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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ly. Anna bat Chaim,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I do appoligize for sending such a message in the
heat of anger. I had just gotten back from our 2 day demo at the International
Festivel in Lawton. I sent this email to the ansteorra-announce
list on Friday, September 24, 2004 4:05 PM, comprised of HL Elanor
O'Ruarc previous emails which I cut and pasted so the information would be
as accurate as possible. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greetings, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I thought all his friends should know!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From the bard list</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Elayne baroness of the Eldern Hills</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>9-16</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Wormy is in the VA Hospital in Dallas.<BR>He went in with swelling in his
legs and hands, red splotches on his lower legs, waxy, pale skin, and general
malaise, which he has had for several days.<BR>He was found to have anemia, very
low sodium levels, and some blood in his urine. </DIV>
<DIV>They are keeping him to run more tests and see why these symptoms persist.
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<DIV>Wormy has only one kidney, and has had trouble with it before. It is
possible that he may either be having kidney or liver problems now. His kidney
may even be shutting down, and if so, he may have to be on dialysis.</DIV>
<DIV>Please send your thoughts and prayers to Wormy at this time, he needs alot
of support to help him get better and come back home. His Morgan misses him, as
do we all.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Hoping and praying,</DIV>
<DIV>Elanor/Beth</DIV>
<DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>9-23</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Wormy was born prematurely, and his aortic valve was malformed. Instead of
having 3 parts to it, it only has 2, and was therefore weak to begin with. He
did not know this however,until today when the doctor told him. They have
done multiple EKG's and at least one Ultrasound Doppler study, which looks at
blood flow. </DIV>
<DIV>It seems the infection in his blood has damaged the already weakened heart
valve. He has been moved to ICU and will have heart surgery to repair the
valve. It will most likely be done in the next 24 hours.</DIV>
<DIV>I went to see him and other than being scared as hell, he's doing really
well. The doctors say that since he is young and healthy (other than that valve
thing) he has a excellent chance of sucess and recovery. </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>Elanor/Beth</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=3>At 06:40 PM 9/23/2004 -0700, you
wrote:<BR></FONT>
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<DIV></FONT><FONT size=3>To all,<BR> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>I spoke with Wormy this evening and I have pretty much all
the information now. It's very serious. <BR>The bacteria Wormy has in his
blood is Streptococcus bovine. How he got that no one seems to be able to
figure out, but it has wreaked some serious damage. They did pull the cracked
tooth that may have been the culprit, but it took an oral surgeon to get it
all out. <BR>Wormy will be under going surgery tomorrow morning. The surgeon
said that they don't ususally do surgery on Friday, but in his case they will.
Not only are they going to replace the damaged heart valve, but the bacteria
has deteriorated part of the aorta, and they will be performing an aortic
graft as well. Since they have to order a synthetic graft, they would have to
have known about the aortic deterioration for a few days now. <BR> <BR>I
have been able to get ahold of his family and let them know, but, they live in
Wisconsin and Illinois respectively, and will probably not be able to come
here. Anyone who can come see him after the surgery should. He will need all
the support he can get, then and during his recovery. I will be glad to give
information to anyone who needs it.........that is if I have left anything
out.<BR> <BR>Send all your thoughts, prayers, wishes, healing energy, or
whatever you think will work........we'll take all of it we can get.
