[QCWA] Genen Nailon K5DLE Update

[Croft B Taylor]

Hi Gene,

Glad to know that you are recovering.  Take it easy during convalescence.
 Both my XYL and I had similar experiences during the past 4 years, but
seem to be fine now.  We are planning to drive to the Convention in
Calgary - about 2500 miles from here, as we have children in the way to
visit.

Once again - all the best for a speedy recovery.

73,  Croft Taylor, VE3CT
QCWA Past President
e-mail <ve3ct at rac.ca>


On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:32:27 GMT "skipamis at juno.com" <skipamis at juno.com>
writes:
> FROM: Gene Nailon - K5DLE  k5dle at juno.com
> Edmond, OK
> 23 August 2006
> 
> HOSPITAL (BAH-HUMBUG);
> 
> Hello Everyone;
> 
> Well I've finally made it home from the hospital and by all
> indications I am doing fine.  It sure is nice to be free of all
> the tubing and wires.  (Three triple tap IVs one in each wrist
> and one in the shoulder)  Don't forget the feeding tube in the
> nose and the required pee tube.
> All of that is in addition to the breathing tube and/or tubes
> stuffed down your throat through your vocal cords and anchored in
> place with a balloon blown up behind your vocal cords and the
> Five wires for the heart monitor stuct to your chest.  Don't
> forget the wire for the Oxygen monitor taped to your finger.
> 
> I went in the hospital with breathing problems on Thursday August
> 10th.  The breathing problem is caused by heart problems that
> don't allow it to pump enough blood and the fluid builds up in
> the lungs.   At this point I'm in a regular hospital room and
> they are looking at a heart monitor I'm sitting on the edge of
> the bed.  They told me they were experimenting  with various
> drugs to slow my heart rate down I think it was about 140 and
> they wanted to get it below 100.  Apparently they found one that
> slowed things down  all the way down to 40.  At this point I
> passed out and they moved me to intensive care.  (In short they
> damned near made a SK out of me.)   All the rest has been
> recovery.
> 
> I want to thank all who sent e-mail.  A lot of you sent e-mail to
> Harold KA5AGM he would print them out and bring them to the
> hospital and most of the time read them to me.  I had trouble
> reading because of all the tubes and no glasses.  Thank you
> Harold. There were others of course, SKIP N5CFM who did much the
> same thing.  Jim W5AI brought a MFJ keyer up and this made it
> much easier to talk to Jim and a few others.  It is much easier
> to send CW than to write on a pad with my hands tied down.  I
> didn't think of it in time but a code reader would have made it
> possible to talk to the nurses.
> 
> Any way I'm home now and want to thank everyone for everything.
> I don't want to get in that position again.
> 
> Thank You, Thank You, Thank You,
> 
> Gene Nailon  K5DLE
> -----------------------------------
> 
> 
> "If you can read this, thank a teacher, 
> since it's in English, thank a soldier !!"
> 73's & OO (oink,oink)
> blessings -  skip N5CFM
>             <')))>< 
> 
> 
>
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