• There were many reasons for the change of the site software, the biggest was security. The age of the old software also meant no server updates for certain programs. There are many benefits to the new software, one of the biggest is the mobile functionality. Ill fix up some stuff in the coming days, we'll also try to get some of the old addons back or the data imported back into the site like the garage. To create a thread or to reply with a post is basically the same as it was in the prior software. The default style of the site is light colored, but i temporarily added a darker colored style, to change you can find a link at the bottom of the site.

Prayers for Lamont

Joanne,

Thanks for the update on Lamont. Sending prayers to you and Lamont.
Take care of your self, and glad that his sister is there, so u can taka care of business and your self.

Sending :pray::pray::pray::pray::pray::pray::pray:.


Deanna
 
Another update from Joan, Lamont's wife. If you are my friend on FB you can read we had a setback yesterday. This is the second time my husband had a setback that could have been avoided with proper care and monitoring at the hospital. I don't have time to be mad. They must have given him pain meds during the night and the accumulation was too much and his ammonia level was up to 65 which is critical. You can google the symptoms of it and he had all of them. The quicker he gets out of Cox Health South in Springfield Missouri, the better. When you are in a crisis mode with acute renal failure, you really don't have time to pick a hospital. This is also not the time for second opinions for various reasons. He has been in the hospital for almost a week and was sick the entire week before. It takes a toll on your body even for a healthy person. His sister being here is a huge help for me. I just cannot wait for them to fix this problem they caused (the high ammonia) so that I can bring him home. He needs to get stronger before our outpatient visit in St Louis later in the month.

In the meantime thank you for your kind thoughts. Jacob and Tim are keeping the business running and I am picking up Lamont's emails and his end of the business so he is not overwhelmed with catching up when he is well and able. Lamont had the foresight to suspend new registrations as he likes to keep this site real and free from spammers. He will open that up again when he feels up to the vetting process of newcomers. Also, I would like to thank you all for your support and business at LamonsterGarage.com. The online store and our shop in Nixa MO is up and running as usual until the boss gets back.

Joan
 
I am sorry to hear of all this. I know it can be frustrating when you need health care and put your trust in there care and things like this happens. Please speak up to the doctor's and nurses if needed. I went thru some serious issues some years back and seemed they only would give me pain killers and cat scans and not find or resolve my issue until I had enough and let them know they need to find a solution to my health issue. Well another cat scan later and next I am in ICU and they finally found the problem. So be diligent on Lamont's health care. Best of wishes. Hang in there.
 
prayers

From all of us at Baker Built we would like to send out our prayers to Lamonster and all his friends and family for comfort, peace, healing, and understanding during this difficult time.
 
Update -- Plus Video of Road Warrior Spyder

Copied with permission from Joan ..... NOT for additional shares or copies (please respect the Bryden's privacy).

Here is a link to the FB video (not able to figure out how to post any other way).
https://www.facebook.com/LadyLamonster/videos/10212589994811268/

And here is the update from Joan:

This video is the day before Lamonster got sick. He hasn’t been well since and a week later he was admitted to the hospital with acute renal failure and pancreatitis. We had planned on watching the Barrett-Jackson auction of this Spyder build on TV, however we were in the Emergency Room trying to get a live feed on FB and we couldn’t keep connection. Lamont and I were hoping It would get $50,000 but when we didn’t hear from anyone, we assumed it hadn’t happened. The reason no one called us is because the auction went so well and it was sold for $80,000 and an additional $20,000 of donations and then the man who bought it returned it to the stage for auction again at which time it brought in another $60,000. More donations continued to pour in as the Road Warrior Foundation raised awareness of the good they do for our veterans. But Lamont and I were in the dark and didn’t know any of this and then all of a sudden Lamont’s cell phone rang. It was Greg Cain who was watching it live and I rushed into the hall so as not to disturb anyone in the ER. He asked if we were watching it and quickly told me it was at $160,000. I did a quiet scream and raced back into my husband’s ER room and told him. Lamont was so overwhelmed he began to cry. Greg was still on the phone and all 3 of us were crying with excitement for their success! I thanked Greg for calling as we were in the midst of stabilizing Lamont and getting him ready for admission to the hospital. Lamont told me then that he wasn’t ready to die, he had more bikes to build and there was more work to be done.
He had a very rough week in the hospital and this auction was really the last thing he remembered as they gave him heavy drugs for the pain Saturday and Sunday. He slept all day and night those two days. He got worse by Monday and they had overdone it with the IV fluids and needed to get that off him now. His attending physician wasn’t happy and wanted Lamont immediately transferred to Barnes Jewish hospital in St Louis for liver transplant evaluation. That’s when I asked for urgent prayers. The transfer fell through and he had to suffer through two more mistakes at this hospital. He had a good day Tuesday (relatively speaking) and then went into all the classic signs of high ammonia levels Wednesday. This was due to too many painkillers given. I kept asking about how Morphine (2 days) and then Oxycodone and another pill would affect his liver. Multiple nurses including the hospitalist said it would be fine. It wasn’t. Due to the kidney stress and his liver damage he could not clear and metabolize the drugs out of his system. A new sharp nurse picked up on this quickly and even challenged this hospitalist on his laissez faire approach. She was very concerned with his labored breathing and mental state. Thank God for her. She’s been a nurse nearly 20 years and she was wonderful as well as the night nurse, Mike. They have taken care of him the past 48 hours and Lamont is back. Mike challenged another decision by the hospitalist who chose to do nothing and even denied Lamont had breathing issues when we all could hear him from the hall. They put him on oxygen that night and also ordered another medicine by the on call overnight doctor to help take care of his worsening rales and edema. Thursday was good. He’s very anxious to get home and twice has asked for his clothes so he could leave. I don’t blame him. I’ve been in constant contact with his mom, sister, and 3 sons. His sister flew in from California to be with him. Lamont has had one of us by his side now 24 hours a day since Tuesday when she got here. I take days and she stays all night. I am so grateful for her.
Since the good news of the auction was the last thing he remembered in the ER and he hasn’t been on his phone or on Facebook to get updated, he would be totally out of it and then wake up and ask if I had heard any more from BRP about the auction. I’d remind him it set a new record and he’d be out again that quickly. God bless him and his huge heart for helping others.
Thank you for all your prayers and well wishes from all over the world. I’m hoping to get him home soon. We have a long way to go to recover and we have an outpatient visit with the experts at Barnes In St. Louis in less than 2 weeks. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers as we take the next step in getting Lamonster back better than ever! I felt the love and thank you all.
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I just heard of this...

... thanks for the updates, Joan. Best wishes and prayers from Texas!

Scotty, I just saw your post above also. Prayers and best wishes for you, too!
 
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