<BR> <BR>Hoping and praying,<BR>Elanor<BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As of right now this
email, has been released to the ansteorra-announce list and
Is being held until the list moderator can review it for approval. </FONT><FONT
face=Arial><FONT face=Arial size=2>To my knowledge </FONT></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2>the only email that has been on
the ansteorra-anounce list is this one.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: Director (Donna R. Thompson) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Date: Sunday, September 26, 2004 4:00
PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial>To: <A
href="mailto:Ansteorra-Announce@ansteorra.org">Ansteorra-Announce@ansteorra.org</A>,
<A href="mailto:elfsea@ansteorra.org">elfsea@ansteorra.org</A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=+0><FONT size=+0><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Re:
[Ansteorra-announce] FW: Wormy</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> The sun shall set at 6:41 pm local time. At this time, I ask
that all who wish to send their prayers/healing energy to our dear friend Wormy;
please find all the bells you have on hand and shake them for one full
minute. They are his favorite part of his garb/persona and I'm sure he
will hear us. The sun shall rise again at 6:42 am tomorrow morning and I
plan on honoring him again at this time.<BR><BR>Daungerous<BR>Pretty is as
Pretty does<BR><A href="">http://www.desertdancer.com</A><BR> -----
Original Message ----- <BR> From: Gerita/Carolle Cox <BR> To:
'Ansteorra-Announce' <BR> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 10:42
AM<BR> Subject: [Ansteorra-announce] FW: Wormy<BR><BR> This is not
good news. <BR> <BR> William Wyrm (aka Ron Wurm) has
taken a turn for the worse. He is on<BR> full life-support at this
time, and is given very little chance of<BR> survival. He is fighting for
his life. Will everyone please, in honor<BR> of those time he has
made you laugh, or shake your fist at him, or just<BR> smile and shake
your head, pray for this man. He needs all of us
now. <BR> <BR> First: NO ONE can
go to the hospital. Wormy's parents have requested<BR> that we all
stay entirely away. Please, obey their request.<BR> <BR>
Second: DO NOT call family members for information. This is a
very<BR> serious situation, and they need their phones and attention
free.<BR> Calling the hospital will also not get you much beyond
frustrated,<BR> frantic nursing staff snapping at you. A system of
getting information<BR> out to everyone is in place, and will be used to
keep everyone as up to<BR> date as possible. <BR> <BR> I
am sorry to be the bearer of such tidings, but all is not lost.
This<BR> is one tough Court Jester, and with our help he will live to make
us<BR> laugh yet again.<BR> <BR> Gerita<BR>
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</DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial></DIV>
<DIV>Again, Please accept my apology for taking out my frustration on this list.
I know we are all concerned.</DIV>
<DIV>It's the waiting, not knowing that is the hardest part of all.</DIV>
<DIV>Has anyone had any updates on his condition today?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Elayne</DIV></FONT>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=cathy.polakoff@comcast.net
href="mailto:cathy.polakoff@comcast.net">Cathy Polakoff</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=bards@ansteorra.org
href="mailto:bards@ansteorra.org">Ansteorran Bardic list</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 27, 2004 3:34
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bards] news on Wormy</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Your Excellency,<BR><BR>On behalf of the bardic community, I
apologize for not getting this on the main Ansteorran list earlier. It appears
to have been a miscommunication - everyone thought someone else had already
posted it, or was taking care of it. I know that Wormy appreciates the concern
and prayers of his friends everywhere. <BR><BR>Speaking only for myself,
however, I would like to request, with all due respect, that you not post to
this list in anger regarding the delay in getting the word out about Wormy.
While I certainly understand your feelings, I would like to point out that HL
Elanor O'Ruarc and her Lord Matthias are the main sources of information for
all of us regarding Wormy right now, and as they truly consider him one of the
family, this has been very hard on them. I really would not want them to see a
posting saying that they weren't getting the word out enough, considering
everything they're going through.<BR><BR>Incidentally, when Wormy went into
the hospital, he was not considered to be in nearly so serious a condition,
and was even starting to improve. I may be wrong, but I don't think even his
immediate family knew when he first entered the hospital.<BR><BR>Please know
that we will try to keep the rest of the kingdom informed of developments, but
please also know that we don't always know the latest ourselves.
