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Edward A. Dauer

OT - A Personal Note

Hello All –

Writing on Day 11 after a severe hemorrhagic stroke, now in the Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital in Denver – a city blessed with more than its share of world-class medical specialization, including Spalding. Hemmorhage was in the medulla in the brain stem, a place where – by way of crude analogy – much of the final digital to analog neural translation occurs for almost everything left of midline.

It hit me as I was about to leave for a weekend at my operating QTH. Two days in a general hospital ER; three in a neural-intensive care unit at the next hospital, where my friend and yours Fred Cady KE7X passed away just a couple of weeks ago; then a transfer here where I am trying to learn how to stand up and walk again. Fine motor control in left hand is gone – so probably not able at present to send with right fist and turn the Big Knob with the left.

Sorry, Eric and Wayne; my K4 order will have to wait.

Yes this is OT, but I have always thought of the group on this reflector as friends even if most of them I haven’t personally met yet. And this is the kind of news one shares with friends; not a CQ for well wishes on-list. In any case, it will explain an uncharacteristic silence -- after this note. (Typing by searching for one letter at a time is awkward and slow.)

KN1CBR is not QRT. Merely TU, AR K.

CUAGN & 73,

Ted, KN1CBR

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Grant Youngman-2

Re: OT - A Personal Note

Really sorry to hear that. Any of us (especially those of us getting up there in age) could have troubles hit at any moment. I’m at the point where I’m just glad to wake up every morning … so far. But I no longer appreciate the things my doctor is telling me, especially when he’s using me as a case study for some random intern :-)

Grant NQ5T
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> On Jun 12, 2019, at 4:59 PM, Dauer, Edward <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>
> Hello All –
>
> Writing on Day 11 after a severe hemorrhagic stroke, now in the Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital in Denver – a city blessed with more than its share of world-class medical specialization, including Spalding. Hemmorhage was in the medulla in the brain stem, a place where – by way of crude analogy – much of the final digital to analog neural translation occurs for almost everything left of midline.
>
> It hit me as I was about to leave for a weekend at my operating QTH. Two days in a general hospital ER; three in a neural-intensive care unit at the next hospital, where my friend and yours Fred Cady KE7X passed away just a couple of weeks ago; then a transfer here where I am trying to learn how to stand up and walk again. Fine motor control in left hand is gone – so probably not able at present to send with right fist and turn the Big Knob with the left.
>

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Stephan Forth

Re: OT - A Personal Note

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Ted

All the best. Always a bad feeling when a ham has had bad luck.

73 Stephan, DF6PA

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Am 12. Juni 2019 22:59:05 MESZ schrieb "Dauer, Edward" <[hidden email]>:

>
>Hello All –
>
>Writing on Day 11 after a severe hemorrhagic stroke, now in the
>Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital in Denver – a city blessed with more
>than its share of world-class medical specialization, including
>Spalding. Hemmorhage was in the medulla in the brain stem, a place
>where – by way of crude analogy – much of the final digital to analog
>neural translation occurs for almost everything left of midline.
>
>It hit me as I was about to leave for a weekend at my operating QTH.
>Two days in a general hospital ER; three in a neural-intensive care
>unit at the next hospital, where my friend and yours Fred Cady KE7X
>passed away just a couple of weeks ago; then a transfer here where I am
>trying to learn how to stand up and walk again. Fine motor control in
>left hand is gone – so probably not able at present to send with right
>fist and turn the Big Knob with the left.
>
>Sorry, Eric and Wayne; my K4 order will have to wait.
>
>Yes this is OT, but I have always thought of the group on this
>reflector as friends even if most of them I haven’t personally met
>yet. And this is the kind of news one shares with friends; not a CQ
>for well wishes on-list. In any case, it will explain an
>uncharacteristic silence -- after this note. (Typing by searching for
>one letter at a time is awkward and slow.)
>
>KN1CBR is not QRT. Merely TU, AR K.
>
>CUAGN & 73,
>
>Ted, KN1CBR
>
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Re: OT - A Personal Note

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Sorry to hear that, Ted. Your recovery is devoutly hoped for. Patience is not fun. Your cogent involvement has taught us newer operators a great deal. We appreciate your great effort in informing us of your condition, and would look forward to any progress reports, complaints, etc.

As to the K4 order, we hope that may come also in due time.

73 de John

(+) John Freitag WW4JF

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> On Jun 12, 2019, at 16:59, Dauer, Edward <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>
> Hello All –
>
> Writing on Day 11 after a severe hemorrhagic stroke, now in the Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital in Denver – a city blessed with more than its share of world-class medical specialization, including Spalding. Hemmorhage was in the medulla in the brain stem, a place where – by way of crude analogy – much of the final digital to analog neural translation occurs for almost everything left of midline.
>
> It hit me as I was about to leave for a weekend at my operating QTH. Two days in a general hospital ER; three in a neural-intensive care unit at the next hospital, where my friend and yours Fred Cady KE7X passed away just a couple of weeks ago; then a transfer here where I am trying to learn how to stand up and walk again. Fine motor control in left hand is gone – so probably not able at present to send with right fist and turn the Big Knob with the left.
>
> Sorry, Eric and Wayne; my K4 order will have to wait.
>
> Yes this is OT, but I have always thought of the group on this reflector as friends even if most of them I haven’t personally met yet. And this is the kind of news one shares with friends; not a CQ for well wishes on-list. In any case, it will explain an uncharacteristic silence -- after this note. (Typing by searching for one letter at a time is awkward and slow.)
>
> KN1CBR is not QRT. Merely TU, AR K.
>
> CUAGN & 73,
>
> Ted, KN1CBR
>
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k6mkf

Re: OT - A Personal Note

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Hi Ted,

Sorry to hear about this, but glad you are up to writing an email. This is a very good sign, indeed.

And do all the therapy and then some!

I hope to hear you in the bands very soon!

Best wishes for a quick recovery from this.

-- 73 de Mike Flowers, K6MKF, NCDXC - "It's about DX!"

> On Jun 12, 2019, at 1:59 PM, Dauer, Edward <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>
> Hello All –
>
> Writing on Day 11 after a severe hemorrhagic stroke, now in the Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital in Denver – a city blessed with more than its share of world-class medical specialization, including Spalding. Hemmorhage was in the medulla in the brain stem, a place where – by way of crude analogy – much of the final digital to analog neural translation occurs for almost everything left of midline.
>
> It hit me as I was about to leave for a weekend at my operating QTH. Two days in a general hospital ER; three in a neural-intensive care unit at the next hospital, where my friend and yours Fred Cady KE7X passed away just a couple of weeks ago; then a transfer here where I am trying to learn how to stand up and walk again. Fine motor control in left hand is gone – so probably not able at present to send with right fist and turn the Big Knob with the left.
>
> Sorry, Eric and Wayne; my K4 order will have to wait.
>
> Yes this is OT, but I have always thought of the group on this reflector as friends even if most of them I haven’t personally met yet. And this is the kind of news one shares with friends; not a CQ for well wishes on-list. In any case, it will explain an uncharacteristic silence -- after this note. (Typing by searching for one letter at a time is awkward and slow.)
>
> KN1CBR is not QRT. Merely TU, AR K.
>
> CUAGN & 73,
>
> Ted, KN1CBR
>
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