HIOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 12 VOL 7
FEBUYRARY 12TH 2008
WEATHER; COLD, HIGH HUMIDITY, 32/47 DEGREES
GAS STARTING BACK UP, THE YO-YO IS REWINDING.
WE REALLY HAD SOME HARD RAIN WITH THUNDER AND A LOT OF LIGHTENING! ONE THING, WE DIDN’T GET THE HAIL THEY SAID WE WOULD BE GETTING! TODAY WAS CLEAR BUT REAL COLD WITH A NORTH WIND!
IT WAS TO COLD OUT TODAY TO WORK ON THE CEILING FAN BUT IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE WARMER TOMORROW! MOM WENT AND PICKED UP HALEY JO AND THE “CHECK ENGINE LIGHT” CAME ON AGAIN I GUESS I’M GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO THE DEALER AND HAVE IT TURNED OFF! I WAS TOLD IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE “CLOCK SPRING” UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL! WITH AN AIR BAG I’M NOT ABOUT TO MESS WITH IT EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS TO REMOVE THE NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE FOR TWO MINUTES AND THAT WILL DISARM IT! YEAH RIGHT AND I BELIEVE IN THE EASTER BUNNY TOO!
A FRIEND OF MINE, BILL NUENDORFF WHO IS A 2ND COUSIN BY MARRIAGE AND LIVED TWO BLOCKS FROM ME WHEN WE WERE KIDS HAS ASKED ME TO DO AN ARTICLE ABOUT WHEN I GOT ELECTROCUTED AT THE AGE OF 14: IT’S AS FOLLOWS; I HAVE THE ARTICLE FROM THE VALLEY TIMES, THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER THAT MY BUDDY BILL GILLIS WHO WAS WITH ME WHEN THIS TOOK PLACE AND I WERE BICYCLE ROUTE CARRIERS FOR TO GO BY!
APRIL 14TH 1944, BILLY GILLIS AND I MET AND RODE OUR BIKES TO THE CIRCUS GROUNDS WHERE WE WERE GOING TO WORK FOR FREE PASSES TO THE PERFORMANCE! WE GOT THERE TOO LATE AND DECIDED TO GO TO THE ROCK QUARRY AT VANOWEN AND LANKERSHIM TO SWIM AND FROG GIG.
WHILE SWIMMING WE SAW SOME LITTLE PARACHUTES FLOATING DOWN ABOVE THE RIM OF THE QUARRY WITH SMOKE COMING OFF WHAT EVER WAS HANGING FROM THEM. WE GOT DRESSED AND CLIMBED UP TO THE TOP OF THE WALL. THERE WERE ABOUT 10 KIDS RUNNING AROUND PICKING THE CHUTES UP, BILLY AND I EACH GOT TWO APIECE SO WE CHASED TWO ABOUT A MILE UP THE SAND WASH! THE PEOPLE SHOOTING THESE FLARE CHUTES UP WERE FROM BENDIX AVIATION AND THEY WERE TESTING THEM FOR DRIFT DISTANCE! (THIS IS WHAT THEY TOLD US WHEN WE ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO GET SOME OF THE CHUTES). ONE OF THE CHUTES WE WERE CHASING FELL TO THE GROUND AND I RAN AHEAD AND PICKED IT UP! THE OTHER ON GOT HUNG UP ON THE LOWER POWER LINE THAT WAS ON THE FOUR LEGGED STEEL TOWER THAT THEY WERE HOOKED ON!
BILLY AND I FLIPPED A COIN TO SEE WHO WAS GOING TO CLIMB UP AND KNOCK IT LOSE? I LOST SO, HE BROKE A LONG BRANCH OFF A WILLOW TREE THAT WAS GROWING AT THE BASE OF ONE OF THE FOUR LEGGS AND GAVE IT TO ME SAYING “DON’T TOUCH THE WIRE JUST SNAG THE CHUTE AND DROP THE BRANCH AND IT’LL BRING IT DOWN!”
