9/22/02 1:00pm

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WOOHOO TODAY IS THE BIG DAY 
WE HAVE ALL BeeN WAITING FOR!
PARTY ON DEWDS!
At last count we have over 170 for dinner - out of a possible 
... oh 210ish  80 % attendance - WAY TO GO CASEY'S

Let me add my thanks to Quinn's for all the prayers & good wishes 
during what was a pretty harrowing time in the hospital. 
As Quinn said, it was a nasty attack of the Ecoli infection, 
initially affecting my blood and urinary systems, but quickly 
generating side effects in my nervous system--specifically spasms 
of pain (level 7-8 on 1-10 scale) on the right side of  my head above 
my right ear. Recoiling from those spasms was literally bouncing me off the bed. 
After a host of tests to make sure they had it figured out 
(IVP, CAT-scan, EEG, MRI, if you're into abbreviations), they attacked it with 
intravenous CIPRP antibiotic and got it under control. 
Suffice to say, if it was a type of near-death experience, I don't recommend it!! 

The experience does generate some lessons learned that are worth passing on, 
I think:
(1)  If you ever experience uncontrollable shudders or tremors, get to a hospital, 
IMMEDIATELY!  All the doctors reiterated that such an effect is a clear indication
that some kind of infection has gotten hold of your body.
(2)  For the guys over 50--get annual physicals and pay attention to the blood 
results that show elevated PSA readings.  That's a possible indicator of Prostate 
cancer but can be caused by a couple of other things (in my case the biopsy to 
check for cancer was negative)  Even so, it's nothing to toy with.
(3) If you do get a biopsy, recognize that it is an invasive procedure. 
It may not necessarily lead to an infection, but the super-sharp Infectious
Disease Specialist doctor on my case is convinced it's one of the preconditions 
that can lead to infection.  (Just to drop the other foot, she & others never 
isolated the source of my Ecoli infection.  But she concluded that the biopsy & 
traces of blood in urine on annual physical in Jun were preconditions that 
combined with something I ate or drank to give me the Ecoli, even though others 
tea and drank the same things I did and did not get it.)

Anyway, thanks again for your prayers and support.  Now that's enought serious
stuff and we can get on to the lots more fun stuffy of a great 
CASEY FAMILY REUNION!!! 
. . . exactly a monty away from now.  Hope you can all make it--it'll be a super 
celebration of our faith, family and fun!!

Love to all from all here / Bobby & Mary Frank

Received updates from Ree Casey and the Roeders 
um - when I finish roeders - thats like 6 more 1st cousins 
once removed and a whole bunch of spouses- 
Gee I hope Mary and Tag have a really really BIG TENT ! 
This isn't 100% acurate yet.. 
but we are some 240 strong ! Give or take 10 ! 
lets see I get about 5 pictures a day = 48 days 
oh oh ! Ok I have to take next month off from work ! 

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Tues., 5/14/2002 Therese Anne McGivein 
therese.mcgiverin@CUNAMutual.com