<BR><BR>Respectfully,<BR>Ly. Anna bat Chaim<BR>Barony of the Steppes<BR><BR>At
12:07 AM 9/27/2004 -0500, you wrote:<BR>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=cathy.polakoff@comcast.net
href="mailto:cathy.polakoff@comcast.net">Cathy Polakoff</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=bards@ansteorra.org
href="mailto:bards@ansteorra.org">Ansteorran Bardic list</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 27, 2004 3:34
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bards] news on Wormy</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Your Excellency,<BR><BR>On behalf of the bardic community, I
apologize for not getting this on the main Ansteorran list earlier. It appears
to have been a miscommunication - everyone thought someone else had already
posted it, or was taking care of it. I know that Wormy appreciates the concern
and prayers of his friends everywhere. <BR><BR>Speaking only for myself,
however, I would like to request, with all due respect, that you not post to
this list in anger regarding the delay in getting the word out about Wormy.
While I certainly understand your feelings, I would like to point out that HL
Elanor O'Ruarc and her Lord Matthias are the main sources of information for
all of us regarding Wormy right now, and as they truly consider him one of the
family, this has been very hard on them. I really would not want them to see a
posting saying that they weren't getting the word out enough, considering
everything they're going through.<BR><BR>Incidentally, when Wormy went into
the hospital, he was not considered to be in nearly so serious a condition,
and was even starting to improve. I may be wrong, but I don't think even his
immediate family knew when he first entered the hospital.<BR><BR>Please know
that we will try to keep the rest of the kingdom informed of developments, but
please also know that we don't always know the latest ourselves.
<BR><BR>Respectfully,<BR>Ly. Anna bat Chaim<BR>Barony of the Steppes<BR><BR>At
12:07 AM 9/27/2004 -0500, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=arial size=2>My
Prayers and energy go out to Wormy. <BR>He is a joy to us <B>ALL</B>!
<BR> <BR>I for one would like to make it known that the reporting of
this situation or should I say the "Lack of Reporting" has me, as well as
others in the Barony of Eldern Hills more than a little upset. <BR>Wormy was
a member of this barony for several years. He is near and dear to us
all.<BR>Wormy is known and loved throught out the kingdom. This kind of news
should have been posted to the <A
href="mailto:Ansteorra-Announce@ansteorra.org">Ansteorra-Announce@ansteorra.org</A>
way before this, Considering the fact that he went into the hospital on
9-16. News finally showed up on the Ansteorra-Announce list on 9-26 at 6:14
pm.<BR> <BR>Elayne MacDuncan<BR>Baroness of the Eldern Hills</FONT>
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<DD>----- Original Message -----
<DD>From:</B> <A href="mailto:wolffsrun@sbcglobal.net">Beth Wolff</A>
<DD>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:wolfstar@yahoogroups.com">wolfstar@yahoogroups.com</A> ; <A
href="mailto:apprentice@ansteorra.org">Apprentice list</A> ; <A
href="mailto:bards@ansteorra.org">Bards list</A>
<DD>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 26, 2004 12:19 PM
<DD>Subject:</B> [Bards] news on Wormy<BR><BR>
<DD>Hello everyone,
<DD>
<DD> I'm sending out an update concerning Wormy. After
improving throughout the day on Saturday, Worm decided to throw us a curve
last night. During the night most of his systems have bottomed out. Right
now most of his bodily systems are on mechanical support. His heart is
being augmented by a balloon pump. His condition has been downgraded. The
doctors are saying his chances of survival have slipped badly, down to
about a 1 in 10. The details would be confusing, but anyone who wants to
know should call or e-mail directly, and I'll answer as best as I can. We
continue to have hope but this shift is not encouraging. Keep him in your
thoughts and prayers.
<DD>
<DD>Matthias<BR><BR></DD></DL><BR><BR><FONT face="comic sans ms"
color=#033d21>Make a joyful noise unto your Kingdom! <IMG alt=d7de090.jpg
src="cid:00b801c4a4c2$6c3e2800$0400a8c0@sgdcr3xs6eu0wh"></FONT><BR><BR>
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