Brother Paul again:
Haven't a clue; he still cannot walk, and his and my guess is that in addition to high fever and high blood sugar a stroke was thrown in there somewhere. In fact an MRI performed about six weeks ago showed "old" strokes (doctor's words) that may explain some of the difficulty Kaptain K was having when recovering from diverticulitis surgery in '07. He is weaker on his right side than his left, and has uncontrollable tremors in his right hand and foot. They're still functional, just not very. He is having physical therapy and speech therapy every weekday, working on his mobility and cognitive function. He will be under medical care as long as he is unable to care for himself, and we don't have any idea how long that will be.
He will tell you that he doesn't feel as smart as he did before this occurrence, but he's still plenty with it in the brains department. I'm waiting for DonnieB's laptop to show up so that the Kaptain can log on and tell you all about it himself.

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Brother Paul,

Please continue to give Kaptain K all of our best. It sounds like he may have a long road ahead, but every one of his virtual friends on BAUT are cheering him on.

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One Earth, One Sky - IYA 2009
All moderation in purple

Indeed we are Sir!
Godspeed, Kap'n K!

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If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. CARL SAGAN

Mak: Pass the pepperoni please.
Fazor: "Hail, Bautainia! We pledge our hearts to thee! Science and woo, some babbling too, and astron-oh-meee!"
slang: And it made ash out of yew and tree.

What Swift said. I've had relatives in a roughly similar situation. Keep your chin up, Kaptain! It WILL get better.

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Thanks for the update Paul, and more best wishes for the Kaptain.

Get well soon, Kaptain K! And thanks Paul for taking the time to update us. I may not be one of his long time personal BAUT friends (yet?) but I wish him well. Looking forward to seeing his name in the 'newest reply' column again!

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Meet the OOONG TOE.

Just got through talking to the Kapt. He says he has some challenges to overcome. Physical torture, I mean, physical therapy everyday. He should be online soon thanks to Donnie B. I told him about all your well wishes!

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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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Thanks Tinaa.
we love you too

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If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. CARL SAGAN

Mak: Pass the pepperoni please.
Fazor: "Hail, Bautainia! We pledge our hearts to thee! Science and woo, some babbling too, and astron-oh-meee!"
slang: And it made ash out of yew and tree.

Even if we don't show it often enough.

A lot of times I'll send a "possibly" questionable post to Henrik for moderator approval and he'll come back with, "I dunno, would you send this to Tinaa?" And after I blush at the thought I'll say, "you have a point..."

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In your rush to call everyone "entrenched" or closed-minded or "limited" you fail to note that the "limit" here has a very natural boundary: that point at which the evidence stops. - JayUtah

Science fiction was never meant to be an educational tool. - Editor Amazing Tales

You must not know me too well! ;-)

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So you don't mind if I tell of the time I was going to be stabbed by three Asian tranny ladyboys who were really mad at me? After I applied the "Tinaa filter" I realized it may be too riske for a family board even using "vague terms and analogies". That was one.

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In your rush to call everyone "entrenched" or closed-minded or "limited" you fail to note that the "limit" here has a very natural boundary: that point at which the evidence stops. - JayUtah

Science fiction was never meant to be an educational tool. - Editor Amazing Tales

Perhaps a bit spicy for the board.

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You're not alone. I'd expect to mind, simply from the description.

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Thanks to his brother, when I heard that he is ok now, I am wishing him an immediate recovery.


Take care Kaptain K, everything will be ok.

Sunil