Uno+WiFi Shield: sometimes not able to read returned HTTP data from client

SurferTim:
Just a thought:

Right, which is what I thought might be messing it up? But I have the client.read() function right at the end of the getRequest() function. Do I need to be accounting for the delay of getting the responses? Ill give it a shot right now and let you know. Thanks for the suggestion!

So for reference, here is a COMPLETE walkthrough of my main loop() without any external function references:

void loop() {

  client.flush();
  Serial.flush();

  /* ---------------------------------------- */
  /*          LISTEN TO RADIO SIGNAL          */
  /* ---------------------------------------- */
  /* do...while loop from "void loop() {...}" */

  do {
    if ( radio.available() ) {
      // Dump the payloads until we've gotten everything
      radioDone = false;
      while (!radioDone) {
        Serial.println();
        Serial.print("Just received signal from device #: ");
        // Fetch the payload, and see if this was the last one.
        radioDone = radio.read( &ID, sizeof(unsigned long) );
        Serial.println(ID);
        timeToPush = true;
      }
    }
  } while (!timeToPush);


  /* ---------------------------------------- */
  /* RADIO SIGNAL RECEIVED, ISSUE GET REQUEST */
  /* ---------------------------------------- */
  /* getRequest(); Function shown here:       */

  radio.stopListening();  /* Stop radio frequency communication
                             once radio is pinged.           */
  timeToPush = false;     // Reset once we are out of do...while
  Serial.println("Time to push!");


  unsigned long user = ID / DIVISOR;
  unsigned long total = ID % DIVISOR;

  client.stop();

  bool connected = client.connect(server, 80);
  if (connected) {
    client.print("GET /swipes?auth_token=");
    /* GET REQUEST OMITTED FOR SECURITY *
     * Please trust me that the request *
     * itself isnt wrong :P             */
    client.println("Connection: close");
    client.println();
  }
  else {  // == if(!connected) == if (!client.connect(server,80))
    lastConnected = false;
    // if couldn't make a connection:
    if (connectFailCount<3) {
      connectFailCount++;
      Serial.print("ERROR: connection failure #");
      Serial.println(connectFailCount);
      client.stop();
    }
    // if connection failed 5 total times, reset:
    else {
      connectFailCount = 0;
      Serial.print  ("ERROR: connection failure CRITICAL!");
      Serial.println("Performing connection reset.");
      Serial.println("-----------------------------------");
      client.stop();
      WiFi.disconnect();
      delay(1500);
      // connectToTheInternet(); Function shown here:
        while ( status != WL_CONNECTED) {
          Serial.print("Attempting to connect to SSID: ");
          Serial.println(ssid);
          status = WiFi.begin(ssid, pass); // Connect to WPA/WPA2 network
        }
        Serial.println("Connected to the interwebs!");
        printWifiStatus();
      delay(3000);
    }
  }
  delay(1000);


  /* ---------------------------------------- */
  /* GET REQUEST COMPLETED, LISTEN TO CLIENT  */
  /* ---------------------------------------- */
  /* listenComm(); Function shown here:       */

  statusCount=0;
  while (client.available() && statusCount<12) {
    charRead = client.read();
    Serial.print(charRead);
    statusCount++;
  }
  while (client.available()) client.read();
  Serial.println("\n---------------------------------------------");

  /* ---------------------------------------- */
  /*        END OF MAIN "VOID LOOP()"         */
  /* ---------------------------------------- */

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