Jim Asman is in the hospital...

[John Esak]

FYI,

Jim had an attack of appendicitis.... He kind of dealt with the pain for too
long (maybe even days) and by the time they got him to the emergency room,
they ended up operating on him at 3am in the morning.  The doctor said he
was in very, very bad condition.  His inner cavity was essentially filled
with poisons.  This all happened about a week ago.  He is hoping to get out
soon, if not tomorrow, then soon, but he is on heavy anti-biotics and will
need to have them intravenously for six weeks.  All together, he escaped a
narrow brush there. It's not clear he is totally out of the woods, and it
may just be the Oxymoron telling him he has a chance of going home tomorrow.
:-)  I bet it is a few days yet.

I'll try to keep the list informed as much as I can.

John