AND THEY ARE READY TO RESCHEDULE ME TUESDAY, I'M GAME AND LETS DO THIS!!!

CHOSE TO TAKE IT EASY AND SIMPLY NETFLIX FOR MOST OF THE DAY.  LATER THAT EVENING TO WENT AND VISITED SHAUN AND THE OHANA AND PLAYED SOME MUSIC TOGETHER AND PLAYED WITH THE KIDS AND OF COURSE I PIGGED OUT FOR DINNER.

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ANOTHER ALOHA SATURDAY NIGHT WITH OHANA.

FAST FORWARD TO TUESDAY, THE DAY OF SURGERY AND I RECEIVED SEVERAL PICTURE TEXTS FROM A FRIEND...

FUCKING AWESOME AND IMPRESSIVE, WAY TO GO ALASKA DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION FOR WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK AND GETTING THINGS BACK TO NORMAL!!!

BUT ALL THOSE DAMAGED GOODS... 😭😭😭

SO NOW I'M READY FOR THIS...

BEST DAY EVER!!!

SO THERE I WAS, BACK AT THE HOSPITAL, NO BEFORE AND AFTER PICS BUT I CAN TELL IT LOOKED LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE DIDN'T EVEN HAPPEN.  KUDOS TO ALL WHO WORKED HARD TO BRINGING THE ALASKA REGIONAL HOSPITAL BACK AND STRONGER THAN BEFORE!!!

I.V. INJECTED INTO MY VEIN, ANETHESIA TURNED ON, 8 HOURS LATER I'M IN ANOTHER ROOM,STILL DROWSY AS FUCK AND FOUND OUT I'LL BE SPENDING THE NIGHT FOR MONITORING.

I WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING AND IMMEDIATELY I COULD FEEL THE DIFFERENCE, THE PAIN WAS A LOT LESS AND RELIEVED.  

I NOTIFIED MY OHANA AND FRIENDS ABOUT MY SURGERY WENT WELL AND I'M RECOVERING WELL.

FACETIME KAHEALANI IN HAWAI'I AND ALICE IN WONDERLONDON TOO.

BUT THIS WAS TRULY VERY TOUCHING WHEN I SAW MY TEXTS...

AWWW!!!

THIS DEFINITELY BROUGHT TEARS, THANK YOU HEATHER AND DELRAY!!!

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MY NURSE WAS AWESOME, THANK YOU SARAH!!!

MY AWESOME NURSE!!!

I WAS FREE TO GO AND MY BOY ADAM PICKED ME UP FROM THE HOSPITAL AND NOW I HAVE A WEEK TO RECOVER BEFORE RETURNING TO WORK.  SO WHAT DO I DO FOR A WEEK IN ANCHORAGE???

IIITTTSSS TIIIMMMEEE!!!

UFC AT BUFFALO WILD WINGS AGAIN!!!

AT ANYTIME HAWAI'I'S PRIDE AND ENJOY, UFC FIGHTER MAX HOLLOWAY IS FIGHTING, I'M THERE ALONG WITH THE OTHER CRAZY POLYNESIANS IN ANCHORAGE!!!

AND THIS MATCH UP WAS DEFINITELY GONNA BE THE ONE TO WATCH BECAUSE HIS OPPONENT, BRIAN ORTEGA WAS NO STRANGER AND NO WIMP EITHER.  HE DEFINITELY EARNED HIS SHOT AT THE TITLE AND THIS WAS GONNA BE A FIGHT TO REMEMBER!!!

I THINK WE WERE THE LOUDEST AND ITS A GOOD THING I COULDN'T DRINK SINCE I'M ON POST OP MEDS AND YOU CAN'T MIX IT WITH ALCOHOL, SO THINGS HAPPENS FOR A GOOD REASON!!!

BUT THAT WAS A FIGHT TO NEVER EVER FORGET!!!

CHECK OUT THIS ARTICLE:

Here is what Holloway achieved at UFC 231, which took place at  Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.

Holloway landed 290 significant strikes during the four-round contest. That number of landed significant strikes is a new UFC single-fight record.

