[GeoStL] Re: Geocaching is on the Back Burner for now

  • From: Owen Curtis <owen.curtis@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 08:29:39 -0500

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 <
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> geocaching Digest       Tue, 05 Jun 2012        Volume: 11  Issue: 088
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>                [GeoStL] Re: Geocaching is on the Back Burner for now
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>  On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 3:42 PM, Bob TheCacher <cachefinder@xxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:cachefinder@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
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>    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
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> Owen.Curtis@xxxxxxxxx
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