[SEL] Glenn Karch update

[Judge Tommy Turner]

Thanks Keith for the update.  We'll add Glenn to our prayer list at
church.  Glenn contacted me around the first of the year in regards to a
part I was going to borrow from him.  He told me I should come on down
and get it to have it copied.  He didn't mention any problems when we
talked.  Its good to hear that the Drs. are pleased with his progress.
We pray it continues.

Tommy Turner



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Kinney" <kkinney at herculesengines.com>
To: <stationary-engine at oldengine.org>; "The SEL email discussion list" 
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Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 10:22 PM
Subject: [SEL] Glenn Karch update


> Hello all.
>
> I talked to Glenn's wife, Marian, today to see how they were doing.
> She said it would be OK to update you all on his health.
>
> To  bring you up to date on what has been going on.  The first Glenn
> knew he had a problem was the first week of October.  On a Wednesday
> or Thursday morning Glenn and Marian were packing the car to travel to
> the Cotton Ginning Days show in Gastonia, NC.  Things were going fine
> when he approached Marian unable to speak understandably.  He knew
> what he wanted to say but couldn't get the words out.  He finally got
> a pencil and paper and wrote a note for Marian to call an ambulance.
> We were going to Cotton Ginning Days too and got a call from their son
> saying that they wouldn't be able to attend the show as his dad was in
> the hospital with a suspected stroke.  Over the next week or two it
> was determined that it was probably not a stroke as they had found 3
> lesions in his brain.  His speech returned to normal after a few days
> and he appeared to be in pretty good health until a month or two ago
> when he lost his appetite, had little energy, and had trouble
> concentrating.  He went through a long round of chemo and radiation
> treatments which ended about a month ago which hopefully are the cause
> of his symptoms.
>
> The good news is that the MRI he had a couple of weeks ago showed that
> the tumors have not grown since the previous MRI which had been done
> before his round of chemo and radiation treatments.
>
> Glenn seems to be doing a little better the last few days being more
> mobile, watching some TV and having a better appetite.  He started a
> new round of chemo this week.  It is a 6 month treatment where he
> takes a chemo pill everyday for a week then none for 3 weeks then
> pills for another week, etc.
>
> One reason he has not been one the list for a while is that either the
> tumors or the treatments has affected his eye site and it is difficult
> for him to read the screen, newspaper, etc.   Today he had an eye
> doctors appointment and they found that his eye sight has changed and
> they have ordered him some new glasses which hopefully will help this
> problem.
>
> Marian said he is board from being confined to the house but doesn't
> fill well enough to go out to the shop.
>
> Hopefully this will bring everyone up to speed on what's going on with
> Glenn.  I plan to print off some of the messages that have been posted
> here and share with Glenn when I  visit in a few days.  Keep the
> prayers coming .
>
> Keith
>>
>
> Keith Kinney
> kkinney at herculesengines.com
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>
>
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