I DIDN’T EVEN GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO SNAG THE CHUTE WHEN I REMEMBER A LOUD CRACK AND I WAS HANGING UPSIDE DOWN SMOKING FROM MY RIGHT SIDE! I WAS WEARING G.I. BROGANS MY BROTHER-IN-LAW CHUCK REID HAD SENT ME WHEN HE WAS A BOMBARDIER IN THE AIR CORPS! THEY HAVE A REAL HEAVY LEATHER PART ABOVE THE HEAL AND THAT’S WHAT HAD CAUGHT IN A V IN THE FRAME WORK OF THE TOWER! BILLY WAS YELLING “DON’T MOVE I’M COMING UP TO HELP YOU” SO I JUST HUNG THERE TILL HE GOT TO ME AND HELPED ME GET TURNED AROUND THEN HE HELPED ME CLIMB DOWN! MY “T” SHRT WAS BURNED OFF AND MY RIGHT ARM AND CHEST SMELLED LIKE BAKED HAM! MY RIGHT ARM JUST HUNG LIMP AND I COULDN’T MOVE IT! BILLY COVERED THE WOUND WITH HIS SHIRT AND WE STARTED TO WALK TO FIND A RIDE TO A HOSPITAL! WE CAME ACROSS AN OLD TRUCK FARMER AND HE WANTED TO PUT ME IN THE COLD WATER HE WAS IRRIGATING HIS CROPS WITH. WE FINALLY CONVINCED HIM I NEDED TO GT TO A HOSPITAL AND WE ALL GOT IN HIS PICK UP AND HEADED FOR THE EMEGENCY HOSPITAL IN NORTH HOLLYOOD! HE WOULDN’T GO OVER 35 MPH BECAUSE OF THE WAR RESTRICTION ON TIRES, IF HE GOT CAUGHT GOING OVER 35 HE COULD LOSE HIS LICENSE AND TRUCK IS WHAT WE WERE TOLD LATER BY THE POLICE IN VAN NUYS!
WE WALKED IN TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE EMERGENCY HOSPITAL AND UP TO THE RECEPTIONEST DESK, SHE SAID THEY WERE JUST CLOSING AND WHAT DID I NEED, I PULLED THE SHIRT BACK AND BILLY SAID I NEEDED A DOCTOR, SHE FELL OUT OF HER CHAIR WHEN SHE FAINTED AND HIT THE FLOOR! A DOCTOR WAS JUST WALKING UP THE HALL AND WHEN HE SAW ME AND THE GIRL LYING ON THE FLOOR HE GRABBED ME BY THE LEFT ARM AND LED ME DOWN THE HALL TO A TREATMENT ROOM! BILLY HELPED THE GIRL BACK IN HER CHAIR AND GOT HER A DRINK OF WATER! ( I WAS TOLD LATER). THE DOCTOR’S NAME WAS JOHN BUSTER QUICK AND I WAS HIS SECOND BURN CASE SINCE HE GOT OUT OF MEDICAL SCHOOL 8 MONTH BEFORE! THE OTHER BURN CASE WAS A MAN WHO HAD 85% OF HIS BODY BURNED BY A GASOLINE FIRE, HE SAVED HIM! AS DR QUICK WAS GETTING READY TO START TREATING ME HE CALLED HIS NURSE WHO WAS IN THE OTHER ROOM TO COME AND HELP! SHE CAME IN WITH HER REGULAR CLOTHES ON SO, HE SENT HER TO PUT ON A WHITE SMOCK!
HE ASKED ME WHAT THE BLACK GLOB ON MY RIGHT RING FINGER WAS AND I TOLD HIM IT WAS A NAVY RING MY BROTHER HAD SENT ME! HE REACHED TO SEE ABOUT CUTTING IT OFF WHEN A BLUE ARC HIT HIM AND HE ENDED UP AGAINST THE WALL NEXT TO THE TABLE! HE STILL HAD ON HIS LEATHER SOLED AND HEALED SHOES AND THE FLOOR WAS STILL WET FROM BEING MOPED, I DIDN’T REALIZE WHAT HAD HAPPENED BUT IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME LATER, I WAS A BIG CAPICITOR CHARGED UP BY THE LARGE ELECTRIC CHARGE I HAD TAKEN EVEN THOUGH IT BLEW ME AWAY I WAS STILL GROUNDED TO THE STEEL TOWER. DR QUICK PILED RUBBER MATS ALL AROUND THE TABLE AND PUT ON A PAIR OF KEDS HE HAD IN A LOCKER THEN, HE WENT ON GIVING ME PAIN SHOTS AND I GUESS ANTIBIOTICS! I NEVER DID GO INTO NERVOUS SHOCK BECAUSE OF THE WALKING, IT CIRCULATED TO BLOOD THROUGH THE WOUND AND PREVENTED THE NERVOUS SHOCK!
