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bookieloverbookielover    2,709 posts
West Australian Racing
Hi all,
The Falcon has asked me to pass on to the forum, that he is currently in intensive care in hospital as a result of contracting Covid. He began feeling unwell on Tuesday, saw his doctor on Thursday, was put straight into hospital and has been receiving constant treatment, anti-biotics and anti-virals since yesterday.

I spoke to him this afternoon my time in Melbourne, and he sounds really good. In fact, I told him that his voice sounds better  today, than it did in the 4 weeks we spent together in Perth. He is starting to feel a lot better and with further treatment he will, I am sure, make a full recovery. He had nothing but the fullest praise for the nurses and medical staff at the hospital. 

He will be in hospital till around the middle of next week,when, all being well,he will be discharged, healthy and fit,  and able to resume his normal activities.

He would like me on his behalf, and I would like to join with him, in wishing you all a very merry Christmas, and a happy and above all healthy New Year.
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  • RIORIO    14,902 posts
    Thanks for the update BL

    Merry Christmas to you and your lovely wife. Falcon if your reading, get well mate. An get out of that place as quick as possible. I'm sure there are people who would love to see you up there - i know one in particular - but make them wait a few more years,

    All the best for a speedy recovery

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  • bookieloverbookielover    2,709 posts
    RIO said:

    Thanks for the update BL

    Merry Christmas to you and your lovely wife. Falcon if your reading, get well mate. An get out of that place as quick as possible. I'm sure there are people who would love to see you up there - i know one in particular - but make them wait a few more years,

    All the best for a speedy recovery
    He'll be reading thisRio, and i'm sure he'll laugh as hard as I did at your comment. :))

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  • TheDivaTheDiva    13,248 posts
    Get well soon falc… the anti virals will see you right

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  • Vincent_vegaVincent_vega    674 posts
    Not at all an ideal way to spend Xmas! Get well soon Falc!

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  • ThunderstruckThunderstruck    7,696 posts
    My sentiments too, get well soon Geoff aka the Falcon

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  • RodentRodent    7,470 posts
    Get well soon Falcon. 
     My wife is currently recovering from her 2nd bout. Fortunately just a week on the couch and no hospital. 

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  • bookieloverbookielover    2,709 posts
    Rodent said:

    Get well soon Falcon. 

     My wife is currently recovering from her 2nd bout. Fortunately just a week on the couch and no hospital. 
    My wife and I got it a week after returning from Perth. Our darling granddaughter gave it to us.

    I didn't have any symptoms other than a slight cough. My wife whose got underlying medical conditions taking 36 tablets a day, was bedridden for two weeks, and has only just very slowly come good. She's probably got another few weeks to recover from it completely, but it can be very debilitating for some, yet not affect others. 

    Your wife is very lucky, Rodent. You would like to think that the antibodies she got from having bout number 1 have helped mitigate this attack.
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  • RodentRodent    7,470 posts
    Yes, we are fortunate. I can't seem to get it. I tested negative again and haven't been sick at all.

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  • YankeeYankee    306 posts
    Don't be so gullible reckon he's just scamming a free Christmas dinner and week under the aircon watching the boxing day test surrounded by nurses a perfectly setup coup!

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  • ThunderstruckThunderstruck    7,696 posts
    Yankee said:

    Don't be so gullible reckon he's just scamming a free Christmas dinner and week under the aircon watching the boxing day test surrounded by nurses a perfectly setup coup!




    Yeh very good point mate! :))
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  • RodentRodent    7,470 posts
    I hear he is quite fastidious and insists on 4 sponge baths per day  :P

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  • VoodooVoodoo    1,371 posts
    edited December 2022
    Got to feel for the nurses ....they could never be paid enough.... 

