====== Starting of Book ====== Saturday, Feburary 7th 2015 I had the idea of turning this web site into a self-published book. I had no idea how to do this. I meet up with my friends Mike and Tambra at [[http://www.franklinpa.gov/festivals_events/franklin_on_ice|Franklin On Ice]] [See [[http://www.bpaddock.com|http://www.bpaddock.com]] for photos and videos]. {{ :bpaddock:img_1858.jpg?300|}} Tambra told me that she had helped several people make their book ideas a reality as she had learned to navigate the process while publishing [[http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Photographers-Shooting-Waterfalls-Volume/dp/1496193628|Mike's book]] and her own. {{:bpaddock:franklin_on_ice_icecream_cart.jpg?200|Photo by Michael J. Henderson}}Tambra can sell out of Ice Cream in a snow storm. I know she can help you, as she helped me put the book you are now reading in your hands. Contact Tambra Warner Sabatini at diademtambra@hotmail.com . ====== KDKA-TV Interview ====== Monday, Feburary 23rd 2015 Today I was interviewed by Dr. Maria Simbra Medical Reporter for [[http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/station/kdka-tv|KDKA-TV News]] about what [[http://kpaddock.com/doku.php/resources/fluoroquinolones|Levaquin]] did to Karen. The group that arranged the interview did not want me to talk about any other health conditions to not dilute their messages. I understood their logic so just referenced "other health conditions" when it was required. I feel that the interview could have gone better. Dr. Simbra had not read any of Karen's web sites to understand what was going on. Also Karen would have been appalled at my closed off posture, very poor body language on my part. I was also taken off guard by Dr. Sibra's first question on camera "Tell me about Karen". All I could come up with in that agonizing moment was "She was Smart". The factual questions I was well prepared for. This is what I should have said:
She was smart. Always studying, always learning. Always looking for a way to help others and herself. She'd put others needs before her own. She so wanted to get better so she could go to collage when she got better 'and do something that helps people'. She was always attentive to the finest details of everything. For example when we were planing our first trip to Durham she checked all the states that we could concivably drive through to see if studded snow tires were allowed in those states. //How many people would think of that?//
The interview is to air sometime in March, they did not have an exact time yet. I'd like to thank those that set this up. They prefer to remain anonymous feeling they can help more people that way. ====== Book Weight ====== Sunday, March 8th 2015 The book goes to Tambra for final formating. Tuesday, March 17th 2015 Karen's book came in at 403 pages! That is to many. Tambra came up with a good idea on how to cut it down by about fifty pages by a change in formating. I'm not worried about saving trees (always a good thing), I'm concerned about the weight of the book. I saw Karen struggle with heavy medical books because of the Levaquin (Levofloxacin) damage to her wrists. She was usually wearing wrist braces. We were always trying to come up with some contraption made from string and PVC pipe to make holding the books easier for her, usually without a lot of successes. If you are struggling with a health challenge, or the person that gave you the book has health challenges I want the book to be easy as possible to actually hold. Then there is always the issue of keeping the wight of the eBook down... :-) ---- Now that you've read Karen's Journal, I'm sure you understand //[[:kpaddock:memorial_fund|we need help]]// training more doctors and doing research into better imaging techniques, there are a couple of **[[:kpaddock:memorial_fund|tax deductible funds]]** set up as a starting point. Better to give to help those still suffering rather an giving to the IRS! Please //[[:kpaddock:memorial_fund|help]]// so others don't die the way Karen did! //[[:kpaddock:memorial_fund|You]]// can make this be the start of Karen's story and not the end of it... ---- **Karen I MISS YOU //SO MUCH//**... Till we meet again at {{page>:kpaddock:rainbowbridge}}... ----