What about Bob?

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: Bob said I could let you all know what was going on in his life, and appreciates your prayers. :-) : You can write him at: bobspong@webtv.net : : * * * * * * * * : Bob wrote to PS: : Well, I think I should let you kow that I'm doing a lot better these : days. I had to go through another arterial by-pass down my left leg, : and this made the blood flow a lot better. This consisted of four more : isisions and a grand total of 67 staples between the our insisions. : One area (up by the family jewels,) had to be accessed again, and this : area had just healed up from before. : The only real drawback was that I had an ulcerated toe, which I was : nursng along. It didn't seem to be all that bad, because the reduced : blood flow was impeading the natural progress. : Once the flow was restored, it uncovered a lot of dead tissue in the : toe. (the one right next to the big toe.) Since this changed what we : should do, we had to amputate the toe. : I just had the sutures (stitches) removed last Friday. The doctor says : I'm healing nicely. The only thng left to do is to space out the time I : take my pain meds as I've been on them for over a month now. : I used o take one every four hours, and now I've spaced them out to five : hours and 45 minutes. I hope I don't become hooked on the pain meds, : I've seen what people have to go through in detox and it's not a pretty : sight. : I'm pretty sick of being in the hospital, and I don't care to go through : that again. Besides their food isn't the best. It ranks a little : higher than the airline's food, but not much better. : I'm feeling a lot better and I'm walking around the house and plan to : sit outside to get my dose of vitamin D from the sun in a little while. : Hope to hear from you soon. : : * * * * * * * * : PS wrote to Bob: : Cool! Thanks for the update! Should I share this with everyone at the church? : Great to hear you are stitchless. Sorry about the toe. : Now you really need to go get a job as an artist. You are too talented to be wasted! :-) : : * * * * * * * * : Bob wrote to PS: : YES! : Definitely thinking, and working to get the equipment, and start a small : air brush business. Been thinking about sport helmets (like batting : helmets and biking helmets), skate boards, and surf boards. : Would like to do some murals, but I think that they're too huge. : I got enough equipment to start, but I wanted to bring some other : talented people for the ride. Everyone that I brought the idea to, : thinks it's great, but won't buy their own gear. : I think that it's just going to be 'me' for a while. If I need help : later on, I can by the gear to let them use. : I'm still on the healing side of things; I can't go too fast--my foot : complains too much. The thing I'm really worried about is getting hooked : on my pain meds. I'm slowly expanding the amount of time between doses. : (I'm at six hours between pills.) I might be worried over nothing, but : there's always that chance. : I've been in and out of the hospital three times for over a month. I'm : worried about a few other things like other medications not getting along : with what I'm already taking. : I'm on blood thinners, and I can't take Asprin, or Ibuprofen or : Naproxen (whatever Naproxen is). : So, yeah, you can share with the church what I've told you. I need as : much help as possible. Thanks for asking. : I'll let you go now, Hope everyones doing fine.

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