    All the best Falc 

    Remember....The world really is wonderful ....
    :-\"

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  • NotapuntasNotapuntas    161 posts
    edited December 2022
    All the best falc, The lack of taste should hopefully help the hospital food go down a bit better

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  • MarkovinaMarkovina    3,328 posts
    Notapuntas said:

    All the best falc, The lack of taste should hopefully help the hospital food go down a bit better

    Youve got to be kidding mate - the 2nd part of your sentence - and by the way all the very best to The Falcon - and when he gets home - they give him another Xmas dinner 

    But 6-7 years ago i had a short stay in hospital - it was nothing a non event - medically 

    But the food was 1st class - its actually a Catering racket - funded by Medicare - a couple of ladys representing the catering companys would come to your bedside each morning - with clipboards - with order forms - and they want to tick as many boxes as possible - because it means Net Profit to them 

    Thus they were extremely polite to you - the conversation would go something like this - would you like some raisin bread - Yes - would you like some yogurt - Yes - would you like a snack bar - Yes - would you like some cereal Yes - and so on - the more boxes they ticked - the more profit for them 

    I had this little Aboriginal bloke - it was 2 to a room - and he was in with me- everyone liked him ( even me - although he loved snipping me for a tenner for a coffee ) the Nurses - the cleaners - no one was in a hurry to get rid of him - they were trying to line up permanent accomodation for him 

    I said to him - mate youve got to play your cards right - youve got a TV Monitor above your bed - your getting grilled fish - icecream and yogurt - tell them you feel funny in the head - and weak in 1 arm - you can be here for another 6-9 mths - where as if they line up that permanent hostel accomodation - you will be getting baked beans - hah 

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  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    8,452 posts
    Rodent said:

    I hear he is quite fastidious and insists on 4 sponge baths per day  :P

    Apparently it will take at least 4 nurses to find it  :))

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  • bookieloverbookielover    2,709 posts
    Rodent said:

    I hear he is quite fastidious and insists on 4 sponge baths per day  :P

    Only from the good looking nurses Rodent, although he did tell me that he never bars anyone between the ages of 18 and 80. :D

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  • ArapahoArapaho    395 posts
    bookielover said:

    Rodent said:

    I hear he is quite fastidious and insists on 4 sponge baths per day  :P

    Only from the good looking nurses Rodent, although he did tell me that he never bars anyone between the ages of 18 and 80. :D
    Interesting Dont tell me Falcon is a each way punter a lot of male nurses out there.Ha ha

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  • bookieloverbookielover    2,709 posts
    edited December 2022
    I have just spoken to the Falcon.

    He's feeling much better, but, to say the least, he's not too happy about the isolation.

    They will test him today, and if he's negative, he's hoping to be moved to another ward for a few days of respite, where at least he's got some company, can move around, and sit outside and get a bit of sun.

    In light of Markovina's post about hospital food,I asked him what the food was like. He gave me a one word description "sh!t"!

    He would also like Rodent, SlipperGolden and Arapaho to know, that he is showering himself,  as he didn't want to shock the nurses, both female and male, should their eyes have wandered to his nether regions.

    I have read him all the posts, and he's had a good laugh at them. He wanted me to express his deep appreciation at everyone's concern for his health.

    I will have a further update in a few days.

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  • ThunderstruckThunderstruck    7,696 posts
    Thanks BL..See if Falc can find a "runner" amongst the nursing crew to get a multi set today for him at Gero. Material Witness R3 into Soviet Spy R6 WIN only. :P

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  • RIORIO    14,902 posts
    Hope he got on that one TS.....for a place!!!! haha

    Over the past 12 months we've been in a few hospitals and not one of them could we ever complain about the food. One hospital even had the chef come in during the early afternoon to ask how we wanted certain food prepared!!!

    Got a feeling Old Falcon may have been Grumpy old Falcon!!!!! hahaha

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  • ThunderstruckThunderstruck    7,696 posts
    Yeh I was gonna post similar the other day..it might not be chicken parmy quality like at the Charles Falc but my last brief stop the food was quite alright, old myth that mostly I'm guessing..not you falc the hospital food is shit one :P

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  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    8,452 posts
    Okay Falcon you have had your Medicare value for money get back on here and start stirring  :D

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  • bookieloverbookielover    2,709 posts
    SLIPPERGOLDEN said:

    Okay Falcon you have had your Medicare value for money get back on here and start stirring  :D

    You will get your wish soon Slip.
    I'm very happy to report that Falcon is out of hospital and back home.

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