[AGL] update on Dad

[Wayne Johnson]

Uh, Bevin.  I don't want to be the first one to tell you this, 
but...uh...your dad...that is...Clark...has, hmmmmm, in his..ah, 
history...as it were...been known to perform various...mmmmm...brain 
functions...as in talking, for instance...when his...uh....uh...."motor 
skills" were, shall we say...not exactly in...shall we say...complete 
"confomity" with....with...certain functions as described or perscribed by 
what, some might call, the..uh...constabulary.

In other words, Clark could function well enough to write poetry upside down 
in a tank of hot beer for at least three days before he would admit to any 
real problems.

There.  I said it.

There may or may not be corroborating testimony from others on this List as 
some may seek to deny any evidence that could be used against them.  Where, 
you may speculate.

wgJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clark Santos" <clarksantos at earthlink.net>
To: "Ghetto2 Regular" <GHETTO2 at LISTS.WHATHELPS.COM>; "survivors' 
reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s" 
<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
Cc: "Bevin Santos" <bevin_santos at yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 3:15 PM
Subject: [AGL] update on Dad


> Hello there everyone,
>
> I'm at Dad's on his computer. Just wanted to say thanks again for all the 
> emails and thoughts and to give an update. Dad is pretty groggy today. 
> Yesterday they performed a procedure where they go into the lungs and suck 
> out the infection - both of his lungs were filled with puss and they 
> sucked it all out. I saw before and after pictures and x-ray and the after 
> looks great. They are hoping to start slowing stepping him down from the 
> oxygen today or tomorrow, but it's going to take a few days. This is a 
> good step toward getting better. He is still awake, knows what's going on 
> and is able to write even though he's been heavily sedated for the last 
> couple of days, which the nurses told me is completely out of the 
> ordinary! They can't believe he's awake much less thinking enough to write 
> things down, not 10 minutes after they performed the procedure yesterday. 
> I will let you all know when he's off the respirator.
>
> Bevin
>
>