10.
Date: July 2, 2000 9.
Date: June 25, 2000
Subject: Tommy Moon
Services for Thomas Wade Moon Sr., 61, of Hoover, formerly of Calhoun County, will be Monday at 11 a.m. at Ridout’s Elmwood Chapel in Birmingham with Rev. David King officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery in Jasper. The family will receive friends Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mr. Moon died Friday.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Ray Moon of Hoover; a daughter, Cheryl Moon Kittrell of Fairhope; and a son, Thomas Wade Moon Jr. of Hoover.
Mr. Moon was a member of Green Valley Baptist Church and was a member of the Alabama Blue Grass Music Association. He was a graduate of Anniston High School, had attended Jacksonville State University, and was a graduate of Huntington College in Montgomery. He was employed with Clarklift of Alabama.
Subject: Robert Sikorski
Bob Sikorski had a stroke on
Father's Day. He is OK in relative terms. His left side was affected, he can
move but has very little feeling in that side. Lamar Gilbert talked with him and he
seems to be in pretty good spirits. The stroke affected his voice and he
joked about sounding like a cross between the Godfather and Muhammed Ali. In
the next few days he will be going into a rehab hospital for extensive
therapy. They do incredible things with stroke patients these days and ,
with rehab, most of his symptoms are either reversible or at least
improvable.
He probably won't be home for at least a couple of weeks, so at this
point E Mail would be pointless. Lamar will let us know when he goes home and I
feel sure he would like to hear from everyone then. Say one for Bob!
8.
Date: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 9:30 PM 7.
Date: Saturday, May 06, 2000 10:32 AM
Subject: Frances 6.
Mother is doing much better than last week
>after having surgery on Monday the 17th. She was really disoriented,
>confused and very down. After speaking with the main neurological nurse, I
>realized most of the change was due to the pain medicine which they quickly
>changed and within 24 hours she was feeling much better. She did have some
>fluid in the lungs which they drained off and have sent for review. They
>think it is fine. Today they did another chest xray and her lungs were
>clear. Roger and Aggie are with her now. Roger returns tomorrow and Aggie
>on Wednesday. I was going out Weds., but the PT group says they will not
>release her until early next week, so I will go Mon and hopefully return
with
>her in tow on Friday. From what Roger says, she will have some treatments
>here and go there once a month to once every 6 weeks for treatments,
>check-ups, etc. for a 1-2 day trip. I will find out more next week when
I'm
>there. She celebrated her 61st birthday Easter Sunday with Aggie and
Roger.
>They really surprised her and she seemed happy. Thanks for everyone's
>concern and prayers and I will continue to update as I learn more info.
Love Viki 2.This is an excerpt from an E-mail from JoAnne concerning Doodle Porter's status:
Hi...first let me tell you how thrilled she has been that so many people have taken the time to e mail or send a card.. She had been down and depressed for a long time..I don't think Doodle has had much happiness in her life...It is sad to think she is 60 and has no one 3.This is an update from JoAnne Dulaney concerning Doodle Porter's status:
Hi Gerald......I just talked to Viki 4.
An update on Francis Zelinski from JoAnne Dulaney.
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 9:25 AM
Subject: up date on Doodle
Hi, I don't beleive you received my e mail about Doodle about a week ago. I was having problems with my e mail....Any way that infor needs to be up dated. Yesterday
Subject: Mother
Sorry for not keeping most of you posted on Mother's situation but things have been changing so much it's hard to deal with just that and nothing else.
Mother has been in the hospital for a week and was discharged today. She was having trouble breathing and as it turned out she had fluid in her lungs. They did not extract it as it is what they call a small amount and that increases the chance of puncturing a lung. They will continue to watch though. The Doctor told us last Friday that Mother's cancer is in the last
stages and gave her anywhere from 2 weeks to 6 months. Roger, Mother and I decided with Hospice to admit her to a nursing home, which is where she went today. It is not an ideal situation but we can only expect things to worsen and get harder for Roger or me to care for her. You can continue to send
emails here and I will take them to her or you can call her or write directly to her room/nursing home. The address is Muscogee Manor, 3800 Schatulga Road, Columbus, Ga. 31907. Her room # is 114 and her telephone is (706)256-2493. She is in a semi-private room, but we have her on a waiting list for a private room. Fortunately she doesn't have a room mate at the
moment. I will try to keep everyone updated more often. Thanks for the continued interest and support.
Love, Viki
Mother and I made it home last night about 10:00 after much aggravation.
No matter how well you plan and how far in advance you still have to deal with
incompetency and rude, ignorant people. With that said............Mother
is doing OK. The Doctors don't expect much improvement over what she is now.
She is in denial of that and I just let it be. She can barely walk with a
walker and has to have assistance doing everything. She is to never be
left alone and I am looking for a sitter to give me relief every day. We will
continue physical and occupational therapy three times a week. She is on
MAJOR pain killers. She will attempt a shot at chemotherapy in about 5-6
weeks, in order for the surgeries to fully heal and build up some strength
to try to endure the chemo. She can elect to continue or discontinue after
the first treatment depending on her reaction to it. The chemo is merely to
shrink the tumor to help in the pain control. It will not cure the cancer.
They did not and would not really put her situation into a given time
frame,but from what was said with chemo continuously probably a couple of years,
without chemo maybe a year. She doesn't talk much on the phone (or so it
seemed in Texas) which is a huge malfunction for her!!!!!!! Maybe now that
she is here she will more often. Please come visit when possible, but I
would advise to call first so we can plan PT and chemo accordingly. Keep
praying for all of us. Our primary goal is to control the pain and still
have quality life. She does read emails that I print out, so keep them
coming. Thanks for all your concerns.
Love, Viki
Date: Friday, April 07, 2000 9:59 PM
Subject: Doodle-Day 4!!
5.
Well- not good news today! Frances is in emergency surgery as I write this e-mail. She went in about 1hour 30 minutes ago. Viki said it will be a few hours before she gets out. As I indicated last night the tumor is back on her spine and her spine is collapsing. The neorosurgeon indicated that it needed to be removed and her spine supported or she would be paralyzed. The reason she has lost her legs the last few days is because her spine is collapsing and they needed to do surgery to fix. She still may not regain use of her legs fully. They were not able to do the CT Scan today because they have spent all afternoon getting ready for surgery. She has lost some control of her bowel/kydney functions but the doctor said the pressure on the spine could be the reason. Viki is to call me when she gets out of surgery. They say Doodle will be in ICU until Sunday and then rehab will begin Monday so it looks like they will be in Texas awhile. Roger did not come back, he stayed when they said they were going to do surgery. Please pray for them.
1.HEY GERALD, THIS IS SOMETHING THE CLASSMATES NEED TO KNOW: I RECEIVED A PHONE
CALL TODAY FROM JO ANNE DULANEY AND SHE ASKED ME TO RELAY A MESSAGE TO YOU AND ASK YOU TO PUT IT ON THE AHS CLASS OF 58 WEBSITE AND SEND IT TO OTHER CLASSMATES IN THE CLASS OF '57'.
FRANCES PORTER ("DOODLE" ZELENSKI ) HAS HAD MAJOR SURGERY AND IS NOT DOING VERY WELL. SHE WOULD APPRECIATE HEARING FROM OLD FRIENDS. FRANCES WAS MARRIED TO JOANNE'S BROTHER AT ONE TIME.
THE ADDRESS IS :
FRANCES PORTER
% VICKY GILMORE
707 DOULBLE CHURCHES ROAD
COLUMBUS,GA. 31904
THANK YOU, EDDIE O.