Hello Everybody, I just got off the phone with Gary and his wife, Cynthia (C.J.). As you can read in her post below, their situation is quite challenging right now.
If you'd like to help with Gary's recovery, you can send a cash donation directly to his PayPal account at [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you prefer to donate anonymously, you can send to my PayPal at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anything you can do will be hugely appreciated. Also, if anyone wishes to donate non-cash items to help them get through this, please contact C.J. or myself off-list. I will help out with the details as needed while C.J. tends to Gary. My best, Maria > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:55:55 -0400 > Subject: [meteorite-list] OT [sort of] - Gary Foote's Recovery > > Dear Metorite Fans, > > My name is CJ Foote. I am writing from Gary's computer because that is where > this > list's address is. I know that sometime early this year Gary posted here > urging > everyone to have a PSA test for prostate cancer... well, the men anyway. :) > Gary's > road to recovery from his prostatectomy has not been a good one. He had > surgery on > April 29th and, due to complications that have had his health going downhill > every > day for the last month and a half, he can now only lie on one side, stand for > no more > than five minutes at a time and cannot sit at all. He is in constant pain and > we will be > going for emergency exploratory at Dartmouth Hitchcock surgery Thursday to > find > out what went wrong and hopefully correct it. > > I am telling you this because we have come to the end of our rope. Our > business is > destroyed and we are now selling all of Gary's meteorites to help pay bills > [We've > already sold pretty much everything else already] , despite his pride in > being a > member of I.M.C.A. and all of the good conversations and friends he has had > made > here. I can't find a catalog of his collection but most of it is bagged and > tagged, so it > shouldn't be hard to put one together. Unfortunately I know nothing about > prices > [Should I auction? Sell directly?, etc.] and Gary is so sedated he doesn't > even know > what day of the week it is. A good day for him is 1-2 hours of being lucid > while the > rest of his days are spent in bed or the bathroom. > > I know Gary's collection is not spectacular, but it is what we have and we > will use all > of our resources to get him well again. He will likely be diminished by this > for life, > but our goal is to improve the quality of his life as much as we can. > > If anyone is interested in any of his meteorites, or would like to see a > catalog please > let me know and I will work one up post-haste. And if you are a believer > please pray > for my husband. He is all I have. > > Sincerely, > > Cynthia [C.J.] Foote > > PS - Would anyone like to buy a 1980 Goldwing? He won't be riding again. > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
