Icewind's Ramblings

I work for an engineering and construction division of the Alaskan Native Tribal Health Consortium which is a hospital and medical company here in Alaska . Some of the engineers who I work with come up with some pretty innovative things to make our water treatment plants, medical facilities, and waste water systems do the impossible.  We make things happen in villages across Alaska and we use all kinds of equipment including excavators. Here is an interesting video of a pretty incredible feat using an excavator. It’s pretty amazing. Is it useless time wasted or a pretty amazing mix of technology and guts? Ice

People do not change . . . You only get to know them better. With time you will see exactly who they are . . . As they reveal their true self.  Ice

Several days ago I posted about a family friend who was taken by Medivac aircraft off Shemya Island and brought back to Anchorage to Providence Hospital .  While in the emergency room he was told he had colon cancer and later that night I put him on an Alaska Airlines flight to Seattle and then Orlando Florida so he could return home to be with his family and see his family doctor. After several days waiting to hear anything my brother in law received a call from his brother who said he had seen a doctor and was starting his medical treatment . . . exactly what that is or means right now is still up in the air for us but our prayers are with him and his family. His diagnosis is stage IV colon cancer which has spread into his liver.  This was a shock to all of us as the thinking was he may have an ulcer or some other stomach disorder.  He has had no pain or symptoms until it started several days before going back out to the island. We can only be positive and f...