I WAS TRANSPORTED TO BURBANK HOSPITAL AND PUT IN A PRIVATE ROOM. A NURSE CAME IN TO GIVE ME A SHOT OR PUT AN I.V. IN MY ARM AND WHEN SHE TOUCHED ME WITH THE NEEDLE THE BLUE ARC HIT HER AND SHE ENDED UP AGAINST THE STEAM RADIATOR UNDER THE WINDOW, SHE RAN OUT OF THE ROOM SCREAMING AND REFUSED TO TREAT ME IN ANY WAY! THAT WAS IT, I NEVER SHOCKED ANYONE ELSE BUT THAT FIRST NURSE WOULDN’T EVEN COME INTO THE ROOM, I APPOLOGIZED TO HER STANDING IN THE DOOR WAY! I DON’T REMEMBER HOW THOSE SHOCKS FELT TO ME SINCE I WAS UNDER SEDATION FOR THE SECOND ONE BUT THE FIRST ON THAT HIT DR QUICK IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, MADE MY BODY JUMP BUT I REALLY CANT BE SURE, EVEN THOUGH I HADN’T HAD ANY PAIN SHOTS I WAS STILL PRETTY MUCH OUT OF IT!
WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT OUR BIKES THAT WERE LEFT AT THE QUARRY TILL BILLY’S DAD AND MY DAD WENT TO GET THEM, SURPRISE, SURPRISE THEY WERE STILL THERE!
WE MADE UP A STORY ABOUT A WIRE FALLING ON ME AND THE POWER COMPANY HAD ALL KINDS OF AIRCRAFT AND TRUCKS DRIVING AND FLYING UP AND DOWN THE POWERLINES LOOKING FOR A BREAK IN THE LINE! THEY NEVER FOUND ANY OF COURSE AND BILLY’S MOM AND MY MOM CAME TO THE HOSPITAL AND GOT THE TRUE STORY! IT’S A GOOD THING I WAS LAID UP IN THE HOSPITAL, THERE’S NO TELLING WHAT MY DAD WOULD HAVE DONE TO ME FOR GOING TO THE QUARRY INSTEAD OF THE CIRCUS NO MATTER WHY!
IT WAS REPORTED THE LINE I REACHED OUT FOR CARRIED 110,000 VOLTS AND IT BACKED UP TO THE POWER STATION IN LOS ANGELES AND POPPED A CIRCUIT BREAKER THAT TOOK 3 MILLION AMPS TO POP! IT WAS THE MAIN LINE FROM BOULDER DAM TO L.A.!
THEY FINALLY FOUND A NURSES AID WHO WOULD WORK ON ME. SHE HAD TO CHANGE THE DRESSINGS THREE TIMES A DAY AND PAINT THE GAUZE WITH A SALVE THE NAVY HAD REJECTED BECAUSE IT WAS NO GOOD FOR STEAM BURNS, IT WAS “FOILE” WHICH IS USED EXTENSIVELY TODAY IN THE TREATMENT FOR NON-STEAM BURNS! ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT “FOILE”, IT HELPS REDUCE SCAR TISSUE. I STILL SHOW SCARING BUT I DON’T HAVE ANY RAISED SCARS LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE DO FROM BAD ACCIDENTS!
I WENT IN THE HOSPITAL ONE WEEK AFTER MY 14TH BIRTHDAY! ON MY BIRTHDAY I HAD STRAIGHT HAIR AS SHOWN IN SOME OF THE PICTURES TAKEN ON THAT DAY! ON THE 15TH I SHOWED SIGNS OF HAVING CURLY HAIR! WHEN I WENT INTO THE HOSPITAL I WAS 5’10” TALL WHEN I CAME OUT TWO WEEKS LATER I COULDN’T WALK AND THEY SAID I WAS 6’1” TALL! THE REASON I COULDN’T WALK FOR ALMOST TWO MONTH WAS MY BODY HAD GROWN BUT MY SKELETON HADN’T, IT TOOK ALMOST A MONTH FOR THE SKELETON TO CATCH UP WITH THE BODY! THE EXPLANATION GIVEN BY DR QUICK WAS MY PITUITARY GLAND HAD BEEN HIT WITH THE HI-VOLTAGE AND STARTED A FAST GROWTH CYCLE THAT ONLY AFFECTED THE BODY! I’VE NEVER HEARD ANY OTHER EXPLANATION! DR QUICK SAID MY BODY WOULD CONTINUE TO GROW EVEN AFTER I DIEDTO A SMALL DEGREE! WHEN I REMEMBER MY MOTHER ON THE MORNING BEFORE THE ACCIDENT SHE HAD REDDISH BROWN HAIR, IN A PICTURE TAKEN AT THE HOSPITAL HER HAIR IS SNOW WHITE! MY HAIR TURNED GRAY WHEN I WAS 17 YEARS OLD AND IS NOW BLOND GRAY!
