Brothers, we found out this afternoon that Don Torgerson suffered a heart
attack last week at/near his home base in Arizona. The medical team performed
a triple bypass, and thankfully he's still with us. Marty Bryant received a
phone message from Don's sister Janet (whom many of you may remember) and that
started the ball rolling on intel/sitrep. I just got off the phone with Don
not 10 minutes ago.... he sounded good and was in good spirits. Here's the
highlights of the call:
* Don said that the medical plan now is for him to be released from the
hospital at the end of this week. He will convalesce at home after that for a
period TBD.
* He is still working.... not retired yet. Has dealt with high blood
pressure for some years, but no previous heart ailments.
* He is (naturally) unsure about attendance at our class reunion in
October, but did share with me that he and Pagan have a granddaughter that is
getting married in Mansfield that same weekend. Attendance at either/both
events will naturally depend on his recovery rate.
* Regarding sending anything.... getting something to the hospital before
he's dismissed might be problematic if he's going home at the end of the week.
Something to the house would probably be fine, but please remember that Pagan
has really severe allergy problems, so anything plant-based probably isn't a
good idea. I'll leave that up to y'all to handle individually.
That's all I know at this time. Again, he sounded really good on the phone and
was actually quite chatty. If anyone has new/further info, please add it to
this email so we can all be kept up to date.
You old farts take care of yourselves, OK?
BSch
