Sole went to see an Orthopedic Specialist today. The doctor couldn't believe that the doctors that were treating him screwed up as bad as they did. He said they totally dropped the ball on this one He told Sole he was lucky he wasn't paralyzed and if he ever wanted to walk or regain bodily functions he was to be admitted to the hospital immediately. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers

UPDATE: They have released Sole from the hospital Although I thought they should have kept him until all bodily fuctions were working. They insisted that with the anxiety he was experiencing it was hindering the healing process and that he would improve more quickly in a home setting.Thank You so much for all your prayers and well wishes. There is no doubt in my mind that there is power in prayers and numbers. His Boss is still in ICU but we have been told he is stable. You'll never know how much your love and support has meant to me and how much strength I drew from each one of you.I still believe with all my heart the waters of Stream holds magic for each us. Sole is still in a great deal of pain but as soon as he can sit for while he will be in touch. I know he is looking forward to some time off to spend here again with the friends hes made. Once again from the bottom of our hearts thank you, sending love to all! Misty and Sole

I just left Sole and although he is in a great deal of pain with fractured and compressed disks in his back his injuries are non life threatening. They are unsure of soft tissue, muscle or nerve damage at this time. His Boss is in intensive care when he suffered a heart attack after he thought Sole had been decapitated at the waist in the shaft. Please keep all in your thoughts and prayers.....Love Misty



Elevator mishap sends 5 to hospital
NOELLE FRAMPTON
Article Last Updated: 08/29/2008 02:03:39 AM EDT

— A 29-year-old employee of Optical Polymers International was trapped under a cargo elevator Thursday morning, a mishap that sent him and four other people to the hospital. "We're not sure how or why or what he was doing, but he got pinned by the dumbwaiter itself, which weighs about 1,000 pounds," said acting Capt. Christopher Zak, the Fire Department spokesman.
Optical Polymers, 110 West Main St., supplies a glass substitute used for optical lenses, and uses the cargo elevator to move trays of lenses between floors, Zak said.

Two men, one of whom is 61 with a history of heart problems, "helped extricate the guy before we got there," Zak said. Firefighters were dispatched to the scene shortly after 9:10 a.m.

The 61-year-old was given advanced life support after he displayed possible heart attack symptoms, although Zak could not confirm if he actually had a heart attack.

The other man pulled a chest muscle, and later was taken to the hospital by private car.

A woman who witnessed the incident nearly fainted, while another woman suffered chest pains, he said. Both also went to the hospital.

No names were released immediately, but all of the patients are apparently Optical Polymers employees.

The 29-year-old suffered trauma injuries, mostly to his back, plus bruises and soft-tissue damage. The injuries appeared non-life-threatening, but he was taken to St. Vincent's Medical Center for evaluation.

He was in the elevator shaft

when the cargo car pinned him on the second floor, Zak said.
"He was conscious, he was talking. He was in a good amount of pain," Zak said, adding that it remains to be seen what internal injuries the man may have suffered.

While paramedics treated the primary victim, the four other people "developed serious medical conditions" and also had to go to the hospital for treatment, Zak said.

Robert Kowalski, area director of the Bridgeport office of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, said his office is investigating the incident, but it was still unclear why the man was pinned.

"I did have a compliance officer out there," he said. "We're going to look into the causative factors, but at this point it's too soon to tell."

He declined to discuss the ongoing investigation further.

No one was available for comment at Optical Polymers.

Happy Hump Day or Bump Day In Progress
Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers! As soon as I can get the swelling and pain under control I'll get back to you. I went back to the doctor Friday and he was really pleased with the surgery but not with the swelling. He's insisting I stay off the foot and keep it elevated (which I have been doing since I took another fall. Pain meds, crutches and a flight of stairs just don't mix) Missing you all and if the devise Sole created for me last night works (a harness suspended from the ceiling to keep the foot elevated a few feet in the air) I have hopes of being able to get down to the computer more. Hope all is well with everyone and Dixie the "Little One" came upstairs last night and said no wonder Dixie has 2 moons she took ours hmmmmmmm
I'll try and get back down later......Love to you all! Misty

I've now been labled a "Fall Risk"




1/2 a foot the other side looks about the same but my photographer was feeling a little woozie


My New Kickers!!!!!!!!!


And On The Way Home We Had To Stop Back At The Forest






((((UPDATE)))) 8/11/08 Misty made it through surgery, it took 2 plates and 7 screws to mend her back together. She's back home and in bed and doing well!! Shes still in a good deal of pain but hopefully shell be up and back online sometime throughout the week. Thanks for all your well wishes and thoughts keep you updated. She even laughed at the video!!!~~~Sole

After a beautiful start to a weekends hike, Misty took a fall resulting in a compound fracture of the right ankle and is impatiently awaiting surgery first thing in the morning.She even managed to save her camera from impact and was taking pictures of the looks on all our faces in disbelief knowing we had to get her out She was a trooper and after being stuck in a ravine for 2 hrs insisting she was walking out then giving in to the thought of me piggybacking her out of there. It only took about a dozen of our states finest to pull her up hill over boulders and through the woods. Shes a tough gal and remained calm even manging to bring smiles to all eight fire men, 2 park rangers, multiple Ems and some lady in a skirt, don't ask me, before being loaded in the ambulance. After a few shots of Demerol, which I was told by the nurse was her personal drug of choice, a morphine drip, and multiple attempts to reset her ankle she resting awaiting her bionic reconstruction. I put together a video of our trip today, Mom someday you'll laugh about it.. Love ya with all my heart... Sole

When the wagons leave the city
For the forest and futher on
Painted wagons of the morning
Dusty roads where they have gone

Sometimes travelin´ through the darkness
Met the summer comin' home
Fallen faces by the wayside
Look as if they might have known

All the sun was in their eye
And the desert that´s dry
In the country town
Where the laughter sound

Oh the dancing and the singing
Oh the music when they play
Oh the fire that they started
All the girls with no regret

Sometimes they found it
Sometimes they kept it
Ofen lost it on the way
Fought each other to posses it
Sometimes die in sight of day

Oh the sun was in their eye
And the desert that´s dry
In the country town
where the laughter sound

Rise, let us see you,
Dawning is the day,
Miss, misty meadow,
You will find your way,
Wake up in the morning to
yourself and leave this crazy
life behind you.
Listen, we're trying to find you.

Flow to the sea,
You know where to go,
Still we are free,
No one tells the wind which way to blow.

Wake up in the morning to yourself,
Open your eyes and start to be you.
Listen, we think we can see you.
Baby there's no price upon your head,
Sing it, shout it.
Now the angry words have all been said.
Do it, don't doubt it.

So rise, let us see you,
Dawning is the day,
Miss, misty meadow,
You will find your way,
Wake up in the morning to
yourself, open your head and
look around you.
Listen, we think we have found you.