MY CHIROPRACTOR FOUND OUT, MY POLARITY IS REVERSED FROM OTHER PEOPLE! SHE TRIED TO USE DIATHERMY ON MY BACK A FEW YEARS AGO! WHEN SHE PUT THE PADS ON ME AND TURNED THE MACHINE ON THE ANALOG NEEDLE STARTED TO GO UP AND ALL OF A SUDDEN DROPPED OFF TO ZERO, SHE TRIED IT AGAIN AFTER CHECKING ALL THE CONNECTIONS AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED SO SHE SHUT THE MACHINE OFF AND WAS AFRAID TO TRY AGAIN IN FEAR OF BURNING THE MACHINE UP! SHE REVERSED THE WIRES AND TRIED AGAIN, THIS TIME THE NEEDLE CLIMBED TO THE LEVEL SHE WANTED AND LEFT IT FOR 5 MINUTES SHUTTING IT DOWN SLOWLY!
IN 1994 I WAS IN THE VA HOSPITAL IN DALLAS WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE. THEY HAD ME ON A TABLE IN THE RECOVERY ROOM USING THE PADDLES ON ME TRYING TO MAKE MY HEART “FLIP OVER”, THEY HIT ME 11 TIMES AND I WAS YELLING UNDER THE OXYGEN MASK TO STOP I COULD FEEL THE SHOCKS BUT THEY COULDN’T HEAR ME! I ENDED UP WITH 11 RECTANGULAR BURN STRIPES ON EACH SIDE OF MY CHEST! THOSE PADDLES ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE VOLTAGE NO AMPERAGE! IF THEY WOULD HAVE REVERSED THE LEADS THEY PROBABLY WOULD HAVE MADE MY HEART “FLIP OVER”! I TRIED TO EXPLAIN THE CONDITION OF MY BODY TO THE PEOPLE IN CARDIOLOGY BUT IT FELL ON DEAF EARS, THEY NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING! WHEN I ASKED THEM TO EXPLAIN THE 11 BURN STRIPES ON EACH SIDE OF MY CHEST THEY COULDN’T! ONE OF THESE DAYS I’LL WRITE TO THE HEAD CARDIOLOGY DOCTOR IN WASHINGTON AND SEE WHAT HE SAYS! I KNOW WHAT IT IS; MY CHIROPRACTOR FOUND THE PROBLEM AND THE WORD CHIROPRACTOR SCARES THE DEVIL OUT OF M.Ds SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT CHIROPRACTIC IS ALL ABOUT!
TODAY AT ALMOST 78 YEARS OLD I’M 6’4” TALL HAVE A STRAIGHT SPINE AND WALK STANDING STRAIGHT UP, NO SHOULDER DROOP! EXCEPT FOR THE ACHES AND PAINS OF AN OLD PERSON I FEEL PRETTY GOOD! AND I’M STILL THE ONLY ONE IN MY FAMILY WITH CURLY HAIR! MY THREE SISTERS SAID MANY TIMES THEY WOULD KILL FOR THE HEAD OF HAIR LIKE I’VE GOT! I USED TO TELL THEM TO GO TOUCH A HI-VOLTAGE LINE AND YOU CAN HAVE WHAT I’VE GOT BUT THEY SAID NO WAY!
OINE OF THE SAD THIUNGS TO COME OUT OF THIS INCIDENT IN MY LIFE WAS THE FACT THAT THE MEDICAL SOCIETY REMOVED HIE LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE! HE HAD A PATIENT WHO BORDERED ON BEING A MIDGET, HE GAVE ELECTRICAL SHOCKS INTO HER PITUITARY GLAND AND AFTER THREE YEARS SHE STOOD 5’ TALL! THE REASON WAS HE EXPERIMENTED ON A LIVING PERSON EVEN THOUGH THE PROCESS WORKED HE HAD TO TURN ALL RECORDS AND NOTES OVER TO THE MEDICAL SOCIETY AND THEY DESTROYED THEM! THE LAST TIME I TALKED TO DR QUICK WAS IN 1950 JUST BEFORE MY CAR WRECK, HE HAD GONE INTO ELECTRONICS AND WAS DOING REAL GOOD, I’VE TRIED TO FIND HIM SINCE BUT HE MUST HAVE DIED OR MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTRY!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
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