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Vols4us said:
One heckuva PGA Championship going on right now on the back nine. A 20 something, a 30 something and a 40 something all tied at -14 in Fowler, Stenson, and Mickelson. McIlroy has struggled but is still in shouting distance 2 back.
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McElroy making his move. Wonderful shot to set up eagle!
 
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One of the best shootouts in a major I have seen in quite awhile. Tough conditions. Rory showed he is the best of his generation at this point. If he stays healthy and interested he has the talent to win more majors than Nicklaus. He was not having the best of days and just reached a little deeper and made it happen. Phil, Ricky, and Henrik really put on a show with him. Phil had to make up just a little too much ground.

Rory knows he can go get it. Henrik hopes he can win one. Rickie hopes he can win one and is still developing his new swing with Butch Harmon. He needs to win his first and he will be a big competitor for majors. Phil is still hanging on hoping for one more. Butch salvaged his career IMO. Always hoped he would get that US Open for the career grand slam.
 
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Bruce Wayne said:
Rickie with the top 5 grand slam. Finished top 5 in every one this year, impressive and frustrating.
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I'll take the $$$$ he won. I could wipe a few tears with some cold hard cash to make me feel better.

For real, though. What a final round! There were literally 4 players who could have taken charge on the back 9. Best Sunday in a major in a while.
 
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JohnMarxism and Matt (don't know VN username), I've sent you invites to the auction draft fantasy league. Please accept the invites or I will have to find other people to take your spots in the league.
 
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Hey all. The past week has been eventful, and I thought I'd share with you... I work in healthcare information technology. The healthcare system I work for recently agreed to implement a new electronic medical record (EMR) system, and I had the privilege last Monday to travel (via bus) to Madison, WI, for training. After lunch on Wednesday, I got a phone call from my dad that my mom was at the hospital and that he thought she was experiencing a mini-stroke. It's not hard to imagine that my focus was not on my training after that phone call.

I found out a little while later that it was not a "mini-stroke" but a full-blow stroke, and that the doctors at Ft. Sanders in Knoxville were performing a procedure to enter her brain like they do a heart cath (through the main artery in the groin) and extract the blood clot. My sister tearfully warned me that there was a 10% chance that the procedure would make things worse or even could result in her death.

I began looking at my options for getting to Knoxville. Flights out of Madison to Knoxville ended at 7:05p, and I knew there was no way to get from the training facility to the hotel to get my stuff and check out to the airport in time. I settled on renting a car and driving. I left the airport via a Chevy Cruze at 7:30p Central time.

By 9:00p or so, I had already heard from my family that the procedure was successful, and that my mom seemed to be doing better. We were worried about what damage the stroke had caused, but she definitely showed signs of improvement. I struggled to embrace the idea that my mom might not be able to communicate, might have paralysis, or a hundred other terrible aftereffects of the stroke. I drove and prayed.

I arrived in Knoxville around 8:45a on Thursday morning. It had been a long night. It hadn't helped that I had gotten up on Wednesday morning at 5:00a to get a run in at the hotel before the day started. I met my dad at the hospital and we had to wait a little while for the visitation hours in the Neural ICU. Someone in our family had called the status line and one of the care providers had updated the status line to say that my mom's speech had gotten much better.

I went in to see my mom about 9:15, and miraculously, my mom had NO signs that she had ever had a stroke. Unlike the day before, she could remember her name, her birthday, who the president was, the birth dates of all her kids and grand kids... I was astounded. I was prepared to see her in some devastated condition, and here was the woman who raised me like nothing had ever happened.

She went home on Friday, less than 48 hours after she had been admitted. Many people prayed for her health and our family. I'm sure you can attribute her turn-around to science and explain it all away, but I have no doubt that her current health can be directly attributed to the quick actions by medical staff at Fort Sanders and the multitudes of prayers that were prayed to Jesus Christ on her behalf. She could be gone as easily as she has made a full recovery.

So I choose to thank Jesus of Nazareth for answering the prayers of his unworthy child.

Don't take your loved ones for granted. God is good. God answers prayer.
 
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WarMachine said:
Hey all. The past week has been eventful, and I thought I'd share with you... I work in healthcare information technology. The healthcare system I work for recently agreed to implement a new electronic medical record (EMR) system, and I had the privilege last Monday to travel (via bus) to Madison, WI, for training. After lunch on Wednesday, I got a phone call from my dad that my mom was at the hospital and that he thought she was experiencing a mini-stroke. It's not hard to imagine that my focus was not on my training after that phone call.

I found out a little while later that it was not a "mini-stroke" but a full-blow stroke, and that the doctors at Ft. Sanders in Knoxville were performing a procedure to enter her brain like they do a heart cath (through the main artery in the groin) and extract the blood clot. My sister tearfully warned me that there was a 10% chance that the procedure would make things worse or even could result in her death.

I began looking at my options for getting to Knoxville. Flights out of Madison to Knoxville ended at 7:05p, and I knew there was no way to get from the training facility to the hotel to get my stuff and check out to the airport in time. I settled on renting a car and driving. I left the airport via a Chevy Cruze at 7:30p Central time.

By 9:00p or so, I had already heard from my family that the procedure was successful, and that my mom seemed to be doing better. We were worried about what damage the stroke had caused, but she definitely showed signs of improvement. I struggled to embrace the idea that my mom might not be able to communicate, might have paralysis, or a hundred other terrible aftereffects of the stroke. I drove and prayed.

I arrived in Knoxville around 8:45a on Thursday morning. It had been a long night. It hadn't helped that I had gotten up on Wednesday morning at 5:00a to get a run in at the hotel before the day started. I met my dad at the hospital and we had to wait a little while for the visitation hours in the Neural ICU. Someone in our family had called the status line and one of the care providers had updated the status line to say that my mom's speech had gotten much better.

I went in to see my mom about 9:15, and miraculously, my mom had NO signs that she had ever had a stroke. Unlike the day before, she could remember her name, her birthday, who the president was, the birth dates of all her kids and grand kids... I was astounded. I was prepared to see her in some devastated condition, and here was the woman who raised me like nothing had ever happened.

She went home on Friday, less than 48 hours after she had been admitted. Many people prayed for her health and our family. I'm sure you can attribute her turn-around to science and explain it all away, but I have no doubt that her current health can be directly attributed to the quick actions by medical staff at Fort Sanders and the multitudes of prayers that were prayed to Jesus Christ on her behalf. She could be gone as easily as she has made a full recovery.

So I choose to thank Jesus of Nazareth for answering the prayers of his unworthy child.

Don't take your loved ones for granted. God is good. God answers prayer.
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Great story, and so glad to hear that your mom is doing well.
 
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Hey, WarMachine - you kicked my allergies in. My eyes keep watering. Very happy for how things turned out.

In my personal experiences there is no other more important than Jesus. He has totally changed my heart, my thoughts, and my actions. I have seen physical healing such as this many times in my life. I have also seen the ultimate healing that the believer receives when they enter heaven. In that same hospital your mom was in, we lost our best friend to melanoma this time last year. The biggest Vol fan ever. Yet, we know where he went and are now looking forward to our reunion.
 
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