This is great news!  Ask him what's the MOD on the Nitrox he's
breathing?

Warm wishes, hugs & kisses from all of Crusty's Crew


Reef Fish wrote:
>
> I wrote exactly ONE WEEK ago, about Jeff's condition:
>
> RF>  No news is Good News.
>
> after I had seen Jeff the day before, after he had just been moved
> out of the ICU into a regular room;  and the day before that when
> I saw him at the ICU.  The situation looked REALLY grim.
>
> That's why I consider the news I got from Richard (Jeff's boss),
> not too long ago that I didn't read until now, nothing short of
> a MAJOR miracle, in progress!
>
> Richard said Jeff was able to sit up for a short while and actually
> ate regular food TODAY, for the first time since he entered the
> hospital emergency room on January 1!  Richard went on to say
>
> >  He cannot talk due the ventilator and is still very weak.
> >  The bad news is that he will need a liver transplant to
> >  really recover.  The good news is it looks like he will be
> >  able to get strong enough to be able to receive a transplant.
>
> Richard also said,
>
> >  We will be taking him an AlphaSmart keyboard and with it he will
> >  be able to communicate more easily.
>
> I can't wait to see Jeff's first post in Scuba-SE this year!  :-)
> Actually, I don't even know what an AlphaSmart keyboard is, but I'll
> be visiting Jeff tomorrow for sure, since I'll be off this weekend
> (again <G> to Chicagah) and won't be back till next Tuesday.
>
> If any of you catch this news in time and have something for me to
> relay to Jeff (in print or by voice), do so publicly (Scuba-SE) OR
> email me privately (to [log in to unmask] -- DON'T use the Yahoo
> address for email.  I seldom ever use it and don't use it even for
> this posting :-))
>
> I'll beat Viv to saying, "Hallelujah!" this time.   :-)
>
> -- Bob.