our friend Dreadnaught Dan, who had a heart attack, 'bout a month ago...
he'd been in a play at the Newport Performin' Arts Cent'r 'n' b'tween acts, had gone out t' his car... 'n' someone had t' go out 'n' check on him, 'n' found him collaps'd.

poor Dan'd been through hell...
he told us 'bout his ordeal... how he'd "really felt ok" but someone'd call'd paramedics, 'n' they kept askin' "did he have chest pain?" they took him to th' hospital anyway 'n' next thing he knew he woke up in OHSU, in Portland, almost a week lat'r.

in all, he'd had a heart attack, congestive heart failure, 'n' a collaps'd lung. he'd told us all 'bout th' ordeal of IV's 'n' tubes down his throat 'n' his arms were ti'd down (they didn't want him t' wake 'n' - wond'rin' where he was, 'n' try t' pull out th' tubes - which is exactly what would'v happ'n'd, had they not tied his arms down)... 'n' thankfully he had a nurse that was good at "charades" t' allow him t' communicate with them.

talk 'bout lousy landlords... just cause Dan'd end'd up in hospital, HIS landlords evict'd him outta his house in Newport. he's now stayin' at th' Whale Inn, in Depoe Bay, waitin' for an openin' at Otter Crest, just south of Depoe Bay.

mondays 'n' thursdays, owlsy 'n' ay go t' free dinner at "St. Texaco" (a church behind th' old Texaco station, which ay always forget the name of, hence my name for it) 'n' past thursday, we took a "to-go" dinn'r t' Dan 'n' had a good visit. he was happily surpris'd t' see us, wond'rin' how ay'd track'd him down. =)

we had a good visit 'n' told him it was really good t' see him 'n' und'r th' circumstances, he was entitld't ' his answ'r, which was "it was good T' BE SEEN"! lol.
(we also got t' meet his kitty, Candy, who is a sweet lit'le girl 'n' a good companion t' Dan.) he looks good, too - he's lost a lot of weight, but ay think can still keep his pirate name of "Dreadnaught Dan"... 'n' while in hospital, they shav'd his beard, much t' his dismay - but he's growin' it back. =) (DON'T shave a pirate's beard!!) >P

t' those of ye who answ'r'd me Pray'r R'quest, THANK YOU!


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