POINTER94
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Re: A tragedy for a friend
We went up to visit Jeff for a couple of hours yesterday, and the news is very encouraging. He remains in the hospital but his pancrease is now beginning to produce insulin and his bowels are functioning. According to Jeff the docs said that you only really need about 30% of your pancrease to live. He has from what I could gleen from Jeff, he has about 50-60% left. The staples have been removed but there is an infection of some kind and the drain tubes remain. He was knockin down some of that delicious hospital food and drinking liquids at his leisure. <br /><br />He was demanding beer when I asked him if he wanted me to bring anything. Although I am not a physician this is a very good sign. His color has returned and he has no more requirement for moriphine. It looks like if his blood sugar levels remain stable and the infection clears up he could be out of the hospital by the end of the week. It is tough to tell but I think they ripped up his abdominal muscles when they did surgury so he is very sore. He appears to be doing very well and will make a recovery. He is not real forthcoming with what his future limitations will be and I have no standing or desire to invade his privacy, but he has sworn off anything to do with racing. He is looking to sell his race sleds and move over to the trail equipment. This guy has 14 sleds right now, so getting rid of some of these is a big step forward. <br /><br />Jeff has been very fortunate and looks like he will be able to go forward with some limitations. He has a ton of rehab ahead of him but the picture is as rosy as it can be at this time.<br /><br />Thanks for your concern Stan and everyone who has followed this.
We went up to visit Jeff for a couple of hours yesterday, and the news is very encouraging. He remains in the hospital but his pancrease is now beginning to produce insulin and his bowels are functioning. According to Jeff the docs said that you only really need about 30% of your pancrease to live. He has from what I could gleen from Jeff, he has about 50-60% left. The staples have been removed but there is an infection of some kind and the drain tubes remain. He was knockin down some of that delicious hospital food and drinking liquids at his leisure. <br /><br />He was demanding beer when I asked him if he wanted me to bring anything. Although I am not a physician this is a very good sign. His color has returned and he has no more requirement for moriphine. It looks like if his blood sugar levels remain stable and the infection clears up he could be out of the hospital by the end of the week. It is tough to tell but I think they ripped up his abdominal muscles when they did surgury so he is very sore. He appears to be doing very well and will make a recovery. He is not real forthcoming with what his future limitations will be and I have no standing or desire to invade his privacy, but he has sworn off anything to do with racing. He is looking to sell his race sleds and move over to the trail equipment. This guy has 14 sleds right now, so getting rid of some of these is a big step forward. <br /><br />Jeff has been very fortunate and looks like he will be able to go forward with some limitations. He has a ton of rehab ahead of him but the picture is as rosy as it can be at this time.<br /><br />Thanks for your concern Stan and everyone who has followed this.
<br />Remind him that those muscle abs are horizontal and when they cut them vertical they were in half!<br />Its going to take some time for them to heal.<br /><br />Put life on hold and heal! <br />I'm the pot calling the kettle black here.