- I've known your father a lot longer than I knew you and until recently realized you were his son. He's a wonderful guy, always with a smile. Laura 2_cats 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 **************************************** For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes to your account, including unsubscribing from this list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw Missouri Geocaching land policies --> http://tinyurl.com/lgyy84 Missouri Geocachers Forums --> http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/index.php Missouri Geocachers Calendar ---> http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/index.php?app=calendar