O/T Local Cajun eatery nearly kills Arizona EBMM collector!

[RitchieDarling]

Greets everyone! I just got home after spending the last few days in the hospital.

We went for Cajun food at a local restaurant and they tried to kill me.

Serious food poisoning! I had a lovely blackened chicken with crawfish etouffee'....

And nearly died from it!

I spent the night hovering around the porcelain altar. Finally collapsed around 4:00 a.m. from exhaustion! OUT COLD!

Patty rushed me to the hospital. My son Rainey flew in from North Carolina.

I woke up in the hospital the next morning with an IV in each arm and a very shaken but relieved family.

I'm still not 100% But I am getting there.

Apologies to KennetB for not sending the bass yet. I promise it will go tomorrow or Saturday.

Eggy, I'll shoot you some more cash next week.

Silverburst, I have received your parcel and it is helping me have a tasty recovery! My hat is off to you and Mrs. Silverburst.

If I forgot anyone, I am sorry. Shoot me an email and I'll get back to you soon.

And now, more boysenberry punch, and a nice nap!

Ritchie

P.S. Sorry Jack, but I am off your Gulf Coast cuisine for good!

 

[Eggman]

R -

Good to hear you are getting better. Scary shiite!! Wondered why I hadn't seen a post from you in a while.

Glad Rex got your punch mix. I am in Newport Beach right now and had just thought about whether or not you got your fix!!

Rest well pal.

Egg

 

[Strangeglow]

You shouldn't eat cajun food any place where the average humidity is below 70%.

jw

 

[KennethB]

Ritchie!

Patty told me in a mail what was going on and thank God you're getting better!!!

Dangerous stuff...food poisoning. No worries about the bass. We'll cross that bridge when we get there.

All the best to you, Patty, and the rest of your family!

I'm so glad you were able to live to tell the tale so to speak.

Rest well, my friend.

 

[Beth]

Greets everyone! Finally collapsed around 4:00 a.m. from exhaustion! OUT COLD!

Oh no! I hope nothing happened to your beautiful teeth!

Ritchie, I'm glad you're feeling better, how scary!!! Welcome back!

 

[TSanders]

Wow Ritchie. Thats scary. Sucks that you got sick, but glad youre felling better.

Overcoming this is worth a few new basses, no?

 

[silverburst]

Uggg. That sounds miserable.

 

[Dr Stankface]

Good to know that you're ok Ritch!

 

[EBMM7181]

Glad to hear your OK!

 

[GreyDad]

Wish you a speedy recovery Ritchie - I had Salmonella poisoning as a student (a *mild* case apparently) which took me out for 2-3 days. I thought I was dying too. Really really unpleasant.

 

[Aussie Mark]

Having lived in Indonesia for a couple of years I can vouch for the fact that the human body has a wonderful ability to cleanse itself of that stuff. Glad you're on the mend, Ritchie.

 

[Big Poppa]

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF SUCH A LAME EXCUSE FOR STRINGNG KENNETH OUT/

Hey Ritchie! Sorry about the food poisoning.
..It is hard to buy basses with IV's in your arms!

 

[EBMM7181]

Hard to play basses too......

 

[bovinehost]

I survived Peruvian Brand E. Coli.

Don't even ASK.

I think I actually was dead for about five days there.

Glad you're feeling better. Hoo!

Jack

 

[kbaim]

Hey Ritchie, glad you're feeling better.

Wonder if the fish came from China? There's a story about poisoning going around
Looks like the FDA is about to ban all fish from China...not to mention toothpaste and a bunch of other products.

 

[Big Poppa]

god maybe they will ban chinese guitars!

 

[SquidLizard]

Ritchie, the hospital may have done it already, but you should definitely call the County Health Department and report the restaurant. Food poisoning this severe could kill an older person or a child. They county will do an inspection and if there are food handling problems they'll tell them what they're doing wrong and keep an eye on them so they clean up their procedures.

I've done this every time I've had food poisoning. A couple of times it was the restaurant's procedures, but another time everything was fine at the restaurant. I'm sure even with the best of procedures things can happen beyond their control. (Which means that if it wasn't the restaurant's fault you won't be telling people you got sick there because they were unhygenic.)

 

[francric]

Glad to hear your ok...................scary stuff.

 

[tkarter]

Ritchie glad you are coming out of it. That had to be scary for your wife and daughter. The son that came in over it had to be extremely worried.

Glad it was not final call for ya.

tk

 

[petruccirocks02]

Ritchie, glad to hear you're feeling better. There's nothing like worshipping the porcelain god. I got food poisoning once from a fast food joint and thought I was going to die. Amongst other things I also got alcohol poisoning one new years. Not a good situation. Glad you're okay!

-Phil