{"id":10745,"date":"2012-01-02T20:19:21","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T04:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=10745"},"modified":"2012-01-02T20:19:21","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T04:19:21","slug":"care-visit-1-a-sic-old-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/01\/02\/care-visit-1-a-sic-old-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Care Visit #1: A Sick Old Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Went to visit an old friend today who I had heard was quite sick and staying at a rehabilitation home. His condition once I saw him shocked me fairly deeply. It reminded me very much of how my father looked just before he passed away. That was rather uncomfortable, especially since he couldn&#8217;t respond to me at all. I did run into two of his old, early Comic Con friends, and that was a nice surprise getting to know them. The three us sat and chatted about Richard and about life stuff. It was definitely both a good and bad experience.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"570\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.pacsworlds.com\\\/blogs\\\/2012\\\/01\\\/02\\\/care-visit-1-a-sic-old-friend\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:21460605}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 570px; height: 191px;\" data-original-width=\"570\" data-original-height=\"191\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 285px; height: 191px;\" data-original-width=\"285\" data-original-height=\"191\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Alf01-01-02-12-lo-res.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"lightbox[10745]\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"281\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"187\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"10746\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Alf01-01-02-12-lo-res.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D70&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1325515765&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;34&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Alf01 01-02-12 lo-res\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Alf01-01-02-12-lo-res.jpg?fit=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Alf01-01-02-12-lo-res.jpg?fit=570%2C380&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Alf01-01-02-12-lo-res.jpg?w=281&#038;h=187&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"281\" height=\"187\" data-original-width=\"281\" data-original-height=\"187\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Alf01 01-02-12 lo-res\" alt=\"Alf01 01-02-12 lo-res\" style=\"width: 281px; height: 187px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 285px; height: 191px;\" data-original-width=\"285\" data-original-height=\"191\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Alf02-01-02-12-lo-res.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"lightbox[10745]\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"281\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"187\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"10747\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Alf02-01-02-12-lo-res.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D70&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1325516255&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Alf02 01-02-12 lo-res\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Alf02-01-02-12-lo-res.jpg?fit=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Alf02-01-02-12-lo-res.jpg?fit=570%2C380&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Alf02-01-02-12-lo-res.jpg?w=281&#038;h=187&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"281\" height=\"187\" data-original-width=\"281\" data-original-height=\"187\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Alf02 01-02-12 lo-res\" alt=\"Alf02 01-02-12 lo-res\" style=\"width: 281px; height: 187px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Went to visit an old friend today who I had heard was quite sick and staying at a rehabilitation home. His condition once I saw him shocked me fairly deeply. It reminded me very much of how my father looked just before he passed away. That was rather uncomfortable, especially since he couldn&#8217;t respond to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/01\/02\/care-visit-1-a-sic-old-friend\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[59,162],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-2Nj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8450,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/09\/04\/special-zoo-visit-with-a-personal-presentation\/","url_meta":{"origin":10745,"position":0},"title":"Special Zoo Visit With A Personal Presentation","date":"September 4, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Was at the San Diego Zoo for most of the day with Fabi, Stephanie, Alex, Cathy and Nathan. 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