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I'm saddened to hear about Dave. I'm not on the QL very much, but I enjoyed his responses to others with such kindness. Yes, he will be missed. Mike - --- Don't let time use you, use the time.
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FW: [QUAD-L] Dave Kelmer
Dave will be missed. Our thoughts and prayers are with Dave, his family and
friends. I can't believe he's gone. I know to a better place, but I will miss
him nonetheless. He was one of the first people I met when I got hurt and
online. He was always caring, he always put a smile on my face, he had alot of
knowledge and gave great advice.
God bless you Dave
Love Gina
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No one can know what they can do until they try.
--- On Thu, 6/4/09, William Willis wrote:
From: William Willis
Subject: FW: [QUAD-L] Dave Kelmer
To: quad-list@eskimo.com
Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009, 2:31 PM
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I think Dave and I were the oldest ones on the list. I am 57 and c5 since a
diving accident in 1971. We had much in common.i too have a sore on my coccyx
that Ihave battled for 5 years. I have an iv antibiotic for it about twice a
year. If I remember right,Chris Reeve died of this same thing. Dave was one of
the finest and most positive people I have ever known. Ihave a feeling he is
somewhere doing jumping jacks and pushups right now!
Hey Dave! Save me a place! Someday we'll climb trees and run laps together!
Love you, brother. =) sigh. Larry Willis
From: daa...@aol.com
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 12:55:29 -0400
Subject: Re: FW: [QUAD-L] Dave Kelmer
To: scil...@yahoogroups.com; disabledofamer...@yahoogroups.com;
quad-list@eskimo.com
Dave will really be missed with love, especially his warm and loving wishes he
always had for everyone. I always felt free to write to him about anything. He
always answered with extreme caring.
Dana
I did not know that death would occur, just by removing a central line. Would
someone on the list explain this more clearly.
Thank you.
In a message dated 6/4/2009 7:11:55 A.M. Central Daylight Time, lwi
lis82...@msn.com writes:
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God bless you Dave Kelmer. You were a good man and a good friend. You will be
sorely missed. With love, Larry Willis
From: mikeybird...@embarqmail.com
To: quad-list@eskimo.com
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 20:11:52 -0400
Aruba 10 nine Subject: [QUAD-L] Dave Kelmer
Dave died when they removed a central IV line from his neck. His body (as per
his wishes) was sent to a universityor they were according tor scientific
study. His memorial service will be at 1pm CT at the Seventh Day Adventist
Church, 1305 14th St., Wichita Falls, TX 76301. Jan only asked that you stop
and think of Dave and his family for a few moments.
I sent a small flower arrangement on behalf of the SCIC and QUAD LIST members.
As Dave would say: "Stay strong."
Bill J.<--The one in FL
C5-6 since 7/20/68 Diving accidentAsia
Age 58
Leesburg, FL
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FW: [QUAD-L] Dave Kelmer
I think Dave and I were the oldest ones on the list. I am 57 and c5 since a diving accident in 1971. We had much in common.i too have a sore on my coccyx that Ihave battled for 5 years. I have an iv antibiotic for it about twice a year. If I remember right,Chris Reeve died of this same thing. Dave was one of the finest and most positive people I have ever known. Ihave a feeling he is somewhere doing jumping jacks and pushups right now! Hey Dave! Save me a place! Someday we'll climb trees and run laps together! Love you, brother. =) sigh. Larry Willis From: daa...@aol.com Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 12:55:29 -0400 Subject: Re: FW: [QUAD-L] Dave Kelmer To: scil...@yahoogroups.com; disabledofamer...@yahoogroups.com; quad-list@eskimo.com Dave will really be missed with love, especially his warm and loving wishes he always had for everyone. I always felt free to write to him about anything. He always answered with extreme caring. Dana I did not know that death would occur, just by removing a central line. Would someone on the list explain this more clearly. Thank you. In a message dated 6/4/2009 7:11:55 A.M. Central Daylight Time, lwi lis82...@msn.com writes: God bless you Dave Kelmer. You were a good man and a good friend. You will be sorely missed. With love, Larry Willis From: mikeybird...@embarqmail.com To: quad-list@eskimo.com Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 20:11:52 -0400 Aruba 10 nine Subject: [QUAD-L] Dave Kelmer Dave died when they removed a central IV line from his neck. His body (as per his wishes) was sent to a universityor they were according tor scientific study. His memorial service will be at 1pm CT at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, 1305 14th St., Wichita Falls, TX 76301. Jan only asked that you stop and think of Dave and his family for a few moments. I sent a small flower arrangement on behalf of the SCIC and QUAD LIST members. As Dave would say: "Stay strong." Bill J.<--The one in FL C5-6 since 7/20/68 Diving accidentAsia Age 58 Leesburg, FL If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you. = Limited Time Offers: Save big on popular laptops at Dell _ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009
RE: [QUAD-L] Dave Kelmer
