| 10/28/08 04:29 PM |
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Paul Smith
Hey all,
I just got some news about our old Principal, Bob Vesperman. Bob has had surgery for blocked arteries, and has not been recovering very well.
I think it would do a lot for Bob's spirits if we could each send him a card and a note and maybe picture of you and your family. Show him that, goshdarnit, you turned out OK. That was the thing about Bob - no matter how much any kid screwed up, he wouldn't give up on that kid. We ought not write him off now, in his darkest hour. I think it would be helpful to him now to be reminded just how many of our lives he has touched. Please read below and find the address at the bottom.
> Oct 25 6:30 PM
> I just got home from the Cities. It's very hard to write an update
> when the new isn't good. Yesterday Bob needed to be transfered back
> to Regions Hospital. He had a CT scan to determine what was going on with his chest.
> We knew that he had a pocket under the incision where the tissue was
> not healing as desired. Yesterday that area started bleeding. We
> believe the bleeding was due to the anti- coagulants that he had been restarted on.
> Basically two things were determined with the CT scan. He has fluid
> accumulated around his lungs which impairs his breathing. The
> doctors will do a thoracentesis procedure tomorrow and remove this
> fluid. They will culture the fluid to find out if there is any infection present.
> Hopefully not-it would make everything easier. They do not feel that
> there is an infection because he is doing well- Blood pressure
> stable, no temperature, and feels good. The second finding means that
> Bob will require surgery again. They need to open his incision and
> clean out the area. The bones are not healing together in his
> sternum. They will need to correct that. I don't know the specifics. It is expected that
> surgery will be Monday or Tuesday. It is a real blow that he needs
> surgery again. But they will fix him up the way he should be. We
> know that healing is more difficult for him being a diabetic. They
> are not going to do anymore weaning from the ventilator until after
> the surgery because he will need the vent for surgery.
> thank heavens for the wonderful doctors and nurses and support staff.
> We feel that Bob is getting such good care. I'll enclose Regions
> address. I won't give a room number because that will change during
> the week. This afternoon he was moved from the medical intensive
> care (in contact precautions-a type of isolation) . We were required
> to gown and glove when we entered the room. Now he is in a medical
> step-down unit. He has a room mate and no isolation. We feel that's
> progress and means no infection currently that we need to be afraid
> of. We go day by day. You never know what the next hour or day will bring.
> Thank you for all the prayers and cards. I was hoping that Bob would
> be home for Thanksgiving. Now I think I need to change that to Christmas.
> What a wonderful surprise if he came home early. God bless all of you.
> Love,
> Kathy Regions Hospital 640 Jackson St. St. Paul, MN 55101
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