Holloway landed 134 significant strikes in the fourth round of his fight against Ortega. That number is the most significant strikes landed by a UFC fighter in one round.

Although Ortega lost the fight, he too got his name in the UFC record book. The 110 significant strikes he landed during the bout, when combined with Holloway’s 290, is a new record for total significant strikes landed in a single UFC contest.

The overwhelming number of significant strikes Holloway landed in the memorable scrap also moved him from third to first all-time in UFC history in total significant strikes landed. Holloway’s total landed significant strikes is 1,627, which drove him past Michael Bisping and Frankie Edgar in that department.

NEW RECORDS WERE SET THAT EVENING AND STILL TO THIS PRESENT DAY!!!

WHAT AN AMAZING SATURDAY NIGHT!!!

OH WAIT THERE'S MORE!!!

REMEMBER SEVERAL BLOGS AGO I MENTIONED ABOUT HOCKEY.  WELL HERE IS MY FIRST HOCKEY GAME EVER, AND I NEVER WAS INTO IT UNTIL ANABEL INVITED ME TO WATCH HER DAUGHTER, LAUREN PLAY SO SUNDAY FIRST THING IN THE MORNING I'M THERE!!!

GOTCHA!!!

GO LAUREN!!!

NOW I NEVER EXPECTED THIS BE SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH!!!  I DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE ABOUT RULES AND REGULATIONS BUT IT WAS FAST AND INTENSE!!!  I'M SIMPLY SOLD INTO WATCHING MORE FUTURE GAMES!!!

AWESOME PLAY LAUREN!!!  FREE BREAKFAST FOR YOU!!!

HELLO THERE MELISSA!!!

I REMEMBER THE BRADLEY HOUSE BACK IN 2016 AND MY SISTER AND I ORDERED THE EGGS BENEDICTS, SOLD EVER SINCE!!!  ALSO GREAT BLOODY MARYS TOO!!!

LINK--->BRADLEY HOUSE FOOD AND SPIRITS

I HAVE A FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENT THE NEXT DAY WITH ORCA AND THEN I'LL BE CLEARED TO RETURN TO WORK, SO IT WAS ANOTHER "EASY LIKE SUNDAY MORNING" FOR ME!!!

SO MY APPOINTMENT WENT WELL AND I GOT CLEARED TO RETURN TO ONE OF MY JOB AND THAT WAS OKAY WITH ME.

BEFORE I RETURNED BACK TO BETHEL, I HAD ONE MORE THING TO DO.

I DID WHAT A GENTLEMAN CUDDLER WOULD DO, TAKE THE BEAUTIFUL NURSE OUT TO LUNCH!!!  AFTER ALL SHE TOOK GREAT CARE OF ME AFTER MY SURGERY!!!

SHE CHOSE "THE MIDDLE WAY CAFE"AND IF YOU ARE INTO VEGAN, HEALTH, GLUTEN-FREE, ORGANIC, ETC...  THIS IS THE PLACE FOR YOU.

LINK--->MIDDLE WAY CAFE

AND BACK TO BETHEL, ALASKA!!!

I KNOW THIS BLOG EVENT HAS BEEN 18 MONTHS AGO AND ONLY NOW I'M UPDATING IT.  BUT I DO WANT THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE THROUGH MY ENTIRE SURGERY AND RECOVERY.  ESPECIALLY THE TEAM AT ORCA, BIG MAHALO TO DR. KERR AND DR. KENNAH FOR TAKING CARE OF ME AND THE REST OF TEAM AT ORCA AND THE ALASKA REGIONAL HOSPITAL.  YOU ALL ARE AMAZING AND ROCKED IT ON, EVEN THE EARTHQUAKE DIDN'T STOP YOU FROM PROVIDING THE BEST CARE FOR ME AND OTHERS.

AND TO MY OHANA AND FRIENDS...  MAHALO FOR ALL YOUR PRAYERS!!!

AND THANK YOU ANABEL FOR INTRODUCING ME TO HOCKEY!!!

TO BE CONTINUED...

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA