Joel, I'm so happy to hear you are feeling better. I hope you and Linda have a wonderful time on your cruise. You both deserve it! Melanie -- Melanie Dennis [email protected] On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:52 -0400, "Joel Pate" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Kin Folk > > Thanks to the grace of God, the love of a wonderful wife and d family > and most especially the support of my extended Pate family, I am > recovering from a serious illness. This is perhaps more than you wanted > to know about the matter. However, on 2 August 2010 I was stricken with > convulsions resulting from chronic subdural hematoma (blood clots on the > brain surface), which in turn resulted from blood thinner toxicity. An > excellent surgical team was able to remove the clots and get me out of > danger and on the road to recovery. I have to relearn some fine motor > skills like typing, but my speech memory and mental abilities were not > permanently impacted. I walk with a cane, more for safety than support. > Linda and I will be on a cruise to Alaska 28 Aug to 10 Sep 2010 so I > will be away from the Pate List Serve for awhile longer. Thank you for > the cards and notes and especially for the prayers. > > Joel > > A very big thanks to Melanie Dennis for keeping the Pate List running > and to Clovis for acting as a contact point for Linda > > > -- > PATE DNA PROJECT http://www.familytreedna.com/public/pate-dna-project > Sharing Our Past, Our Present and Our Future PATE LIST SERVE > [email protected] A free E-Mail Forum for PATE Researchers > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >