Need well wishes and prayers, please.

[cessna152towser]

Your pal Fred and his family are in my prayers.

[MacRobert's Reply]

Fred and his family will be included in our prayers of intercession this Sunday.

[ohiopiper]

Fred ate and slept today. This is improvement. He hadn't had anything to eat or drink except Gatorade since Thursday and his sleep had been fitful and inturrupted by pain. He ate lunch this early afternoon and slept for several hours and very deeply. I left before he woke, but Dawn says he woke acting a bit more like himself, but there is still a long way to go.

####I copied and pasted your comments into an e-mail and sent them to Dawn last night. They meant a lot to them, to know that folks beyond our immediate circle of friends have even a mild interest in his recovery. THANK YOU!####

My wife and I took the kids for the afternoon. I need a stiff drink and some sleep after that escapade. My two are enough of a handfull! Adding two more is like, well, double the kids. I never knew a game of "tag/hide-and-seek* could last for more than two hours.

*Think "CalvinBall". The chaos is similar, I imagine.

[Standard]

Please let Fred know that he and his family are in our thoughts and prayers.

[Foyt20]

Some good vibes headed Freds way. To a speedy recovery.

[Lallans]

Fred sounds like a fighter, which he can put to good use if he goes in the right direction. I'm keeping good thoughts for him in particular right now, and at all times for all workers doing dangerous jobs. When things go wrong on those, it's often just generally accepted that men do those things for some strange reason that doesn't affect or benefit anyone else.

[dutchy kilted]

Sorry for the late response, I haven't been on in a few days. Please tell Fred I am wishing him well.

Tell that in return for all the good thoughts going his way, when he gets his final prosthesis we want to see him in a kilt!

[GaRebel211]

Best wishes to Fred, and his family and friends....

[Jaggy thistle]

Best wishes for a speedy recovery !

[ohiopiper]

Fred has been fitted for a prosthesis, a week ago. He is still using the wheelchair somewhat, as his leg gets used to bearing his weight somewhere other than his foot. That and a mild case of the wobbles. The docs expect him to be right as rain in a month or two, with minimal mobility issues.

There was a slight upset last Tuesday, though. They were coming home from therapy and were sideswiped on the passenger side of their car. This makes it a bit hard for Fred to get in and out, as he now has to crawl over from the drivers' side to get in, as he still cannot drive. Nobody was hurt, though. That's far more important.