CASEY ESCAPES! Last seen heading Home !

LOCK UP YOUR INJECTORS, HIDE YOUR ’57 CHEVYS >>>>HE’S OUT !
just in …………………………………..

Dino and Friends,

This may well be my last dispatch to you guys. Billy was released (broke out) from the hospital at about 3:PM this afternoon. Sister Judy was there to assist and drive him home.

I spoke with Billy as they were heading south on I-95 toward his home in Westerly, Rhode Island. He said that he was happy though he felt a bit woozy. “Ya know how you feel after driving in a large diesel truck for awhile? Well, its something like that – but I’m not complaining”.

Not Complaining is an understatement. Anyone who knows Bill, knows that his fuse can be short at times and his tolerance for bureaucracy and stupidity is – should we say – someway limited.

He spent three weeks in great pain, accepting one failure upon another with barely a word. When he swallowed he would wintz but say nothing, saving his pain meds for when he would need then to sleep. He was totally frustrated with all the tubes and wires emanating from a pole and the wall. Just to get out of bed and sit in a chair, he would have to call a nurse. He didn’t want to bother anyone who was reaching to help but eventually, he gratefully accepted the help. While walking his 1/4 mile, he would say hello to anyone who was in the hall. He was always asking about others.

When others asked how he was doing, he would say something like; ‘not bad, not bad. – I’m still here though’ and then laugh. His sense of humor probably did the most to pull him through. That and the visits of his daughter, the irresistible, irrepressable Cheryl. Her visit made all the misery go away.

He read and reread all your greetings, messages and cards repeatedly. Billy and I would sit there and shoot the shit on Super Pumpkin and the wild times “back in the days”

I’m not sure whether Billy will get on-line right away. He may need a few days to reorient himself to just being home and sleeping without being woken up every 20 minutes with beeps going off or a nurse waking him every 2 hours to give him meds.- – – – ya know, the things that we all take for granted every day.

So on behalf of Donna, Cheryl, sister Judy and myself and the rest of Billy’s family, we extend our deepest appreciation to you all, especially Dino. Thanks for being there.

Now on to October !!!!

God Bless,
Bobby

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