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Re: [oletrucks] Giving Thanks

To: "Bob KNOTTS" <raknotts@qwest.net>, Ie61pah@aol.com,
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Giving Thanks
From: "Bob KNOTTS" <raknotts@qwest.net>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 21:35:06 -0700
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob KNOTTS" <raknotts@qwest.net>
To: <Ie61pah@aol.com>; <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Giving Thanks


> My oldest daughter , now 45, had a very bad car accident abt 5-6 years
ago.
> I was on a job up at Parker, AZ. Abt 2 AM the Parker police came and told
> me. I called the doctor. He said she was in a coma, and probably wouldn't
> come out of it. Abt two weeks later, the attending er doctor and I were
> talking to a still comatose Robyn. The DR asked, "How are you?"

(I left something out here) A very weak voice answered "I'm fine"

A very
> surprised doctor turned to me, and said it was the neurologist who said
she
> was a goner, not him. Robyn has suffered a small amt of brain damage, and
> has a small personality change. But she can drive again, and get around
> reasonably well. But she had to relearn ALL her motor skills, from
wiggling
> a toe on up. So keep trying,  even if your doctor says you can't do
> something (within reason).  Bob K in PHX, AZ.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Ie61pah@aol.com>
> To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 4:30 PM
> Subject: [oletrucks] Giving Thanks
>
>
> > In all the hurry of making emails and phone calls to Tom and Bill, to
get
> > the web site done, I forgot to give Thanks, where Thanks is due.
> > Besides thanking Tom and Bill, I also wanted to give Thanks to all the
> list
> > members who emailed their thoughts and prayers to me off list. It is so
> > comforting to know how much people care about others, considering their
> only contact
> > has been in a computer screen.
> >  Some people are so special, (and this list is full of them) that their
> > personality, warmth, and love can be felt though electronic media.
> > Although the doctors now say that the muscle and nerve damage in my neck
> may
> > be permeant, I still hold hope that I will recover and someday finish my
> dream
> > of owning a Ol truck, and meeting some of you wonderful people face to
> face
> > at shows, rallies, and at the "OleTrucks Nationals" (just another
dream).
> >  I'll still be on the list, even after the truck sells.
> >
> > Pat Hollister
> > '58 step
> > West Burlington, IA.
> > http://community.webtv.net/TnJpot/TRUCKFORSALE
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959

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