A MESSAGE FROM AKI/BILLIE
PLEASE READ BUT NO DIAMONDS
MANY OF YOU HAVE INQUIRED ABOUT THE HEALTH OF MY HUSBAND ,FRANK, I'M SORRY THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO RESPOND BEFORE NOW AS I WANTED TO SHARE SOMETHING POSITIVE.
AROUND THANKSGIVING 2009 FRANK BECAME QUITE ILL WITH HEART DISEASE IN SPITE OF HAVING A PACEMAKER.
HE WAS PUT ON NEW MEDICATIONS WHICH DIDN'T SEEM TO HELP VERY MUCH.
ON 1/5/10 HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND WAS DX WITH HEART FAILURE AND STAGE 3 OF KIDNEY FAILURE.
( THERE ARE 5 STAGES OF KIDNEY FAILURE)
HE WAS VERY ILL.
WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL HE DEVELOPED PNEUMONIA.
(THANK GOODNESS FOR ANTIBIOTICS)
AFTER A VISIT WITH HIS NEPHROLOGIST AND CARDIAC DRS. ON 3/5 /10
WE WERE TOLD THAT HE WILL NEVER BE ANY BETTER THAN HE IS NOW.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS HE IS STABLE!
ON VALENTINE'S DAY FRANK FELL ON THE BLACK ICE THAT COVERED OUR DRIVEWAY..
INJURING HIS BACK AND SUFFERING A CONCUSSION,
ABRASIONS AND LACERATION OF HIS HEAD.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THE CAT SCAN WAS NEGATIVE FOR BLEEDING INTO THE BRAIN WHICH WAS A CONCERN AS HE IS ON COUMADIN AND ASA AND HAS A PRIOR HISTORY OF A SUB DURAL HEMATOMA
WHICH WAS THE RESULT OF A FALL OUT OF BED ON VALENTINE'S DAY 2008.
IT IS THE MOST AMAZING THING THAT A GROUP OF POETS THAT HAVE NEVER MET FRANK OR ME HAVE SO MUCH COMPASSION AND KINDNESS IN THEIR HEARTS.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR PRAYERS,EM AND CALLS
THEY MEAN SO MUCH TO US.
WE FEEL WE ARE BLESSED
HUGS,TO ALL,
BILLIE XO
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