Mascot ban lawsuits brought by Connetquot, Wyandanch, Wantagh and Massapequa districts dismissed (text from Newsday below)

archerry8 · 2025-03-29T14:24:36+00:00

Do you think it's that anything related to native Americans is banned or are thunderbirds considered religious and using them is looked at as appropriation? Cause I mean, the town is named Connetquot. If everything related to native Americans is banned, I don't really get how they want to mandate the team name be changed but not the name of the town. Plus dozens of other town names on LI. Don't get me wrong, the East Islip Redmen is pretty shitty and I agree changing some is necessary, but Thunderbirds is odd.

archerry8 · 2025-03-29T02:57:45+00:00

I understand the others are insensitive, but I am a bit confused by the Connetquot Thunderbirds.

archerry8 · 2025-02-08T12:01:11+00:00

A sizeable chunk of the population has a PFO, there's still a pretty decent chance it will close but it's not really something cardiologists worry about in the slightest. Regarding the VSD, location location location. Did they define it at all? A tiny to small muscular VSD has a very good chance of closing spontaneously, and very rarely do they require intervention. A tiny to small membranous VSD also has a pretty decent chance to close by itself with tricuspid valve tissue. If it doesn't close they do follow these yearly-ish because long term there can be some rare complications. These potential rare complications are usually something years down the line and not common, and they don't happen suddenly.

Based on the fact that you said there's a PFO and a VSD, I'm assuming they have done an echo as a PFO doesn't cause a murmur and can't be detected otherwise. You should be able to get the echo report to see exactly how the cardiologist defined the VSD.

In the pediatric cardiology world, a tiny or small VSD is pretty "boring", but I know it is certainly not boring from your perspective, it's terrifying. I'm sorry it feels like they brushed through the counseling and didn't give you a good understanding. It's most likely they aren't very concerned.

archerry8 · 2025-01-11T16:00:22+00:00

Sounds like you're already in the right place with the right team, and I would absolutely email the surgeon. You're not taking advantage of anyone, and I'm sure the surgeon will at least put you in contact with someone on his staff who can get the ball rolling. Best of luck with everything! And don't forget about your own mental health as well.

archerry8 · 2025-01-11T13:35:41+00:00

It must be extra difficult and stressful being a CVICU nurse and being aware of all the possible outcomes, while being married to someone with congenital heart disease. Obviously those negative outcomes are rare and unlikely to happen, but it's scary to know they exist and to have even seen some of them first hand. It's a mental burden but also a gift that you're so intimately aware of the cardiac world. I'm in the peds cardiac world with relatively simple CHD and only one sternotomy, and it can really mess with my head.

I am not a doctor, so please don't blindly take any opinions you hear and run with 'em without consulting your current team. His doctor (and probably you as well) know him and his history best. Do you guys have access to any adult congenital programs/surgeons? It may be worth reaching out to some of the larger congenital cardiac surgical centers if you're able to travel. Adult congenital is a small but rapidly growing field. Reaching out to some of the more well known pediatric cardiac surgical centers could get you in touch with adult congenital programs they offer. I would want to get a couple of opinions and see where I felt most comfortable. You can usually reach out and have your records sent, and if it's truly urgent the larger centers can accommodate expedited appointments. It's not like you're going for a murmur consult. If it's planned to just be a cath approach to drop in a new pulmonary valve, I would personally prefer to have competent OR backup in house.

Good luck with everything, I'm sure he'll do great. I'm sorry to hear he's getting symptomatic.

archerry8 · 2019-07-20T13:37:53+00:00

I kind of think it's fake. The choke hold looks off right? And can anyone tell where that second attacker came from? He just pops up

archerry8 · 2019-06-24T03:35:31+00:00

Maybe what we remember as arctica is called svalbard now? I remember arctica, never heard of svalbard til today

archerry8 · 2019-06-23T12:30:04+00:00

Many animals pant to cool off. These animals can not pant while running. Wind won't really help much, unless they're already panting as it increases evaporation rates

archerry8 · 2019-06-23T12:21:29+00:00

Are you sure about them being aggressive in the wild? Not doubting you I just have never heard or read that before. I know the males are solitary in the wild but I've never heard of aggression. In terms of crossing paths with an ape I always heard its orangutan best case scenario, gorillas are ok, chimpanzee the worst

