Don, I run a buch of sites. If you need some help, I can lend a hand. Email me off list and I'll send you a list of the sites I take care of.
Cheers Darren On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 12:59 AM, Don Ordes <[email protected]> wrote: > Guys, > I'm not one to post personal tragedies on this site, but I will make an > exception here. Hope JimmyD don't get mad at me, but it is sort of flytying > related by the time I get to the end. And many here are affected in a > 2nd-hand way. > > When you go to my website, you can see the DVD on my catalog page with an > order-page. That was put there by my long-time pc guru, Mark Overeem. He's > been salvaging and upgrading my PCs and programs since the early 90's and is > extremely good, but I don't know how good he will be when he wakes up. If > he wakes up. > > Sunday afternoon he was admitted for emergency surgery to remove a 4" > blood-clot from his brain, and he still hasn't regained consciousness yet, > and he needs a respirator to breathe. The doctors say he will recover, but > will only be some shade of his former self. He's a year younger than me - > 57. > > He was the one who worked for me at the Moab project as my remote PC set-up, > communications set-up, electrical designer, electrical inspector, and > assistant site supervisor (to me) for that $14mm gas plant. We spent 5 > months at the camp-site in Moab with our trailers next door to each other. > > It all started when he was hit'n-run by a police-chased drug-addict in Las > Vegas 10 years ago. It really messed him up bad- two years to recovery and > lost 100 lbs or so. Spent a lot of time in hospitals. The drug addict had > no insurance, of course, just a very long record. Recovered as only a shade > of his original self. > > Four years ago he was hit with a strep-type virus that ate the top half of > his heart off (may have picked the bug up in the hospitals). They thought > it was the flu and they kept releasing him. They finally brought him in for > a CT scan and took him straight to surgery. He died 3 times on the op > table, but they brought him back with a rebuilt heart and a pacemaker. > Another very long partial recovery, and this is how I hired him for Moab, to > help get him motivated and back in the saddle. It helped a ton and he had > the most financially successful year of his life (he owns his own elec. > contracting business). He also progressed from looking like 'death warmed > over' to someone who had the flu, and he gained 35lbs lack of the 75lbs he > lost this time around. He's 6'-4" and was down to 85 pounds after the heart > surgery. > He's a sharp cookie and was very respected around the gas plant site, ill as > he was. > > So he's had a very rough time, but through it all, has been my PC advisor > and technician-guru, electrical contractor for home projects, and friend. > We are not 'chummy buddies', as we march to different drummers, but we did > spend a great deal of time together, and right now his family is envying me > for that. > > So, I'm praying that he survives if he can have some quality of life. But > with the previous heart-problems before this blood-clot and brain surgery, I > just don't know what to pray for. He's been suffering so much for so long > now. So I'm leaving it in God's hands and praying the He does what is best > for Mark. Oh, and yes, I'm also thinking of his mom, who's been by his side > through all of this. Mark is not married, so she will bear most of the > burden for his care- again, the 3rd major time. So I'm also thinking of > her. She wants him back- whatever is left. What a mom!! > > If it comes to pass, and I really don't want to get into it at this time, I > will need assistance for my PCs and new website that he started. That's one > of the reasons the new web site is not done- he just has not been up to it > lately, and now we know why. If he survives, he will not be up to it for 6 > months, if ever. > > There's not many trusted PC professionals in this Wyoming cowboy town. So > later, later I may be asking someone to help me gather up the pieces to get > my web sites finished for the Rope-dub and related pages. > > Thanks for listening guys. Peace to you all. > > DonO > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- http://flytyer.wordpress.com - The Daily Fly Tyer -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
