Re: Update 2 on John Cowan
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Pierre de Lacaze
Nov 9, 2024, 3:28:23 PMNov 9
to Daphne Preston-Kendal, Lisp NYC Meeting, Lisp NYC
Hello Daphne,
Thank you every much for the update. That's fantastic news. John was an important and valued member of our community and it's safe to say that we all wish him a safe and speedy recovery. I will personally reach out to him by email. Thank you for keeping us posted
on his recovery.
Warmest regards,
Pierre
From: Daphne Preston-Kendal <d...@nonceword.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 9, 2024 8:58 PM
To: Daphne Preston-Kendal <d...@nonceword.org>
Subject: Update 2 on John Cowan
Sent: Saturday, November 9, 2024 8:58 PM
To: Daphne Preston-Kendal <d...@nonceword.org>
Subject: Update 2 on John Cowan
Dear all,
John is doing well and now lives with his daughter Irene in Virginia. He does not expect to return to living in NYC; efforts are being made by some friends in the area to ship his belongingis from his NY apartment down south. They might appreciate help: John tells me Mark Shoulson is co-ordinating the effort, so perhaps get in touch with him.
I spoke to him today on the phone and he seems better. His memory was a lot better than the last time I spoke to him, although he says he still has amnesia; physically, he can only move very slowly with a walker. He has a nurse visiting a few times a week, as well as physical therapy. He is not in any pain and expects to make a full physical recovery.
He can answer emails, slowly, on his mobile phone. Since it takes him a while on his phone, he only answers very few. His computer needs a part replacement which I’m trying to help him get organized – once that comes through it should be possible to get him back online and then he will be able to reply to more emails, perhaps get back on IRC, etc.
He doesn’t have much in the way of social opportunities at the moment and would be grateful for social phone calls. His number is +1 (718) 954-2237. He does not have any messaging service at that phone number, so plain old telephone call it has to be. (Those of us in the Other Parts of the world can use the usual services to phone at not entirely unreasonable cost.)
Many thanks for everyone’s patience while we tried to find out what was going on. The news is not bad on the whole, and things do seem to be looking up.
Best wishes to all,
Daphne
John is doing well and now lives with his daughter Irene in Virginia. He does not expect to return to living in NYC; efforts are being made by some friends in the area to ship his belongingis from his NY apartment down south. They might appreciate help: John tells me Mark Shoulson is co-ordinating the effort, so perhaps get in touch with him.
I spoke to him today on the phone and he seems better. His memory was a lot better than the last time I spoke to him, although he says he still has amnesia; physically, he can only move very slowly with a walker. He has a nurse visiting a few times a week, as well as physical therapy. He is not in any pain and expects to make a full physical recovery.
He can answer emails, slowly, on his mobile phone. Since it takes him a while on his phone, he only answers very few. His computer needs a part replacement which I’m trying to help him get organized – once that comes through it should be possible to get him back online and then he will be able to reply to more emails, perhaps get back on IRC, etc.
He doesn’t have much in the way of social opportunities at the moment and would be grateful for social phone calls. His number is +1 (718) 954-2237. He does not have any messaging service at that phone number, so plain old telephone call it has to be. (Those of us in the Other Parts of the world can use the usual services to phone at not entirely unreasonable cost.)
Many thanks for everyone’s patience while we tried to find out what was going on. The news is not bad on the whole, and things do seem to be looking up.
Best wishes to all,
Daphne
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