Peter Stickney wrote:
No joke at all - my wife went through a bout of MRSA last summer, and into
the fall.  Really nasty stuff, involving stuff like surgery to remove
necrotic tissue.
Pat, if you get back in touch with OM, tell him to take care of himself.

He specifically said that the staph infection wasn't MSRA, but some
other form of staph.
On the other hand, it was widespread throughout his system to the point
where it needed a a lot of antibiotics when he went into the hospital.
They were putting antibiotics into me by the pint when I showed up at
the hospital with gangrene. and my doctor (a couple of months later)
told me that if I'd checked in 24 hours later than I did, I'd probably
be dead and gone.
OM's basic problem is that his diabetes has been around for decades, and
damaging his body's protective resources inch-by-inch for all that time.
Right now, a health problem or infection that the rest of us could fight
off with only a little help in regards to antibiotics could be fatal to
him in fairly short order.
I sure hope he gets through this fine; because, vulgar and obscene that
he is, I can't really help but dearly and profoundly missing him if he
goes.
There's a very big, if angry, soul resting in that body.
I've never met him, and only seen some still images of him over the
years, but I can guarantee you I'd like to sit down with him and shoot
the breeze with him for hour upon hour.
That would be a worthwhile and memorable conversation to have in one's life.
He really showed his measure when he stayed awake for 36 hours straight
doing the "Columbia loss FAQ".
That was _sharp_....that was really, outstandingly, _sharp_.
No one whoever posted to sci.space.history ever pulled off something
like that.

Pat

Some sort of staph infection, but surprisingly maybe not related to his
foot.
We have a photo of the suspected bacteria involved here:http://www.creaturescape.com/interviews/gudmundson/hedorah5.jpg
They are performing endoscopic investigations on him, and you can see
the critter crawling around in him:http://www.cyberphysics.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/graphics/diagrams/Light/...
Meanwhile, I'm now minus my right upper canine tooth due to decay.
This is really going to cut into my secret life as a werewolf come the
21st of the month.

Pat

please pass on to him best hopes for a speedy recovery from the
pacific nw.

[caps still on the blink]

On Mar 17, 12:49�am, "Alan Erskine" <alan.ersk...@bigpond.com> wrote:

that black bumbass alan back in the hospp ... GOOD hope he leaves in a
bag

cfleon@hotmail.com wrote:
please pass on to him best hopes for a speedy recovery from the
pacific nw.

[caps still on the blink]


I sent a message to him today asking if he was still alive.
No reply yet.
I should of of course stated that if he wasn't, there was no need to
reply to the message.
Because if OM replied to me from beyond the gates of mortality, there
is going to be a major shake-up in my view of how reality works.
Imagine...just for a moment...the concept of a _ZOMBIE_ OM, prowling
the world from beyond the grave.
They're going to find trolls with their throats ripped out and their
brains eaten. =-O

cfleon@hotmail.com wrote:
please pass on to him best hopes for a speedy recovery from the
pacific nw.

[caps still on the blink]


I sent a message to him today asking if he was still alive.
No reply yet.
I should of of course stated that if he wasn't, there was no need to
reply to the message.
Because if OM replied to me from beyond the gates of mortality, there is
going to be a major shake-up in my view of how reality works.
Imagine...just for a moment...the concept of a _ZOMBIE_ OM, prowling the
world from beyond the grave.
They're going to find trolls with their throats ripped out and their
brains eaten. =-O

Nothing here:

www.obitsarchive.com

or here:

http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp

Yes, I've been checking every day.

No reply to my message to him yet either.
There's no obituary for him in the Austin newspapers though.

Rhonda Lea Kirk wrote:
Nothing here:

www.obitsarchive.com

or here:

http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp

Yes, I've been checking every day.


No reply to my message to him yet either.
There's no obituary for him in the Austin newspapers though.

Email me with the name of the hospital, Pat. I'll call as soon as I know
where to call. If you don't know, then I guess I'll have to call 'em all.

I can't stand this.

--
Rhonda Lea Kirk
nimue@databasix.com

Never attribute to malice that which can be
adequately explained by stupidity...

...but keep your eyes open. Robert A. Heinlein

I sure hope he gets through this fine; because, vulgar and obscene that
he is, I can't really help but dearly and profoundly missing him if he
goes.

I can guarantee you I'd like to sit down with him and shoot
the breeze with him for hour upon hour.
That would be a worthwhile and memorable conversation to have in one's life.

He really showed his measure when he stayed awake for 36 hours straight
doing the "Columbia loss FAQ".
That was _sharp_....that was really, outstandingly, _sharp_.
No one whoever posted to sci.space.history ever pulled off something
like that.

"Pat Flannery" <flanner@daktel.com> wrote in message
news:13u090h6n2508d@corp.supernews.com...

No reply to my message to him yet either.
There's no obituary for him in the Austin newspapers though.


Would anyone really care enough to post one?

Email me with the name of the hospital, Pat. I'll call as soon as I know
where to call. If you don't know, then I guess I'll have to call 'em
all.