[CQ-Contest] Dad Update - W1CW has moved down 2

Jim White, K4OJ k4oj at tampabay.rr.com
Fri Aug 24 23:16:52 EDT 2001



W1CW/4 Has Moved

to a new room...Dad is now two doors down in Room 400 at UCH in 
Tampa....apparently his coughing was disturbing his roomie - now he has 
a nice corner room...lots of glass and elbow room for visitors.

After originally being scheduled for open heart surgery on Monday the 
Doctors had a change of heart when Dad went into a coughing fit in the 
OR...so...they have spent this week doing tests and trying to resolve 
the infection they found in the base of his right lung...they have 
changed antibiotics today for this, suspecting an allergic reaction to 
the initial IV antibiotic (hence the persistent cough)....

He was in good spirits this evening, he got himself up and walked by 
himself to the bathroom in his room and got himself back into bed 
without any help - which is great after the past few days where he has 
been so medicated and out of it getting out of bed alone was not an 
option.  HE even gave one of the techs a hard time, and picked up the 
phone to call Mom  - it was a good night.

His spirits are good and his only fear right now is how many messages 
are stacking up in his e-mail in basket that he will have to read...I 
think Dad is subscribed to about a half dozen reflectors/newsgroups...

Hope to hear from the Doctors soon as to where we go from here, Mom and 
I send our thanks to all of you who have sent supportive e-mails, etc...

Jim, K4OJ   k4oj at tampabay.rr.com
Ellen, W1YL  w1yl at tampabay.rr.com


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