When the LA Times Lakers Blog imploded back in 2012, Val (AKA Nuggets Country) was the first person I turned to in my quest to build what eventually became Lakerholics.Net and now Lakerholics.Com.
Val and I along with several other passionate LA Times Lakers Bloggers played with different ideas, formats, and platforms for the new site. Among them were Mike (AKA CyberCosmiX), Lew Mariano (AKA Lewsters), and Kenny Marks. I don’t know whether it was a continuation of the controversy that plagued the LA Times Lakers Blog or just five guys with different visions but In the end, Mike and Kenny decided to go one direction with TrueLakersFans and Val and I decided to go another with Lakerholics.
Val just emailed me that he has a severe case of Covid-19 and I asked permission to reveal his real name and let his longtime blog friends know of his situation so they could wish him well and include him in their prayers. Val retired many years ago after a highly successful business career and is presently the Mayor of Woodland Park, CO. You can check his exploits at https://www.valcarrwp.com/.
In the meantime, it was inevitable that Covid would strike one of our own so join me in wishing Nuggets Country a fast recovery so he can join us in celebrating the purple and gold’s 18th NBA championship this summer. Stay strong and fight hard, Val. You’re in our hearts and prayers.
YES! Take care NC!
Wow, this Covid thing is no joke. I really wish Nuggets Country a speedy recovery. One of my favorites from back in the day at LA times.
As if that news alone is not shocking enough, I just tested positive for a mild form of Covid yesterday, Sunday, and do not require hospitalization. Right now, I am in isolation at home for the next ten days. It was on Friday I come home from work and I started feeling like someone pepper sprayed me and all of a sudden I started coughing hard the 14 hours before the cough stopped. Then on Saturday, I felt fatigued and decided not to go work. My wife then decided we go to the Urgent care clinic which is where we found out.
My wife is a frontline worker and works for Emory St, Joseph Hospital. Since March we have been taking the Covid tests and they all came out negative. The last we had was two weeks ago and both were negative. My wife had her vaccination this past Wednesday and now I am on the wrong side of Covid. Like I said the cough stopped but fatigue is what I am dealing with.
DANG BUBBA!!! You get well soon. We should have had these shots out like yesterday month!
Buba, sorry to hear you tested positive but glad it’s a mild case. You’ll be in our prayers every night. Your wife too. What terrible luck. Let’s hope she stays negative but hard to do when her husband has it. Please keep us posted. Hoping and praying you’ll both be fine.
Covid is everywhere. My nephew just got it. My sister so far has tested negative but may not be out of the woods yet. I just finished a Zoom meeting for a business deal where I refused to go to an in person meeting in Los Angeles. Living on DoorDash and Instacart.
Good luck and health, my friend. We’ll be thinking of you.
You’re very right DJ. My wife got her vaccine shot last Wednesday, but I was told by Emory hospital that mine would be in the first half of this year. That’s ridiculously long. Hope the new administration will work to cut that time.
Thanks, Tom. The good thing right now is I have no fever or headache and my blood pressure is perfect. The cough stopped but I still have to regain my energy and take extra precautions. My wife and everybody in my household is in quarantine. She can’t go to work yet until everything is okay around me. Everything is at a standstill in my household right now. That’s the hardest part.