I talked to John for half an hour or so this morning (the number he gave me
yesterday did not work so I had to track down a good one). The poor guy had
his stroke a almost a month ago, and he suffered through a week of
misdiagnosis (the VA hospital thought it was high blood pressure and
released him) before the found the real problem, a blood clot, thereby
missing a window of opportunity to administer something that could have
really helped him.

Then he spent a couple of weeks in rehab, and he's been out only since the
weekend. He is getting around well, talked pretty well. His son (not the
one he has been living with in Birmingham, but another son in Montevallo
about a half hour drive away) bought him a tablet that he is slowly
learning to use. The hand gestures are helping him to get his dexterity
back.

One of the list members asked for his address, but John had forgotten it
and the son wasn't around to ask, so he told me to call back tomorrow and
he will have it.

We talked a lot about his Vanagons and getting him back on the road. It's
obvious that the VA missed that diagnosis as well! He is still a sick man
when it comes to his VW vans.

Jim