Hi Pee Wee, boy are we glad to hear from you! You must be a tough one.
Lee
Prosser WA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pee-Wee" <1p@verizon.net>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 7:55 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] Thank You from
Pee-Wee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> Hey there List Members,
> 1st off I really want to THANK you ALL for all for your support, &
> concern... and thanks for all of those very nice "Get Well" cards &
> words of encouragement!!! You guys really were a part of my recovery,
> and I can't thank you all enough! On my down days (bad days) in the
> hospital I would start reading all of the cards and letters and in
> minutes I'd be in good spirits and start feeling better! That made my
> day!!!!!!!!!!!! Matter of fact, it inspired me NOT to put my ole
> suburban up for sale. Yeah I was actually thinking about getting rid of
> my pride and joy after I woke up from my coma and found myself hooked up
> to a vent to breath, needing blood dialysis 3 times a week because my
> kidneys had failed and a ton of other problems to go along with it. I
> just couldn't figure out how something that I love so much could do this
> to me??? But after reading those letters & cards with everyone's warm
> wishes and kind thoughts got me to thinking how much I really love these
> ole rigs of ours and how much of a DIP I'd be if I did get rid of the
> suburban! So thanks again...it means a lot to me!!!! Here's a link to
> check out the 1958 GMC suburban
> http://members.tripod.com/P-Wee/id135.htm enjoy...
>
> If you are wondering what happened well here's a short short story... It
> happened Aug. 27th. I was working on my old burb adjusting the clutch
> and getting it ready for the Brother's Truck Show that was going to be
> held the very next day and somehow the end of my wrench shorted out the
> starter solenoid and started the motor. Well Dummy me had it in reverse
> with the battery still connected while I was under it laying on my back,
> the suburban's front axle came rolling over my head (causing a skull
> fracture) and it pinched my chest down into the cement, the front 4x4
> Napco differential housing smashed my chest and drug me about 20 feet
> until the suburban hit my house. Any way I feel a lot better now, but I
> still have a lot of healing to do. So please disconnect your battery
> while working on your rigs, I almost died 4-times! I was in a coma for
> 2-months, on a vent, my kidneys failed (now their working), I paralyzed
> my right chest diaphragm that helps me breath, I had road rash all over
> my back side, I blew out my knee while being dragged down the driveway,
> and a bunch of other things were wrong. So watch out while you are under
> there working...please!
>
> I'm home now & still weeding through my email from august. I had a total
> of 3,267 emails to read through. I know that I've been blessed by a 2nd
> chance at life. Now after the storm... the air is fresh, the grass is a
> lot more green, and the sky is a deeper blue than before! Thanks for
> being a link in the chain of my recovery!!! I can't thank you ALL
> enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> Pee-Wee.
>
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>
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