Hi, Sorry it took a while for me to get back with you. I wanted to check with Jan, his caregiver, and see how much information she has already provided. My brother, Dave, had been back in the hospital for wound care. I should add that Dave was in TX and I'm in AZ and when I talked to him he really downplayed how bad things were. So, much of the information I have is from my 80 yr old mother. He had been fighting an open wound near his coccyx for over a year. He had a wound vac but the wound got steadily larger. My mom said at one point the doctor told her the wound would never heal. However, this time when he was in the hospital, my mother said they discovered he needed a lot more protein than what he was getting in his diet. She said the nurse from the wound care clinic had expressed optimism that they could get it healed. They had a treatment plan all set up: Dave would go home, stick to a really high protein diet, go to the wound care clinic once a week, as well has having a home health RN coming in and doing dressing changes. The day he was going to be discharged he called his brother and told him to take the steaks out of the fridge because they were going to fire up the grill the next day! Shortly after that they pulled his central line and he coded. Late that night he was able to communicate a little with his son but by morning he was again unresponsive. They did a ct (or MRI) which apparently showed brain damage. The only thing keeping him alive was the medication that kept his bp and heart rate up. They decided to make no changes until his other son arrived from MI. My mother said when Jon got there they stopped the medication and he passed away in a few minutes from what I understand. I hope I'm giving you accurate information since a lot of it came from my mother and she was pretty upset while all this was going on. I know my brother would want me to share anything with you that might help someone else. He knew more about health care, as related to quads, than most people in the medical field. (And I say that as a nurse.) It has been comforting to me to read his words on the Quad List and to read the kind words said about him. Thank you! Nina James Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:57:38 -0700 To: nleeja...@hotmail.com From: jlu...@makoa.org Subject: Fwd: Re: [QUAD-L] Dave Kelmer From: dav...@aol.com Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 17:48:36 EDT Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Dave Kelmer To: quad-list@eskimo.com List-Post: < mailto:quad-list@eskimo.com> List-Help: < mailto:quad-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=help> List-Subscribe: < mailto:quad-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=subscribe> List-Unsubscribe: < mailto:quad-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=unsubscribe> Resent-Sender: quad-list-requ...@eskimo.com Nina, I enjoyed Dave's posts a lot and I will miss his contributions to our group. As some of us are on a similar path as Dave, can you tell us how he passed, breathing, heart, UTI..? My prayers are with him and all you that he left behind. Dave O'Connell Take the world in a love embrace Fire all of your guns at once And explode into space DAVEOCONNELL.COM
Re: [QUAD-L] Dave Kelmer
With a heavy heart I read this. Although, deep inside, I knew this was coming. Over the last two+ years Dave has had multiple serious problems and has been hospitalized several times. With the hospitals and personnel the way they are -- he was so fortunate to make it through all that he did go through in them. Dave was the most positive and upbeat member of both this list and SCIC list and he is going to be terribly, terribly missed. He was a wonderful kind, generous person, online friend and family member. May his family have the strength to get through the initial trauma especially if it was unexpected. Like Dave O'Connell many of us quads would like to know the reasoning behind is passing. If anyone can shed some light on this perhaps it can be helpful. Thank you for letting us know! Lori Michaelson Age - 44 C4/5 complete quad, 29 years post Tucson, AZ On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Jim Lubin wrote: > I received an email from Dave Kelmer's sister. She wanted everyone to know > that Dave passed away on May 30. > > At 01:00 PM 6/3/2009, Nina James wrote: > Hi, my name is Nina James, I'm Dave Kelmer's sister. His caregiver, Jan, > said she emailed an update about Dave to "Mikeybird" but I don’t see any > posts about it. I also emailed "Mikeybird" yesterday, but in looking at your > posts I notice that I don't see Mikeybird's name on there recently. (Hope > he's okay!) I want to make sure you all know that Dave passed away on May > 30. I was missing him one night and Googled his name and found him on your > site. I can see from reading some of Dave's posts that you guys were a big > part of his life. His memorial service will be on June 7 at 1pm. If you'd > like more information just let me know. Thanks for being such good friends > to my brother, > Nina James > > > Jim Lubin > jlu...@eskimo.com > http://makoa.org/jim > disAbility Resources: http://www.makoa.org > > > > -- Lori C4/5 complete quad, 27 years post Tucson, AZ
[QUAD-L] David
David Kelmer sure will be missed, A Good Man and Died with Pride I'm Sure. "May Only Peace Be With You David" Matt c-4 Puryear,TN
Re: FW: [QUAD-L] Dave Kelmer
Yes, Dana--he always said---stay strong and with love, he had a strong faith in
God, so hopefully he is there with him now. Dan H.
