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enshook
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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:11 am

Hi all,

Allan emailed Rob and I yesterday evening to state he will be offline for a while. His wife, Heather, was hospitalized and has been in ICU over the weekend. He states that she is recovering well now.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Allan and Heather for her fast and total recovery!

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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:08 am

That's horrendous, hopefully everything will be fine. Best wishes for a quick recovery to Allan's family.

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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:24 am

Allan is a great, very well respected guy in these here parts at the very least. i think it goes without saying that everyone here, to a person, is rooting for him/his wife and wishing a full recovery in the shortest time possible.

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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:00 am

well, even if i dont know him very well, i keep cross finger and look forward to seeing allan posting here back asap! :!:

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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:04 am

If anybody does contact him at some point please extend my sympathy and best wishes to him and Heather.

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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:10 am

All the best to Allan and his family. Hope to see you back online soon.

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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:13 am

I hope and wish for a quick recovery for Heather.

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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:25 am

Thanks for giving us the heads up. I hope Heather has a speedy recovery.

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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:48 am

Hope everything goes well for Allan and Heather.

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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:56 am

enshook wrote:Hi all,

Allan emailed Rob and I yesterday evening to state he will be offline for a while. His wife, Heather, was hospitalized and has been in ICU over the weekend. He states that she is recovering well now.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Allan and Heather for her fast and total recovery!

Ditto...I hope everything is alright with them.

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grodog
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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:19 pm

Thanks guys. Heather's doing much better, but still under observation. I'm off to visit her again soon (hours are restricted, even for immediate family). More later.

Allan Grohe (grodog@gmail.com)
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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:33 pm

grodog wrote:Thanks guys. Heather's doing much better, but still under observation. I'm off to visit her again soon (hours are restricted, even for immediate family). More later.

Damn. My thoughts go out to you and your family, Allan. I hope everything works out for the best.

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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:51 pm

Like others, I hope everything goes well, gro.

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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:55 pm

grodog wrote:Thanks guys. Heather's doing much better, but still under observation. I'm off to visit her again soon (hours are restricted, even for immediate family). More later.

I hope you and your wife get through this OK. Best wishes!!

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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:58 am

Hey Allan,

Hope all goes well and Heather has a speedy recovery.

Our prayers are with you.

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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:35 pm

Damn, Allan, you can't catch a break lately, health-wise, can you?

Good luck with everything. Keep us posted or drop a quick line on Facebook or something.

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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:02 am

Damn. If I may speak on behalf of the crew over at Dragonsfoot, here's wishing all the best for Allan and his family. Grodog commands a lot of respect over there, and I consider him to be a friend though we've never met in person.

I'll CC this news over at DF.

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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:04 pm

Thanks everyone. It's been a horrendous 8 days so far (2 ER trips; the first last week resulted in an overnight in the ICU, the second was last night just 30 hours after she'd been released from the first trip to the hospital

), but Heather's hopefully on the road to recovery now. I'll know more after talking with the doctors tomorrow.

Allan Grohe (grodog@gmail.com)
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