Second that you give us so much information and help congratulations and God bless you Dana
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 10, 2014, at 1:22 PM, "nichole rohling" <zoocr...@windstream.net> > wrote: > > Congratulations on 48 years. You’ve given a wealth of info to us!! > > Nicki > > From: gah17...@aol.com [mailto:gah17...@aol.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 12:31 PM > To: quad-list@eskimo.com > Subject: [QUAD-L] 48 years > > Hello everyone, > > July 10, 1966 was one of those hot days in Pennsylvania. I believe the > record high temperature for 1966, was July 3 of 107°. That week we had many > severe storms and to cool off I had plans to accompany my Sunday school > teacher in the Susquehanna River. Upon asking permission from my mother she > made the statement "I don't trust the river with all the storms, so I will > take you someplace safe", a statement I'm sure she relived in her mind many > times. > > That afternoon I went to a public pool and while swimming someone apparently > did a cannonball on my back. Luckily someone saw me and calls went out to > the lifeguard, who just happened to have gone home and ask his girlfriend to > sit on the tower. It really didn't matter, for as it turned out he was not > certified. > > I spent the next 2 1/2 years in the Etown Crippled Childrens Hospital, nine > of those months in isolation due to infections from pressure sores. There > wasn't such a thing as sci rehab at that time. > > Well, here I am 48 years later, the last two years being the roughest, but as > they say "I am still hanging in there", but the rope gets short at times. > > Just like the rest of us, I don't know if I will make it to 49, things are > going on inside my body, but the doctors just don't know what. > > I've had a full life, certainly glad that I did not wait around for a cure. > With my "anything for a buck" mentality I took a correspondence class in > electronics, received an associate degree, started a business, built a > building for that business and am now retired. Gee, my counselor from > vocational rehabilitation said I could never work on electronics with hands > that didn't function. After I was two thirds through the course, the next > counselor realized I was serious and the state of Pennsylvania picked up the > rest of the tab. > > Now, I am trying to study web site design, but learning something new doesn't > come easy at 63. > > The almost completed web site for anyone from Pennsylvania that may have > spent time at the Elizabethtown State Hospital for crippled children is: > http://www.elizabethtowncrippledchildrenshospital.com/ > > I don't know how many years I will be around to keep up the site, but I thank > the quad site for all the help you have been over the years. My prayer is > that God touches all of you in a very special way this year. I have to be > able to make a post on July 10, 2015. > > OK, now "Get er Done" > > Glenn Henry
