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["Rick Tejera" <saguaroastro@xxxxxxx>]

You certainly don't want to be a Customer of Joe's, that's for sure ;)

Glad you're on the mend.

Clear Skies
Rick Tejera
President, Editor SACnews
Saguaro Astronomy Club
Phoenix, Arizona
www.saguaroastro.org
saguaroastro@xxxxxxx 
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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joseph R. Goss
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 16:51
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: I"m BaaacckkkKK!

Dick

           Glad to hear you are still among the living and on the green side

of the grass.
Joe Goss
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Harshaw" <rharshaw2@xxxxxxx>
To: "Richard Harshaw" <rharshaw2@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 4:24 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] I"m BaaacckkkKK!


The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated. but not by much!  Just
to report that as of 3:00 pm Sunday I am back home recovering from my leg
infection nicely, enjoying my first Starbuck's in over a week.


As some of you may have heard, I went into the Emergency Room at the Mayo
Hospital in Scottsdale, AZ last Sunday night with a swollen, sore, and
purplish-red right shin/calf.  They admitted me immediately and started a
massive IV assault with antibiotics and drugs.  At first, we were not sure
what we were up against, so I was cautioned that depending on what happened
in the next 72 hours, I could either lose the leg below the knee, lose all
the infected flesh on the leg, or just go through a cycle of normal healing.



As it turned out, I had a Type-A Staph infection known as
"cellulitis"-basically, a bad skin infection.  But it is the type of thing
that could just as easily have started eating the flesh below the surface,
in which case the first two dire scenarios came to mind.



I am doing quite well now-the leg is still sore and somewhat swollen, but
the infection seems to be dead and the skin recovering (slowly).



Lesson learned?  No matter how small that scrape may seem on your arm or
leg, watch it closely and don't let it get ahead of you!  With Type-A Staph,
you just never know.



I got off lucky this time.



To all who wrote, called, or sent up prayers and good thoughts, thanks!



To the ASKC especially, you guys were just awesome.  Although I will
probably never again live in KC, I will ALWAYS be a member of the ASKC!







Dick Harshaw

Cave Creek, AZ



"The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar
territory."

        -- Paul Fix





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