Tom: That's great to hear. I'll continue to keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers, Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Davenport To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 6:53 PM Subject: [VFB] Hello from Tom Davenport Howdy, Boys! I'm still in the hospital, but have managed to get online, and better yet am actually able to type and use the computer a little bit. My "overnight" stay is now three weeks, with no release date yet scheduled. For those who didn't know, i had my prostate removed on the 11th, but unexpected kidney problems arose, and it was nip and tuck for a couple weeks, with complications typical of renal failure... heart problems (got up to 188b/s), messed up electrolytes, fluid retention (about 50 pounds of retained fluids at the peak), dialysis. For my part I was totally wiped out and just hanging on. Today things are dramatically improved, I am recovering strength, some of my appetite has returned (no more diet restrictions), blood tests are normal and my energy is slowly returning. I won't be doing a lot online yet, but I took this chance to let you know things are looking up. The only reason I am still hear is an abdominal urine leak that they are trying to nudge closed without resorting to more surgery. My kids created a blog which contains more detail, if any of you are interested: tomdavenport.blogspot.com Love to all, thanks for your prayers and well wishes. Tom Davenport Home Page: http://homepage.mac.com/tsmd Webshots Albums: http://community.webshots.com/user/tsmdav --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---