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Speakers
May 02, 2016
Doug Wesselschmidt
Polio Plus
 
May 09, 2016
2 CGSC Students
Command & General Staff
 
May 16, 2016
Donna Deeds
Museum at Prairie Fire
 
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Upcoming Events
RINC morning happy hour
Scheel's
Apr 28, 2016
7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
 
Russell Hampton
National Awards Services Inc.
Sage
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WEEKLY MEETING INFORMATION
Meeting at DoubleTree  
 
Guest Speakers:
Ken Selzer, Kansas Insurance Commissioner
 
Meeting Participants
 
Greeter -- Michael Tracy
Invocation -- Carol Watts
Sgt. At Arms -- Robert Vancrum
Economic Update --- Tracy Osborne
 
 
CELEBRATIONS

ImageHappy Birthday!

April 11th -- Chad King
April 13th -- Melynn Sight
 
Happy Anniversary!
April 17th -- David Miller
 
Happy Rotary Anniversary!
 
April 12 -- Cory Barash -- 12 years
April 15 -- Gene Troehler --31 years
April 15th --Joan Wells -- 25 years
 
 
 
 
 
NEW MEMBER APPLICATION
New Member Applications:
Gerald "Lee" Cross-Cross Law Firm
sponsored by Dick Bond and Dave Lindstrom
 
Dana Markel- President, Overland Park Convention and Visitors Bureau
sponsored by Ben Craig
 
Please contact a board member if you have any questions or comments.
 
 
FAMILY OF ROTARY
Update from Carol Watts regarding Joanna's son Calvin who is in the hospital due to a blood clot. (as of 3/2)
 
Calvin's MRI this afternoon revealed largely what we were hoping for: the clot had not become larger, no brain damage in the way of seizures or strokes had occurred, and they will continue to leave him on the Heparin blood thinners.  They installed a port today to make addition of meds and fluids a bit easier and drawing of blood as well I guess.
The clot is large. It is at the base of the skull where the veins lead out of the brain on the way down to the heart.  Apparently if you were to vote, you would prefer a veinous clot over an arterial one?  So yay.
 
He will stay in ICU for 2-3 more days because they want to monitor him constantly due to the size of the clot.  Hopefully we move to outpatient shots of Heparin twice a day (yes, Jo can learn to do this...) for maybe up to 6 months by which time the clots should have dissolved.
 
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?  Apparently a toddler can develop this if they become extremely dehydrated -- i.e., get sick, stop eating and drinking, and then start to vomit.  PUSH THOSE POPSICLES, MOM AND DAD.  It helps to weigh more than 30 pounds.
 
What can you do?  Frankly, leave 'em alone because parents are not resting and getting really worn thin. But you can send a little card via the Childrens Mercy website.
http://www.childrensmercy.org/
Then click on Patients and Families
To the right you will see SEND A CARD
Name is Calvin Patrick Bramlett, he is 3 years old and is in PICU for a room number.
 
We have Lucas for now, someone else has the dog, another family member is medically astute and running interference with the physicians and translating all of it, so I think we have the bases covered for now.
 
We appreciate you all so much.  Thank you for caring.

carol.watts@edwardjones.com
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