[TAC] K8DD in the hospital

[Frederick W. Holmes, W1SKU]

Hi Ian,

I'm so sorry to hear that Hank is doing so poorly. A week ago, it sounded 
like everything was going well, and that he was recovering as planned. 
Pneumonia is always a possible complication after surgery, and the hospitals 
do a great job of dealing with it. If you go to see him again, please say 
"Hello" for me. Tell him that we are thinking of him, and that we look for a 
speedy and full recovery.

73, de Fred, W1SKU

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From: "Ian - K8MM" <ihk8mm at charter.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 8:42 PM
To: "Ulrich Ann" <dl2hbx at gmx.de>
Subject: [TAC] K8DD in the hospital

> My amateur radio friends,
>
> Hank, K8DD, went into the hospital (Lapeer) last week for surgery to
> repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The surgery went as planned and he
> was recovering nicely but he developed pneumonia. The pneumonia has
> steadily worsened and Hank has gone from being treated with supplemental
> oxygen, antibiotics and steroids to being sedated and put on a
> respirator. It will take roughly a week to see if the current course of
> therapy is working as hoped. I was up there to see him today and he
> groggily awoke for a short while and tried to communicate with me using
> hand gestures that I couldn't understand. I told him to squeeze my hand
> in morse code and he sent the letters GO two times, he's still stubborn
> and doesn't want us worrying about him. ;-) Needless to say he's in
> rough shape and in very dangerous territory, so please keep him in your
> prayers.
>
> 73,
> Ian - K8MM
>
>
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