You're on the prayer list, Kevin.  So glad you're still with us.  Take care 
and get on when you're ready.  lou
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Nathan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 9:19 AM
Subject: My Absence Explained


> Hi All,
>
> As many of you have been friends or close acquaintances sharing this hobby
> with me for many years now, I wanted to let you know why I wasn't on the 
> 20
> meter net last Sunday.  Saturday evening I underwent a life changing 
> event,
> at least to me, which I will explain.  About three years ago, I was
> diagnosed with congestive heart failure.  As treatment was concerned, I 
> was
> placed on water pills, told to watch my sodium intake and not a lot else.
> As many of you know, in the summer I work with a program for employing 
> blind
> high school youth and walk all over Seattle for about six weeks.  Well, 
> this
> year this walking was increasingly difficult to do but I put it down to
> getting somewhat heavier, getting older, etc.
>
> Well, Saturday night it all finally caught up with me.  I went into a
> situation where I could not get enough breath in my lungs to sustain me. 
> I
> can tell you, that is the scariest feeling I've ever experienced.  I
> remember telling Kathy I need the ambulance and woke up Tuesday morning in
> the hospital with a feeding tube down my throat, oxygen in my nose and 
> weak
> as a kitten having lost three days of my life.
>
> I am home now thanks to the power of prayer and the support of a lot of 
> good
> friends and family.  I am recovering but still a little weak.  However, I 
> am
> very glad to be in the land of the living and will certainly pay better
> attention to my body in the future.
>
> I still have a problem with bladder cancer to whip but I'm all over that, 
> it
> seems it will be curable and I don't plan on going silent key any time 
> soon.
>
> Take care all and very 73.
>
>
> Kevin :)
> Amateur Radio:  K7RX
>
>