WVDXA Dave Comstock, W8HYX in Hospital

[Clark L. Stewart]

Hal or anyone Else,

      What's Dave's current condition?  I stopped by Putnam General on 
Wednesday and they said he was no longer a patient there.  Anyone have more 
recent info?

Clark, W8TN


At 06:20 PM 8/11/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>Folks,
>I received a phone call yesterday from Pam Comstock, daughter of Dave, 
>W8HYX and she told me that Dave has been in Putnam General Hospital and 
>required emergency surgery to remove an obstruction in his small 
>intestine.  He entered the hospital on Monday, July 31 and I think Pam 
>said they did the surgery on Wednesday of that week.  He had been in ICU 
>until yesterday.  I called him this afternoon and he sounds very 
>weak.  Dave says he will not be attending Jackson's Mill this year, 
>perhaps the first one he has ever missed.  He says his doctor may release 
>him this weekend but he is going to be spending lot of time in bed.
>
>Please keep Dave in your thoughts and prayers and if you get a chance, you 
>might want to drop him a card.  He is the only ham in WV that doesn't do 
>e-mail.
>
>73,
>Hal, W8HC