Praise the Lord! Thanks for explaining what happened and for the progess report. I will still continue to pray for a full recovery. We love you and don't know what we would do without you! Happy cruising! Alverne Aug 20, 2010 10:52:51 AM, [1][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 [2] >target="_blank">[3]http://www.familytreedna.com/public/pate-dna-project >Sharing Our Past, Our Present and Our Future PATE LIST SERVE >[4][email protected] A free E-Mail Forum for PATE Researchers > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [5][email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the >body of the message > References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. http://www.familytreedna.com/public/pate-dna-project 3. http://www.familytreedna.com/public/pate-dna-project 4. mailto:[email protected] 5. mailto:[email protected]