Way to go Jim, keep soldering. Bets wishes for a speedy and full recovery. Roger At 10:05 PM 04/04/00 -0700, you wrote: >Hi to all: > >I am home now from 6 weeks in the hospital due to the Guillan-Barre >Syndrome which damaged the Myelin sheath of my nerves at all of my >extremities. I can't hold a tuning hammer well yet. My son Pete let >me tune a couple of unisons when he came to tune the piano at the dining >room of the hospital. When I got a specially tight pin, I had to turn >the hammer back to him. I can't walk yet, but I can get up on a platform >walker with the assistance of two strong, trained helpers. I hope to be >on a walker before Convention time. My "motor-mouth" is still working >as usual. Full recovery is expected within a year in most cases of GBS. > >I will be unsubscribing from this list tomorrow or the next day due to my >current inability to keep up with the traffic. I will still try to address >questions which individuals may need to discuss with me as time and health >permit. > >Thanks to all for the voluminous cards and well-wishing emails, and the >prayers, flowers, plants and gifts. > >Later, I will share some of the wonderful lessons of life which I am >learning (belatedly) as a result of this ordeal. For some of us, extreme >measures are needed to get our attention (I always was a slow learner). > >I want to thank my sons Jim, Jr, Pete, and phil for bringing me special >messages from many of you and special thanks to Myrtle who learned how >to make copies of the video tapes which many of you have ordered during >my hospital stay. And again, thanks to all of you for your overwhelming >support. > >Jim Coleman, Sr. > >"Don't wait til you're flat on your back to look up" > Roger Jolly Saskatoon, Canada. 306-665-0213 Fax 652-0505
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