[Woodcarver] Update on Ol' Don

[CRaig Watson]

Hi Don, CRaig here.   Hang in there our prayers are with you   Love from
CRaig & Elsa

On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 3:36 PM, SANDIE BURGDORF <outdoor111 at verizon.net>wrote:


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> Don and I had hoped to sneak in a trip to The Congress but the doctors have

> other ideas. Don will be having surgery on his spine to clean out the

> opening for a nerve to leave the spine. Arthritis has caused the opening to

> be only 2 mm wide when it should be 1 cm wide. This will occur on June 21st.

> It had become very obvious to us that Don needed to have this done as soon

> as possible. He is having a great deal of difficulty with standing and

> walking since his legs tend to not want to work properly. We have been told

> this is now a routine surgery but will find out more on Monday after the

> pre-op visit with the surgeon.

>

> On the cancer front - there is no sign of the lung cancer returning. We

> will be past the one year mark in August and that increases our success odds

> greatly. The kidney tumors will still need to be removed and will probably

> be done after the recovery period from the spine surgery. The surgeon is

> hopeful that he can just remove the tumors and keep the kidney.

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> When we first shared the cancer news, the prayers and support from the

> carving world were a huge help. Please spread the word that Don is hanging

> in there and hopes to be back among his carving friends later this year. So

> tell everyone at The Congress we said hello.

>

> Sandie

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