Very ill list member, Bruce Bates
Hello all,
I used to be active on the old maillist, several years ago.
Today, I received a very distressing phone call from a friend, the wife of a
currently active forum member.· She asked me to post this.
Member Bruce Bates, a long time friend, is hospitalized in New Jersey in
very critical condition in a medically induced coma, on a ventilator, and
undergoing dialysis as his kidneys have shut down.
I know Bruce has many friends and acquaintences on the forum.
For those of belief, his wife Diana asks that you keep him in your prayers.
If you would like to contact Diana, please communicate with me off the list
by email at kb3cny(at)comcast.net, or if you'd like to call her (she sure
could use the support) just request her phone number from me.
If you would like to speak with me first, I'll pass along my phone number
via personal·email.
John J. Boyle
KB3CNY
Plains, PA
I used to be active on the old maillist, several years ago.
Today, I received a very distressing phone call from a friend, the wife of a
currently active forum member.· She asked me to post this.
Member Bruce Bates, a long time friend, is hospitalized in New Jersey in
very critical condition in a medically induced coma, on a ventilator, and
undergoing dialysis as his kidneys have shut down.
I know Bruce has many friends and acquaintences on the forum.
For those of belief, his wife Diana asks that you keep him in your prayers.
If you would like to contact Diana, please communicate with me off the list
by email at kb3cny(at)comcast.net, or if you'd like to call her (she sure
could use the support) just request her phone number from me.
If you would like to speak with me first, I'll pass along my phone number
via personal·email.
John J. Boyle
KB3CNY
Plains, PA
Comments
Thank you for sharing this information. I'm familiar with the medical situation you describe from family incidents and understand the seriousness of the situation.
This is very sad news to hear. We've known Bruce at Parallax for as long as I can remember - at least back to 1996. Bruce has been very helpful to BASIC Stamp users on our YahooGroup (and eGroup prior to that), as well as this forum. He's sent us countless e-mails with suggestions, support, ideas, and just plain appreciation through the years - never asking for anything in exchange. Perhaps the first time I communicated with Bruce he told me about going to the Dayton Hamfest (reaching back on this memory). He's made over 3K posts on this forum, and at least twice that on our prior e-mail forums. Bruce is a very reasonable and consistent person, and has helped many people with their questions in a friendly manner. All of the Parallax people who've been around for ten years know about Bruce.
Parallax will prepare a card for his wife Diana tomorrow, as well as a gift. I'll contact you to verify the current New Jersey address we have for the Bates family.
Bruce and his family will be in our prayers and thoughts through the Christmas holidays.
Thank you very much for making the effort to share his condition with the forum members.
Sincerely,
Ken Gracey
Parallax Inc.
KI6HBT
I have the info waiting for you.
I'm sure Diana will appreciate your kindness.
I'll be monitoring my email for your contact.
Thanks.
73, John KB3CNY
How quickly time slips by in absence! I see that Bruce's posts were very infrequent after this season about one year ago. It made me draw in a long breath, that in his most recent post last May 6th he gave a link to my web site and a thanks to me. Wow! I wish I had seen that before. Well, hey, Bruce, my hat is off to you. Even though it sounds very serious, I do hold out hope that Bruce will pull through this dark period and will regain his strength and mental faculties.
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Tracy Allen
www.emesystems.com
Our prayers will be with you and your family my friend.
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Beau Schwabe
IC Layout Engineer
Parallax, Inc.
I'm sending along my best wishes and hopes as well.
Please pass on my regards to Bruce's family.
I went through a very similar hospitalization in the Fall of 2007 and my wife was comforted by emails from folks here on the the Forum. It really is the little kindnesses that count!
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Tom Sisk
http://www.siskconsult.com
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·He will be in my prayers..
·J. H. Rollins.
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HR
Bruce is in my prayers.
--Bill
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