Western Railroad Discussion > Update on Larry Fredeen

This from his daughter today:

Back down with Dad today, Thanks to Mom and Jeff for staying with him for a few days. It takes a village. Dad seems less foggy today , kinda grouchy. Funny cause in 35 years I have never seen him grouchy, LOL. Possibly 2-4 more days then up to a rehab facility up North to continue his recovery.

This is good news. He is hanging in there, and, according to
one of his FB Friends who himself had open-heart surgery some
years ago, it takes a long, long time to fully recover from
open--heart surgery. All heart bypass surgery is open-heart
surgery.

Looks as though this great locomotive has a long, hard grade in
front of him, with a lot of tonnage to pull -- but this engine
is up to the task, even if he lacks most of his usual and
expected tractive effort right now. In a few days, the shop
crews where he now is are going to transfer this locomotive to
another repair facility where he can be tested further to make
sure all his components are working well enough to put him back
into light-duty yard service, which is what this engine will be
assigned to do for a while.

Larry --
Remember: "I THINK I can! I THINK I can! I THINK I can! I THINK
I can! ..........I KNEW I could! I KNEW I could! I KNEW I could!
I KNEW I could!!!"



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/27/17 21:57 by Margaret_SP_fan.

It sounds like the "Loose Caboose" is soon to be back on the loose. Margaret said it well! Larry, it's time to get back on the main.

Kent in CArmel Valley

Thanks, Kent. But this great locomotive has been put on
restricted very light service, and has to stay in the yard for a while.

Here 3 updates posted on Larry's FaceBook page today -- Thursday, April 27, 2017,
by various people:

Update around 7 hours ago today, from his daughter:
> Back down with Dad today, Thanks to Mom and Jeff for staying with him
> for a few days. It takes a village. Dad seems less foggy today , kinda
> grouchy. Funny cause in 35 years I have never seen him grouchy, LOL.
> Possibly 2-4 more days then up to a rehab facility up North to continue
> his recovery.

Update around 8 hours ago today, from his son:
> Dad just got to eat jello...he was thrilled

Update around 10 hours ago today, from a friend of his:
> visited larry this morning .. he is sitting up in a chair an talking..
> which he hasent been able to do...nurses were pleased with his progress...
> he said its the first day he felt good.... he just wants ice chips and
> cannot have anything for fear of swallowing chocking....the doctor comes
> today...keep prayin..and sending vibes..

Here is the OP's update that started this thread. It was posted on FaceBook
on April 25, 2017, at 1:25 pm, by a Friend:
> According to Larry's son, Larry is awake and responsive just dazed and
> confused as to where he is and what he's doing. He's not sure what town
> he's in. Continued prayers, please!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/27/17 22:15 by Margaret_SP_fan.

Pulling for you Larry. B

Margaret_SP_fan Wrote:
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> This is good news. He is hanging in there, and,
> according to
> one of his FB Friends who himself had open-heart
> surgery some
> years ago, it takes a long, long time to fully
> recover from
> open--heart surgery. All heart bypass surgery is
> open-heart
> surgery.
>
> Looks as though this great locomotive has a long,
> hard grade in
> front of him, with a lot of tonnage to pull -- but
> this engine
> is up to the task, even if he lacks most of his
> usual and
> expected tractive effort right now. In a few days,
> the shop
> crews where he now is are going to transfer this
> locomotive to
> another repair facility where he can be tested
> further to make
> sure all his components are working well enough to
> put him back
> into light-duty yard service, which is what this
> engine will be
> assigned to do for a while.
>
> Larry --
> Remember: "I THINK I can! I THINK I can! I THINK I
> can! I THINK
> I can! ..........I KNEW I could! I KNEW I could! I
> KNEW I could!
> I KNEW I could!!!"


Hope they remember to do blow downs

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Update from today -- about half an hour ago -- on Larry
from his daughter on his FaceBook page, in a reply
to a Friend, that he is eating, and regularly! YAY!!
He IS making progress, even if that is slow. :)