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Offline Toad

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« Reply #30 on: December 04, 2001, 08:21:00 PM »
Just talked to Oz. He's still in the hospital, still somewhat sedated. If all goes as expected, they should release him to home at the end of the work week.

It is true that they opened and then closed without removing anything. He told me the Doctors said the kidney was not a pressing problem. The pancreas is the problem, they believe it to be cancerous but that has not yet been actually confirmed by testing.

Chemotherapy will begin shortly in any event I think.

He said to say "Hi" to all of you, thanks for your prayers and concern.

I'm sure he'll be posting in less than a week or so.

In any event, there's little we can do for him except prayer, the power of positive thinking, best wishes or whatever you choose to call what we all do in situations like this one.

Now go say hello to somebody and smile at them like you mean it.

It's about all we can do, eh?
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« Reply #31 on: December 04, 2001, 08:50:00 PM »
I can remember When I first seen his name I thought to myself, "Hey!  The spirit of 76!"

I keep on telling myself no, that this is not happening.  IT is hard to believe one can feel this way about someone they never met.  Ya feel so damn helpless ya wanna puke.

My thoughts and prayers will focus on him for awhile.

God Bless and best wishes from the Swager family!

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« Reply #32 on: December 04, 2001, 09:06:00 PM »
Prayin with the rest of em. Never give up, never give in!
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« Reply #33 on: December 05, 2001, 12:14:00 AM »
Swagger I never met him in person but have known him online for about 5 years hit me hard to. And to think I ignored his first post because I forgot his handle online was different from the message board.

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« Reply #34 on: December 05, 2001, 12:29:00 AM »
My prayers with OZ tonight.
Hang tuff bud!

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« Reply #35 on: December 06, 2001, 07:53:00 AM »
My prayers are there.

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« Reply #36 on: December 06, 2001, 07:55:00 AM »
Nothing meaningful to add but a prayer. May God's strength be with you and your family, 1776.

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« Reply #37 on: December 06, 2001, 07:56:00 AM »
He used to meet with us here in KC for our BBQ get togethers.

A kind man who pocesses humility...a quality very rare in this world.

Please take a min to ask God to bring healing and peace to him. This flesh of ours will most certainly fade away...our spirit will live on.

Jesus said in the bible, "And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall recieve".

I would do the same for any of you...let's please come together and help this man.

Thanks

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« Reply #38 on: December 06, 2001, 01:51:00 PM »
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« Reply #39 on: December 06, 2001, 02:09:00 PM »
Thoughts and Prayers are with you 1776.

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« Reply #40 on: December 06, 2001, 02:28:00 PM »
Keep fighting Oz, my thoughts are with you and your family.

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« Reply #41 on: December 06, 2001, 02:55:00 PM »
Hang Tough & Never give-up!   My & my family's prayer's are with you.  ...Te...

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« Reply #42 on: December 07, 2001, 12:37:00 PM »
1776, family, and friends,

As we go through this life, one thing is inevitable, and that is death.  As a Buhddist I believe, however, that death is not the final end, but a transition from one life to another.  I imagine each of us walking separate paths that overlap, from time-to-time, allowing us to share each other's presence as we weave the ever-growing tapestry of now.  Please read the poem I reference, below.  I wrote it to remind me of the eternal intermingling of our paths.  I hope it brings you some comfort.
 http://home.earthlink.net/~wjbarrow/poetry/sunsets.html

Walt (Buhdman) Barrow

(PS, many of you have seen this before, please forgive my repetition)

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« Reply #43 on: December 07, 2001, 01:11:00 PM »
Very Nice, buhdman; VERY NICE.

Talked to Oz again this morning. He'll probably be in the hospital a while yet. His "plumbing" hasn't all proved that it can still work after the anesthesia, and they won't let him out till it does.

Of course, being a hospital, they won't FEED him until the plumbing works. And since it was abdominal surgery, he had to flush out before he went in and has only had liquids since.

Go figure.

Wonder how long it takes a pipe to empty out the bottom end if you never put anything in the top end?

Hospitals.

Anyway, he'll be posting soon I think.

I'm not going to speak for him; I'm sure he'll do better than I could.
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« Reply #44 on: December 07, 2001, 01:12:00 PM »
1776 Laughter is the best medicine, I mean it quite litterally. Despair,stress, and worry  at this point will kill you.

Hang tough, stick to your guns & laugh in deaths face. It's the only thing he doesn't understand.

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