Thoughts and prayers for your father, you, family and friends. Owen & the WTWWTW family. On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 12:09 AM, FreeLists Mailing List Manager < ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > geocaching Digest Tue, 05 Jun 2012 Volume: 11 Issue: 088 > > In This Issue: > [GeoStL] Re: Geocaching is on the Back Burner for now > > On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 3:42 PM, Bob TheCacher <cachefinder@xxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:cachefinder@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > Some of you know this already, some don't. 3 weeks ago I took my > father to the hospital because he was feeling very ill. After a barrage of > tests they found he had a urinary track infection. But what we didn't know > is that he also had prostate cancer which spread into his bone marrow. A > bone scan disclosed that it was spread throughout his body and turned his > bones into being highly brittle. After a week in the hospital, we put him > in St. Peters Manor nursing home where the thinks he's getting better. We > haven't told him the severity of the situation - yet. While rotating him in > bed they broke his right leg just below the hip which further complicates > things as surgery is out of the question. (not their fault) Last Friday we > bought the "pre-paid" funeral at Baue in St. Charles. My sister from Ohio > and I are tag-teaming our time with him. It's now waiting for that > inevitable phone call. > Bob Pratt > BBD1 > > > > > > > -- > Owen.Curtis@xxxxxxxxx > >