John is back in his room from surgery this afternoon - rm613. They removed the catheter in his groin and put a new line into his chest, replacing the previously infected line. He's doing well and is hopeful to return home soon. However, his return home may be hampered slightly with his daughter's (Danielle) flu, as she was diagnosed yesterday. But the family are all being treated, and hopefully this too will pass without much more issue.

I'll remind everyone again - John is starting to get back up to speed with phone, text and Internet - trying to "log on" a little each day. Feel free to drop him a line. He'll be delightfully surprised and you just might make his day!

John's Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=1562221245

More later. Thanks everyone.

John is back in Roanoke Memorial Hospital this week. He began to have some complications this past Saturday, had several tests completed and after a chest x-ray last week revealed his chest was clear, other tests showed he had an infection. Earlier this week the test results concluded John had an infection caused by a chest catheter. His blood pressure dropped severely while in the hospital and was feeling quite poorly so RMH sent him to ICU and ultimately had the catheter removed. Yesterday he was feeling much better and the family hopes he will be moved out of ICU today and hopefully return home in the next couple days.

I am sure John is looking forward to getting back home and getting his therapy back on track. Although lately he has been feeling as though he is not making the progress he'd like to see, we all see how he has progressed since being home. Everyone's kind and encouraging words have been very motivational to John during his recovery. Keep up the good work! John needs all the encouragement he can get to keep him headed towards recovery.

Thanks everyone.

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Quick post this morning. I wanted to thank all that supported John and his family last Sunday for the benefit event. We had a great turnout, generated some funds to help the family, had a great time and we all had a chance to see people we haven't seen in a long time. I'll be posting a more formal Thank you to all the volunteers and sponsors of the event soon.

John did indeed come home on 9/23. He is doing well. His wife, Lisa is home caring for his medical needs. He's training each day and making progress to get his body more physically able to do the things he'd like to do. Although progress is a little slower than he'd like, he is at least making strides in his physical recovery. John does try to keep up with phone and email. I'm sure he'd love to catch up with friends electronically if you have the time.

Thanks again everyone. More later.