You are 100% correct. Stan
--- In [email protected], Bob McCarthy <thesupplycar@...> wrote:
>
> Good morning!
>
> Â Â Â Having read this thread and based upon my experience with Lutheran
> Hospice care here in South Carolina it is important to remember several
> things about those who are passing from this life.
>
> Â Â Â 1) If they can have and want visitors, it is very useful to them to
> have them. Â Even though we many feel pain and upset from their condition,
> remember they are still there inside their damaged bodies. Â A smiling face,
> squeeze of the hand, or the blink of an eye to acknowledge you may be all
> they can do, but it means a lot to most patients.
>
> Â Â Â 2) We all will join Tom. Â It is hard on those of us living our lives
> to see a friend or just some one we have known waste away. Â Just think of
> them if it were you. Â It is better to suffer some minor mental discomfort
> than to leave them totally alone to die.
>
> Â Â Â 3) Â Once a patient has accepted the forthcoming fact of death and
> enetered into acceptence, then having people they know visit can make their
> last months and days up lifting and pass with peace.
>
> Just my thoughts,
>
> Bob McCarthy
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: shabbona_rr <user141771@...>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2013 10:01 AM
> Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Tom Boldt
>
>
> Â
> Thanks for the update on Tom Boldt, Gary. I knew him about as long as you ,
> at least from the early eighties, when we made a trip to his home in Orchard
> Park, NY, to dismantle his layout and bring it to Cleveland so we could have
> an operating layout at the NASG convention in 1982.
>
> In 1984, at his urging, I was conscripted to fill out the names on the winner
> certificates of the various model contests because of my "exquisite"
> penmanship; as Tom put it, it was so "exquisite" he couldn't read it!
>
> Ah, yes, fun times with fun friends. I miss those days, and Tom as well.
>
> boB Nicholson ____________________________________________________
>
> --- In [email protected], "grchud" <chudgr@> wrote:
> >
> > Group,
> > Many of you have known Tom Boldt and are aware of his serious condition!
> > For those that donââ¬â¢t, 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 Gehrigââ¬â¢s 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 1960ââ¬â¢s.
> > 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
> >
>
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