Don't know any of the people involved but I always thought visitation was to possiby make the person being visited feel better etc rather than make the visitor feel better???????? Of course it is great if both benifit. Stan
--- In [email protected], "grchud" <chudgr@...> wrote: > > Group, > Many of you have known Tom Boldt and are aware of his serious condition! > For those that donât, Tom was a premier painter of brass models some years > back. His main interest was scale S and I became aware of his illness, Lou > Gehrigâs disease about five years ago. He resides at a VA Home in > Sandusky, Ohio, about thirty five miles from my home. I had previously > visited him about nine to twelve months ago and left his bedside in a very > depressed state. I have know Tom since 1985, when I first became interested > in scale S. He painted my first brass purchase, a NYC 19000 series caboose > that I bought from Walt Danylak, and many more items since. As a matter of > fact, Walt introduced me to Tom. We became good friends and shared an > interest in similar roads. Because of his interest in painting, he was very > knowledgeable of various road paint schemes! > In the nineties, Tom had a run of bad luck, holding jobs for only a short > duration for various reasons. At different times, he had been employed by > Omnicon and American Models after moving west from New York. He also had > family/marital problems that weighted heavily on him! Tom began showing > signs of stress and his health began deteriorating, at my best recollection, > about ten years ago. His family was not sure if his condition was a result > of painting so many models, or his exposure to agent orange while serving his > country in Viet Nam during the 1960âs. > At any rate, my visit was not a pleasant experience, but I wanted to find > out if he was still with us. His condition is terminal and it was very > difficult standing near his side for the short period I visited him. The > nurse asked him if he recognized me and the only way she could get and > acknowledgement was to tell him to blink his eyes. He was able to do that, > but communication is impossible! I left the VA more depressed than my > previous visit and doubt I will return. > I can only tell you he is still among the living, but his condition is > ever diminishing. For those of you who knew Tom well, I would not recommend > you visit him, but please keep him in your prayers. > Sincerely, > Gary Chudzinski > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
