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Author:  WalterK [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 8:29 am ]
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Hi everybody!!!
Well....I'm home...finally. After 2 1/2 weeks in the hospital, I've had enough. I want to graciously thank everyone for their prayers and best wishes for my recovery.
I really do appreciate all your kindness and thoughts and prayers.
I has been the worst experience, healthwise, I have ever had to deal with. I came within 48 hrs of having my right leg amputated. It started with a foot/tissue infection. Since I am severly diabetic, this was the cause of not being able to heal quickly like most people who do not have diabetes. My entire right leg turned a beet red and the swelling caused my leg to actually double in size.
It has been the most painful experience of my life.
I'm still on IV, intravenous antibiotics, and my full recovery may take several months.
Anyways, I am happy to be home and very gratefull for your concerns and prayers.
I believe without those prayers and best wishes, I might not have recovered to this point.
I can never repay you all for everything.
Hopefully in the near future I will be up on my feet and playing with wood again.

I just wanted you all to know how much it has meant to me, to be missed and your prayers.

May God Bless all of you too!!!

Respectfully yours, WalterK
Author:  JJ Donohue [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 8:32 am ]
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Welcome home, Walter!

Glad to have you back. Take care and recover fully!
Author:  ATaylor [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 8:37 am ]
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Best news today Walter! Speedy continued recovery!
Author:  Pwoolson [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 8:41 am ]
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Great news! Welcome home my friend. Glad all is going well (relatively speaking). I'll continue to pray for your speeday and full recovery.
Best wishes, P
Author:  John How [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 8:46 am ]
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Welcome back Walter. Best wishes and continued recovery.
Author:  Serge Poirier [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 8:53 am ]
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I'm glad you're back Walter and i hope that you'll do fine, get the rest and be back as strong possible!

Serge
Author:  Bobc [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 8:54 am ]
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Walter that is great news indeed. We were all worried about you my friend. It's very heartwarming to see you post here. Get well fast.
Author:  Shane Neifer [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:01 am ]
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Welcome back Walter!! It is truely wonderful to hear that you are back home. We will continue to hope for your full recovery and that you get back to playing with the wood and the steel.

Shane
Author:  RussellR [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:02 am ]
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Hi Walter

Great to see you my friend.

Wising you a speedy Recovery.

Russ
Author:  KiwiCraig [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:38 am ]
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Great to have you back mate.

Regards KiwiCraig
Author:  Andy Zimmerman [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:47 am ]
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Welcome Home and get well soon.
Andy
Author:  Don A [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:50 am ]
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Great news Walter my friend. Listen to the doctors and take it slow for a while. We've missed ya!
Author:  Philip Perdue [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:09 am ]
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Welcome home Walter! I’m also a diabetic so I can relate more than some. Please take extra care of yourself and monitor often during your recovery period. Your glucose level can react to stress and illness. Now that your home you may be able to have better control over what you eat. My Mother is also a diabetic and every time she is in the hospital I am surprised at what they feed her. I keep asking them if they know she is a diabetic and they say yes and that her meals are correct. I’ve seen her meals where almost everything on the plate is carbs. Anyway, control everything that goes in your body and monitor to be sure.

Take care,

Philip
Author:  Dave Anderson [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:25 am ]
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Welcome back to the forum Walter! Keep getting better
Glad to see you home!
Author:  Roy O [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:30 am ]
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Welcome home Walter. It's good to hear you're doing better.
Author:  LanceK [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:39 am ]
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Welcome Home Walt!

Glad to have ya back where ya belong!
Get well why dont'cha!
Author:  Don Williams [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:44 am ]
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Hi Walter ! !

We sure are all glad to see you back, and more importantly feeling and doing better. We will continue to support you with good wishes and prayers. You're family, after all. We all are.
Author:  CarltonM [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:05 am ]
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Walter! Glad you're back!    Okay, any bets on which happens first--your full recovery, or you catch up on reading two-months-plus worth of posts on the OLF? I'm betting on the recovery first--'cause the other's just too hard!
Author:  Bruce Dickey [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:09 am ]
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Hello Walter K!   

Happy Homecoming. Those hospitals aren't the best place to get uninterrupted rest. Hopefully you'll do much better at home getting rest.

Don't be a stranger.
Author:  PaulB [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:15 am ]
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Glad you're doing ok Walt, you had us worried.

The best thing about a hospital stay is getting home afterwards.
Author:  burbank [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:29 am ]
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Walter,

That's Great news! What a close call. Take your time, get well.
Author:  Anthony Z [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:40 am ]
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Welcome home and back on the forum! All the best for a speedy recovery.
Author:  A Peebels [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 12:30 pm ]
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Happy to hear that youre home . I wish you a speedy and full recovery. Take care .

Al
Author:  Todd Rose [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 12:37 pm ]
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Glad to hear you're on the mend, Walter! Sorry it's been such a rough ride. I wish you continued healing.
Author:  Evan Gluck [ Tue Feb 21, 2006 12:55 pm ]
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Great news, your still in my thoughts and prayers,
Evan
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