[Northkeep] could you post this to Northkeep, please

Jerry Herring jherring68 at gmail.com
Wed Nov 1 16:21:37 PDT 2017


Awesome.

On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 6:19 PM, Jerry Herring <jherring68 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> From: Kevinkeary <kevinkeary at aol.com>
> Date: Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 5:54 PM
> Subject: could you post this to Northkeep, please
> To: jherring68 at gmail.com
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> I just spent a half-hour on the phone with Anton, and he is getting
> stronger consistently. He is still on dialysis, and that may well be
> permanent. He can't walk steadily, is having vertigo issues and extreme
> muscle weakness, but he pulled his own feeding tube out as soon as they
> told him they were about to take it out, and he is eating solid food,
> slowly. They told him he'd have to learn to chew and swallow again --
> apparently they tested him while he was still recovering from the
> anesthesia -- and he proved them wrong. He is still having nausea issues,
> but he thinks that's due to the dialysis. They are about to move him to an
> inpatient rehab facility where they will be working on his muscle strength
> and coordination; that will probably happen tomorrow. His broken ankle is
> still in a cast, and he needs help to adjust his position in the bed, but
> he is determined to work his way back to strength and mobility. He sounded
> good the whole time I talked to him, and his mind is as sharp as ever, now
> that the infections he had are cleared up. All in all, good news.
> Kevin
>
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