Jim Asman is in the hospital...

[John Hemmer]

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From: "John Esak" <john at valar.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 10:07 PM
To: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Subject: Jim Asman is in the hospital...

> 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


When I was 8 years old on Easter about 11 AM, I had terrible cramps. I could
hardly breath. This was in 1948 when doctors still made house calls. The 
doctor
came and after he saw me he took me directly to the hospital. They did blood
work and thought I had diabetes because my blood sugar was so high. Then
they realized it was Easter. Apparently my appendix had ruptured and like
Jim, I was fill with Poisons. They did not operate until Midnight because 
they
had to fill me with penicillin first.  The operation took 4 hours. When I 
awoke the
next morning I had tubes in both nostrils and they were pumping my stomach.
This lasted until Wednesday AM.  I had IV's for nourishment and penicillin 
shots
every 3 hours. I would not be here today if it weren't for penicillin. I was 
in the
hospital 10 days.  I suppose since I was young I may have recovered quicker.
I got the next week off from school, which for a kid was a good deal.

I hope Jim has a speedy recovery.

John Hemmer