Doc Ed Ashby could use a few...(update)

[Doc Nock]

Some while back we kept Doc AShby in our prayers for his back surgery and it did go reasonably well.

I learned today that there has been several months of new challenges, but Ed keeps a positive attitude.

I'd not gotten permission today when I chatted with him, to reveal a lot of details, but after his recovery from the spinal surgery, there were some lingering internal nerve issues...then some heart complications and some prostate stuff now has surfaced.

He's going to be in a variey of treatments and what he thought would be a short stay in TX has become a long journey through the medical hoops and a lot more to come that are goign to be quite challenging.

He's off line and no computer access these days. That doesn't mean we can't just pray him back to full health. We've seen it here often...

Prayers for his medical team and for the Great Physician to smile on our brother and return him to full health and verve and that he feels our love reaching out to him in his hotel/hospital stays for the next several months.

[bear1336]

Prayers from Georgia on the way.

[George D. Stout]

Prayers from our home.

[oneshot-onekill]

Praying for Doc Ashby.....

[Tom Phillips]

Doc Ed you are on my prayer list. get healed up quickly !!

[BenBow]

Amen prayers sent for God's best

[rastaman]

Prayers and positive thoughts sent from south georgia Dr. Ashby.

[Doc Nock]

Anybody got a ole laptop they could loan Ed?

He won't hook up his lonely one that has all his research data on it for fear of catchin some virus or the like... I can understand his reticency. I, too, am some close to his age adn this fang-dangled things called puters kinda baffle me at times.

If we could find an internet ready laptop to loan him, that would be sweet. He's staying alone in motel rooms while he undergoes some tough treatments. I guess it's ok to mention its prostate cancer. Hope he doesn't mind. He's very positive about the outcome there where he's being treated. Just all his contact with outside world is a loaned cell phone. That kinda sucks!

If anyone has one and want to email me directly, I'll phone ole Doc and let him call you if you give a phone # and you two can work out details. He'll fuss no doubt, but it would likely be a true god-send to have him be able to do internet. Most likely available at the hotel he'll be at in today's world.

[pronghorn23]

Prayers sent for strength and healing..

[redeemed]

prayer up for the Dr.

[Benny Nganabbarru]

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Single-bevel, high efoc prayer for Doctor Ed!

[marlon]

prayers sent.

[kibok&ko]

all the best Doc !

[Doc Nock]

I'm sure he feels the love although he can't participate in the internet right now. Dunno if the hotel has connections, but he has his old laptop only and it's full of his research, so he doesn't use it to connect.

If anyone has an old laptop that would work on the I-net, I bet he'd be grateful for the loaner while he's undergoing the painful cancer treatments in a hotel room by himself!

[b.glass]

Ben, I like your special delivery prayer there. Prayin for ya Doc Ashby! I wish I had a spare lap top to loan out.

Bona

[Doc Nock]

Doc started his radiation treatments this past week, Wed I believe. He said they told him it won't get "ugly" for about 3-4 weeks...then the radiation burns will start to show and such...  :(

We keep praying for someone to loan up a small internet ready computer so he might have something to take his mind off the alone-ness.

His spirits are great and he is making many plans for later fall presentations, as the docs give him high hopes for this prostate cancer treatment.

He's at a Super 9 (not super 8) hotel in El Paso, room 136 I believe. Treatments are in the AM every day for 4X days (43 I think) He'll be there a while.

If anyone wants to call his room, email me or PM me and I'll send you his phone # or google it.  

[Doc Nock]

I'll go ahead and post his room phone # in case anyone would like to give him a shout. His treatments are in the AM TX time...

(915) 584-3441 to the hotel switchboard.

Just ask for room 136.  Course, being a danged Yankee, I can't understand a word them gals say when they answer...but I get through anyway!        

[thp]

What Ben said:

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Single-bevel, high efoc prayer for Doctor Ed!"


prayers from Iowa sent

[Doc Nock]

Been trying to talk to Ed. It rings, nobody answers. Last night I got through. He says he's almost always there but when he goes for treatments in the AM from like 9-10-ish.

The folks at the desk aren't English First folks and maybe they put me through to something other'n "room 136". Dunno.

Ed says that he's starting to feel some of the radiation effects...eyes burn and he's so plumb tired he has to fight to move.  He sounds chipper, though. And still gets excited talking about EFOC and arrows!  

I'm sure he'd appreciate any calls.

[BenBow]

Doc I tried calling him and they supposedly put me through to him and like you said it rings and no answer. I let it ring thinking I could leave a message and the desk picked it up again and asked which room. When I told them again they got it right and I got through to him.