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Date:         Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:43:35 -0800
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Mike Collum status :-)
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
In-Reply-To:  <4b9772bf.1ac1f10a.4bac.40cb@mx.google.com>
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WOW!

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 2:16 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> Mary says: > I have not sent an update in a while but thought I would let you all > know just where my husband is at the moment. All you Westy owners > could probably guess where with just one guess!!! Yes he is outside > in the Westy, he has to make sure the batteries are charged since it > has not been driven for 5 months. He is amazing. He has come a long > way in the past 5 months. Some doctors gave up on him ever getting > well, some gave up on his kidneys ever returning but his primary care > doctor has always given us hope that in 6 months good things are > expected....either he will get well or he will be put on the list for > a donor kidney. Today his condition has improved so much and his > blood count is now that of a normal healthy person and is not an > anemic anymore! He is also urinating about two thirds as that of a > healthy person, he had gone several months of not urinating at all. > The creatinine level has been declining since December...from 11.5 to > 7.5 in February, but he has improved so much in the past two weeks > that we think it will be much lower when we get the March > report. His doctor said he has to come down to a level 3 or lower > before coming off dialysis. Although he is not 100% better he is > well on his way. He still can not walk without the aid of crutches > and his blood pressure has been enormously high. His doctor put him > on blood pressure meds last Wednesday but it has not helped and the > headaches are just horrible. Today I got them to put him on another > medication which might help.....So to all the list members who have > kept in touch with me through all this ordeal I want to say Thanks, > you have helped to keep his spirits up and his doctor has said that > his personality and high spirits and determination has played a big > part in his getting well. He is planning on attending a bus > gathering in April in Greensboro, NC. Hope to see you all there. > > Regards, > Mary >

-- Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"

Crescent Beach, BC

www.thebassspa.com www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27


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