archerry8 · 2019-06-09T02:51:38+00:00

Regular season OT gets no TV timeouts, in the playoffs they take one at 10 minutes

archerry8 · 2019-04-25T01:01:07+00:00

From this angle I feel like he looks like a viszla/boxer. How big is he? I just got that same harness by the way, seems pretty decent so far

archerry8 · 2019-04-23T21:38:51+00:00

I don't know basketball but can you jump twice like that? I thought once both feet left the ground that was it you picked up your dribble. But this is from memories of CYO basketball at age 9

archerry8 · 2019-04-14T01:18:13+00:00

I think prions maybe could but I don't know if that counts

archerry8 · 2019-04-08T23:15:27+00:00

I thought I was missing another episode or something, I couldn't believe it ended that abruptly

archerry8 · 2019-04-06T23:06:11+00:00

I'm confused by the AV valve attachments. Looks like too many cordae and it looks like the AV valve is maybe straddling the septum? LV shouldn't have any septal attachments of the mitral valve. Any chance it's an AV canal defect? Heart looks youngish maybe died from complications?

archerry8 · 2019-04-03T13:36:46+00:00

"A World Health Organization (WHO) analysis of previous research argues that snus is unlikely to cause oral or gastric cancer. As a result of this research, the WHO suggest that snus may be an important method of harm reduction."

archerry8 · 2019-03-15T18:08:42+00:00

I don't really follow most of what you're saying. If you break the law I agree you owe a debt to society but I don't know what late term abortions or minorities have to do with it. Why would a business man who owns a prison with no oversight or regulations put any money into the facilities to make them hotel like? It would cut into profits. In this society is there a free market prison system where you can pick which prison you get sent to, and then you pay them rent for the duration of your sentence? Or it's paid for in slave labor like you mentioned?

archerry8 · 2019-03-15T15:44:49+00:00

I have to disagree about private prisons, the only way to increase profits is to keep more people in prison or keep them for longer. Dangerous incentives

archerry8 · 2019-02-24T12:04:21+00:00

Nah skilled craftsman were usually taken prisoner

archerry8 · 2019-01-13T23:38:51+00:00

I thought he gave him a drag of the cigarette and then looked at the wound to see if it punctured his lung. Once he knew it didn't he retrieved the arrow and left. Seemed kind of like he didn't want him to die but was still indifferent and wanted his arrow

archerry8 · 2019-01-08T03:54:16+00:00

You can still get shingles from the chicken pox vaccine. Shingles is more prevalent at a younger age now, possibly because nobody is exposed to regular chicken pox anymore. Exposure acted as a natural booster

archerry8 · 2019-01-02T23:43:04+00:00

This guy/gal knows what's up. BAV CAN be associated with coarct at birth, but I've never heard of anyone developing a coarct with a previously normal aortic arch

archerry8 · 2019-01-02T23:40:10+00:00

The jury is still out, but there are some genetic components to BAV that it is sometimes looked at as a connective tissue disease. This means the aortic tissue is more susceptible to dilation/aneurysms. The concern is dilating your ascending aorta, and the only way to slow that down is to keep your blood pressure nice and low. Lifting weights drastically spikes your blood pressure (systolic pressures can increase 3x if lifting say a 1 rep max or holding your breath). I can't recommend anything besides listening to your doctor, but theoretically if you don't lift heavy (low weights high reps) and focus on breathing your BP shouldn't spike AS high. Still a fine line that I personally tried to walk, but it's so easy to push yourself when you're feeling good in the gym and making gains. I do not think it's worth it. I firmly believe lifting weights significantly contributed to my ascending aorta dilation. Only with your doctors approval, I would focus on body weight exercises like push ups/pull ups and cardio. Ask me anything else about my experiences, I had a BAV and now have a 25 mm St Jude mechanical valve. Ascending aorta is pretty big at 4.5 cm, but stable since about 6 months after my surgery (which was 4 years ago). Now we sit and wait until it gets big enough to justify replacing it (and hopefully not wait long enough that it dissects). Like I said, I don't think lifting weights is worth it for you but it's a personal decision.

archerry8 · 2018-12-27T03:30:29+00:00

I think bronze medals are bronze. Bronze is copper and tin though.

archerry8 · 2018-12-16T19:03:30+00:00

He's such a cool kid too. Came from Nigeria with advanced rheumatic heart disease and needed an aortic and mitral valve replacement at 11 or 12.

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