Thanks for the update, Jim!

Chris.

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Dnia Jul 25, 2014 o godz. 11:16 Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a):

> 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