[GeoStL] Re: Geocaching is on the Back Burner for now
- From: Mary Beth Gianoli <marybeth.gianoli@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 22:42:06 -0500
Sending prayers for all of you.
-mb
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 3:42 PM, Bob TheCacher <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
>
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We could learn a lot from crayons:
some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and
all are different colors ...
but they all have to learn to live in the same box.
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