--- On Thu, 6/4/09, daa...@aol.com wrote:
From: daa...@aol.com
Subject: Re: FW: [QUAD-L] Dave Kelmer
To: scil...@yahoogroups.com, disabledofamer...@yahoogroups.com,
quad-list@eskimo.com
Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009, 11:55 AM
Dave will really be missed with love, especially his warm and loving wishes he
always had for everyone. I always felt free to write to him about anything. He
always answered with extreme caring.
Dana
I did not know that death would occur, just by removing a central line. Would
someone on the list explain this more clearly.
Thank you.
In a message dated 6/4/2009 7:11:55 A.M. Central Daylight Time, lwi
lis82...@msn.com writes:
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God bless you Dave Kelmer. You were a good man and a good friend. You will be
sorely missed. With love, Larry Willis
From: mikeybird...@embarqmail.com
To: quad-list@eskimo.com
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 20:11:52 -0400
Aruba 10 nine Subject: [QUAD-L] Dave Kelmer
Dave died when they removed a central IV line from his neck. His body (as per
his wishes) was sent to a universityor they were according tor scientific
study. His memorial service will be at 1pm CT at the Seventh Day Adventist
Church, 1305 14th St., Wichita Falls, TX 76301. Jan only asked that you stop
and think of Dave and his family for a few moments.
I sent a small flower arrangement on behalf of the SCIC and QUAD LIST members.
As Dave would say: "Stay strong."
Bill J.<--The one in FL
C5-6 since 7/20/68 Diving accidentAsia
Age 58
Leesburg, FL
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs
when it's free!
Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you. =
Limited Time Offers: Save big on popular laptops at Dell
Re: FW: [QUAD-L] Dave Kelmer
Dave will really be missed with love, especially his warm and loving wishes he always had for everyone. I always felt free to write to him about anything. He always answered with extreme caring. Dana I did not know that death would occur, just by removing a central line. Would someone on the list explain this more clearly. Thank you. In a message dated 6/4/2009 7:11:55 A.M. Central Daylight Time, lwi _lis82...@msn.com_ (mailto:lis82...@msn.com) writes: God bless you Dave Kelmer. You were a good man and a good friend. You will be sorely missed. With love, Larry Willis From: mikeybird...@embarqmail.com To: quad-list@eskimo.com Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 20:11:52 -0400 Aruba 10 nine Subject: [QUAD-L] Dave Kelmer Dave died when they removed a central IV line from his neck. His body (as per his wishes) was sent to a universityor they were according tor scientific study. His memorial service will be at 1pm CT at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, 1305 14th St., Wichita Falls, TX 76301. Jan only asked that you stop and think of Dave and his family for a few moments. I sent a small flower arrangement on behalf of the SCIC and QUAD LIST members. As Dave would say: "Stay strong." Bill J.<--The one in FL C5-6 since 7/20/68 Diving accidentAsia Age 58 Leesburg, FL If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! Lauren found her dream laptop. _Find the PC that’s right for you._ (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290) = **Limited Time Offers: Save big on popular laptops at Dell (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221354145x1201369495/aol?redir=http:%2F %2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B215221161%3B37268813%3By)
FW: [QUAD-L] Dave Kelmer
God bless you Dave Kelmer. You were a good man and a good friend. You will be sorely missed. With love, Larry Willis From: mikeybird...@embarqmail.com To: quad-list@eskimo.com Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 20:11:52 -0400 Subject: [QUAD-L] Dave Kelmer Dave died when they removed a central IV line from his neck. His body (as per his wishes) was sent to a university for scientific study. His memorial service will be at 1pm CT at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, 1305 14th St., Wichita Falls, TX 76301. Jan only asked that you stop and think of Dave and his family for a few moments. I sent a small flower arrangement on behalf of the SCIC and QUAD LIST members. As Dave would say: "Stay strong." Bill J.<--The one in FL C5-6 since 7/20/68 Diving accident Age 58 Leesburg, FL If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! _ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290
