[TheForge] How is Ken Zastrow doing?

Thu Dec 30 20:40:23 EST 2004

Bruce,

Here's the info or the Rehab Center where Ken is:

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Morris [mailto:remwillow at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 11:36 AM
Subject: Fw: Re: ken

Hi,
Kens address is:

Laurel Regional Hospital, Laurel Rehab. Center
7300 Van Dusen Rd. 
Laurel, Md. 20707-9266
room 503B

Bob M.

>From: onewojcik at juno.com
>To:
>Subject: Fw: Re: ken
>Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:03:53 -0500
>
>This is a message sent by dave murphy  It is the best news we could
have
>. Nancy encourages visits also . This time of year a little visit can
do
>wonders for all involved,patient and care giver .
>Send me a report and i will pass it on .
>  Trying to get an address so you can mapquest.
>
>MERRY  CHRISTMAS TO ALL
>
>
>
>
>
>--------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: David_Murphy at nps.gov
>To: onewojcik at juno.com
>Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 14:41:30 -0500
>Subject: Re: ken
>
>Bill:
>
>I had a chance to stop in and see Ken, following Nancy's note.
>
>Ken's color looks good with him sitting in a chair beside a made up
bed.
>
>I brought him one of those beeswax ornaments we made for the BGOP party

>He took it in his hand, studied it with a smile that I recognized from 
>many of his demonstrations when he is asked a basic question and he is
>thinking
>of how to phrase a tactful answer.  So I don't know what he thought of
>it,
>but I've never been able to read the man's face.
>
>He then, with surety, placed the gift on his side table.
>
>He's trying to use words with difficulty and frustration.
>
>I asked him some questions that  had him nod in answer and he indicated

>that he was able to write somewhat.  Since I stupidly and awkwardly did

>not have a pencil and paper ready at hand, I felt like was frustrating 
>him by
>not helping him.
>
>I think he enjoyed the brief visit and suggest that it would mean a
great
>deal from any visit.
>
>The staff was not particularly helpful in suggesting length of stay or 
>things that might be of value--however, I not met too many hospital
staff
>that were any more helpful.
>
>I don't know if he can read yet but suspect that he can turn a page and

>hold his place.
>
>I wonder if he would enjoy checkers, chess, tic-tac toe or other 
>manual/mental exercise.
>
>Nancy may have an idea or two about what any of us could do to help 
>him--maybe just sitting in the room would be help to him and Nancy.
>
>The nurse told me that he was waiting for lunch, so I did not stay
long.
>
>I got the impression that Ken is  trying hard to get the system back to
a
>working level.
>
>
>
>
>God bless us every one.
>
>Dave Murphy

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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Freeman
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 9:37 AM
To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [TheForge] How is Ken Zastrow doing?

Bob,
I believe Ken and Nancy live in MD close to DC, no?  Is that where the
rehab center is?  If so, I'm not likely to get a chance to visit any
time soon.  How about an address to send "get well" cards?
Bruce

>>> remwillow at hotmail.com 12/29/2004 9:22:10 PM >>>
Bruce,
Ken Zastrow has improved enough to be transferred to a rehab center.
His 
therapy is helping. He can say a few words and he can draw with his
left 
hand. ( he is left handed which the doctors said was a plus for his 
recovery) He has learned how to operate a wheel chair and can get where
he 
wants to go. He can have visitors. Nancy says that if you go to visit
him 
and he is not in the room, he will be down in therapy and will return,
so if 
you have time,please wait for him.
Bob M.
>From: "Bruce Freeman" <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com>
>Reply-To: Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>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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