Thanks for the update, Jim! Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a Dnia Jul 25, 2014 o godz. 11:16 Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a): > I talked to John for half an hour or so this morning (the number he gave me > yesterday did not work so I had to track down a good one). The poor guy had > his stroke a almost a month ago, and he suffered through a week of > misdiagnosis (the VA hospital thought it was high blood pressure and > released him) before the found the real problem, a blood clot, thereby > missing a window of opportunity to administer something that could have > really helped him. > > Then he spent a couple of weeks in rehab, and he's been out only since the > weekend. He is getting around well, talked pretty well. His son (not the > one he has been living with in Birmingham, but another son in Montevallo > about a half hour drive away) bought him a tablet that he is slowly > learning to use. The hand gestures are helping him to get his dexterity > back. > > One of the list members asked for his address, but John had forgotten it > and the son wasn't around to ask, so he told me to call back tomorrow and > he will have it. > > We talked a lot about his Vanagons and getting him back on the road. It's > obvious that the VA missed that diagnosis as well! He is still a sick man > when it comes to his VW vans. > > Jim |
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