Thanks Tom and of course all our best and prayers to Kevin and his family.
PatAt 06:05 AM 11/21/2012, you wrote:
>Hi, all.
>
>Here's some more news on Kevin, and I'm afraid it continues not to be good.
>
>73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Kevin Nathan" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "'Tom Behler'" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 12:46 AM
>Subject: RE: How's It Going?
>
>
> > Hey Tom,
> >
> > We finally have a handle on Kevin's situation, and I think we all kind of
> > knew this is where it was going.
> >
> > He has 3 battles going on; first is an aggressive cancer that is back with
> > a
> > vengeance; second he is having body wide blood clots caused in part by the
> > cancer; third he has had a pretty substantial stroke.  He is probably
> > continuing to have mini-strokes daily, due to all the blood clots in his
> > brain.  He still has strong vital signs, but the body is weakening.  He
> > hasn't been very responsive the past couple of days with regard to
> > attempting to speak, and of course if he still had eyes it would be much
> > easier to tell how alert he really is.
> >
> > Bottom line, my friend, is he probably has a few weeks at best.  My
> > thought
> > is that he will have another large stroke and he will belong to Jesus. He
> > will be in the hospital for a few more days, and then probably to a
> > hospice
> > or some other type facility.  I would like to bring him home, but he needs
> > 24 hour supervised care, and that certainly is not within my scope.
> >
> > Thank you and all the hams both here and everywhere for your love,
> > support,
> > and prayers.  I know it would mean a lot to him, and it certainly does to
> > me.
> >
> > Kathy
> >
> >
> >
> > Kevin :)
> > Amateur Radio:  K7RX
> >
> >