[Sam Strano]

Today, 12/22 my Mom--Arlyn was wisked off to Pittsburgh to start Chemotherapy for Lukemia. It's all been very sudden, and I'm still in a state of shock to be honest. I mention this only because my Mom and Dad are the other two poeple involved in this business, and it's pretty clear that at least for a while I'll be the only one around much. As such, I have to beg for your understanding and patience. I'm taking over two other jobs, learn them, still do my technical work and deal with Mom's illness.

I still want to give the advice and be as helpful as I can. But there are now going to be less hours in the day for me to do that. I'm supposing that tech calls will become shorter and much more to the point from pure necessity. I am not going to stop taking those calls or cease helping folks. That's what put me where we are today. However, it might take a bit more time for me to return those calls or respond to e-mail. I ask for your understanding in this matter.

Please, please feel free to pass this along if anyone is looking for me and I haven't been able to respond.

Thank you all, and I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas.

[Crazy Canuck]

any more news ?

[Sam Strano]

any more news ?

On Christmas Eve her Spleen ruptured in a huge way, and only by pure luck did they realize what was happening since the CT Scan tech didn't do a contrasting test to show what was clotting vs. what was actual spleen (as was ordered, and the doctor has filed a formal complaint). Basically she had about 5 units of blood in her from the spleen which wasn't even really there anymore. That could have been the end right there, but she's recovering from that surgery now. Can't start the big-time Chemotherapy for another 10 days or so, but they have her on some sort of low-dose thing that suppresses, but doesn't kill the cancer....

Again, I appreciate all the concern, and Mom was very happy to hear that some of the folks she talks to were also concerned and wanted to wish her well.