Jim Thompson wrote:

On Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:04:24 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
wrote:

Condolences, Jim.

Thanks!


Was this sudden or did you see it coming and have time to prepare?

We were back to visit the end of August. He was fine then, _except_
he didn't like using his oxygen... he had COPD due to smoking and
massive exposure to asbestos while crawling through attics... in his
early years he was an electrician.

I'm not sure what triggered the stroke ~ six weeks ago, but he
(himself) called me from the hospital and seemed quite cogent,
complaining only of paralysis down his left side forcing him to need
assistance walking.

Then he got some gawd-awful bacterial infection, probably from a dirty
IV and it was almost straight down-hill from there... a few rebounds
where I thought he'd fight his way out of it. Last Sunday he talked
to all the kids and grandkids that were here for #8's first birthday
party. Two days later he was in and out of coma, then plunged rapidly
:-(

That can be kind of tough. If you don't know the end is coming, you
don't have the time to get everyone used to it.

At least it wasn't something like him being hale and hearty right up
till the election results came in.

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Paul Hovnanian
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