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Long Haul Covid Train: Epilogue
By Jack J. Jabbour Thanks for tuning in; if this is your first time here, you might want to start at the actual beginning, with the Long Haul Covid Train Intro, which tells the story of how my wife Linda and I celebrated our 47th wedding anniversary in a Covid ward in a Glenwood Springs, […]
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Long Haul Covid Train
An Epilogue, coming soon by Jack J. Jabbour A brief photo tribute to some of the many angels of mercy from Lawrence Memorial. I was there seven days, from Friday, December 2nd, and had, by rough count 40 different nurses and healthcare workers spending time with me to make me as comfortable as possible, not […]
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MY GUITAR STORY PART III: Sir Martin & Me
By Jack J. Jabbour Welcome to Part III of “My Guitar Story.” To start at the beginning, scroll down past Part II, down to Part I. Below that is the ten chapter series “Long Haul Covid Train,” which tells of my journey from the devastation of a 50-day Covid 19 hospitalization to the celebration of […]
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GUITAR STORY PART II: Kalamazoo, from Mardi Gras to the Classroom
By Jack J. Jabbour So the Kalamazoo (which is a snobbish reference to the fact that its step-siblings are now made in Japan, not Michigan) Epiphone replaced the Harmony and went with Linda and me to New Castle, where it led to a significant divergence from what I thought was my life’s plan (see “Sidecar” […]
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My Guitar Story
By Jack J. Jabbour INTRO: Five Dollars and Harmony to Go Someone once asked me how to learn to play the guitar. My answer has remained the same for the fifty-plus years I’ve been playing: “Find someone better than you and play with them,” which is what I did and have done throughout my Guitar […]
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LONG HAUL COVID TRAIN
By Jack J Jabbour Chapter Ten: The Wedding, The Sequel Thanks for tuning in for the final chapter (or at least TTFN: Ta-ta for now) of my Long Haul Covid Train story. If this is your first time here, you might want to start at the actual beginning, with the Intro, which tells the story […]
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Long Haul Covid Train
Chapter Nine: Two Weddings and (almost) a Funeral By Jack J. Jabbour Thanks for tuning in; if this is your first time here, you might want to start at the actual beginning, with the Long Haul Covid Train Intro, which tells the story of how my wife Linda and I celebrated our 47th wedding anniversary […]
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Long Haul Covid Train
Chapter Eight – Coming Home at Last… and Leaving. By Jack J. Jabbour If you’re just tuning in, you might want to start at the actual beginning (scroll to the first entry, at the end of this thread and read upwards) with the Long Haul Covid Train Intro, which tells the story of how my […]
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Long Haul Covid Train
Chapter 7 – Changes: “You will be on Oxygen forever.” The New Year, 2021, began on a promising note: what it was going to take for me to go home. I have mentioned how much I appreciated the many nurses who cared for me and made my stay as comfortable as possible. I also had […]
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Long Haul Covid Train
Chapter 6: Doctor Long Haul & Christmas through the Window Though I had different doctors and nurses, depending on their shifts, there was one constant throughout my hospital stay, Dr. Suresh Khilnani. Dr. K, by which he was known, was head of the Lung Center and the primary physician in charge of my case. He […]