[TheForge] How is Ken Zastrow doing?

[Robert Morris]

Bruce,
I have tried to post statis reports on the forge but the forge will not 
accept any mail from me unless it is a reply to an already posted message. 
Therefore, no updates. sorry.
Bob M.

>From: "Bruce Freeman" <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com>
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>To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [TheForge] How is Ken Zastrow doing?
>Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 09:04:09 -0500
>
>Has anyone heard any update on Ken's condition?  I haven't seen anything
>here, and I don't want to bother Nancy about it.
>
>Bruce
>NJ
>
> >>> newky2 at dejazzd.com 12/5/2004 11:05:44 PM >>>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Morris [mailto:remwillow at hotmail.com]
>Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 10:51 PM
>  Subject: Ken Zastrow
>
>Hi all,
>I just received a message from Nancy about Kens stroke. Ken has a very
>large
>blood clot in his carotid artery and because of it's size, the
>surgeons
>have
>decided to try to disolve it instead of operating. He has gotten
>through
>the
>first 24 hours and that is a plus.The photos this morning indicated
>that
>the
>stroke was still expanding, and covers a large part of the left brain.
>The
>doctor said, However, with a stroke of this size it is incredible that
>he
>can respond to simple commands, can under stand us and signal with his
>eyes
>or hand squeeze. After a hard morning, when he was mostly inert and not
>
>responsive, he started to move a lot more in the afternoon. Shortly
>before
>Nancy left tonight the nurse had put him on his side, his preferred
>way
>of
>sleeping, and he got a little smile and held her hand tightly until he
>went
>to sleep. Because the area of the clot has some bleeding in it, they
>are
>not
>even giving him aspirin which is the first step in the "old fashoned"
>method
>of attack that they have adopted due to confusion and delay during that
>
>valuable window of the first 3 hrs. after it begins. Nancy and the
>children
>have not been given a very optimistic outcome, but his left-handedness
>is
>the wild card and they can't really say how it will be or what will
>happen.
>All we can do is hope and pray.
>
>
>
>
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