Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

How is Clay? Visited with him tonight. He's doing much better, has been able to eat some solid food, is getting a little stronger. He goes in again Wednesday for more follow-up, and expects to have to undergo radiation therapy. They took the lymph nodes in the general area of the cancer as well as ...

Thanks for the link, I guess I can't read anything unless I sign up.

Yep. I wanted to use Facebook for www.mistertroll.com, but nobody could see it who didn't have an account. So it still redirects to that ghost town, Myspace.

Just been visiting with LRod. He's doing quite well, goes in tomorrow for follow-up. Still on liquid diet, but may be able to switch to real food pretty soon. All is well.

He's safely home again. They found a blockage in his windpipe, cleared it, and all's well.

Well, our boy is back at the hospital this morning with breathing problems. I left a message for his sister to call me with details when she gets home. She forgot to take the cell phone with her when she got the distress call, so I'm having to get all my information by relay. She went to his house l...

Thank goodness for some good news for a change. Hang in there, LRod! Hope no stormy weather comes your way and you "knit up jest fine". :D Apparently, last night they moved all the patients into the hallways during the storms. A tornado actually touched down not too far away. Kelly just called and ...

Called at 2pm, hey said he was still a patient. Showed up to visit at about 5, and he was GONE! Released at 3:30pm. I talked to his sister, who had picked him up. She was grocery shopping for him at the time. There are a couple of us who will be looking in on him from time to time. Hopefully, he'll ...

He's a little bit feeble, but positive, hopeful, and somewhat energetic. He's been through quite a trauma. His biological processes are working well. I'm convinced there is no need for excessive worry.

I'll probably try to get by there again on Wednesday.

Visited LRod again today. He is now in a semi-private room, still in good spirits and healing well. He had a morphine-induced freakout and tried to pull all his connections out, so they pulled the morphine. He's also still on the ventilator, so I guess they're still fighting his lung infection. Sinc...

From Kelly on his visit last night... He was actually in very good spirits. Victor and I had a pretty good time with him. He kept trying to talk, but no sound was coming out so we repeatedly made him write it out I told the nurse to shave him again as we left. She rolled her eyes and smirked, but Lr...

Glad you found Rene. Last I heard, LRod had lost contact with him. I was acquainted with Rene back in the 70s when he and a fellow named Wes performed as Consort II. Kelly Tomlinson (Bass player with The Cliff Blues Band, with whom LRod has been playing) is visiting him this evening. I should hear s...

Visited LRod today at Parkland Hospital. He did have a laryngectomy today, and he feels like they got all the cancer. He was tired and experiencing some pain waves, and of course can only communicate with a pad and pen. The nurse told me that he has some lung infection, so they will keep him on a ve...

Cranberry juice, my dear friend. Cranberry juice. Lots of it.

I'm really glad you finally sought help. I was afraid you would just let yourself go gently into that good night.

You are in my thoughts often.