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My wife just got a text from one of her Red Hats ladies that a very good friend of ours, Gary Stone, is in the hospital with pneumonia. Gary is a retired AF MSgt and retired from NCR. He volunteers as a docent at the National Atomic Museum in Albuquerque. We don't know how serious it is (but is pneumonia when your 75 ever not serious?). Mary is trying to get more info.

We have been good friends with them for years. I first met Gary around 1979 when I was attending UNM for my BSEE. He and I were in the same physics class. One day the doors to the Physics builder were locked, so everyone had to sit around and wait for the Prof to come and let us in. While we were sitting around in the grass waiting, Gary and I struck up a conversation and learned we were both AF (He was retired by then and I was in the AECP program). We ended up becoming study buddies and would spend endless hours, often into the wee hours, on the phone working out physics homework problems.

Before long our families were doing things together and our son was playing with their son of the same age. We have remained life-long friends ever since. A couple years ago, another good friend and co-worker, Rory, went into the hospital with pneumonia and never came out. I am praying that Gary overcomes this and soon!
 
Sending out our thoughts and prayers for your friend Gary. Hoping for a speedy recovery - and to get out of the hospital (lots of other germs) and home soon.
 
My Mom had pneumonia,& ended up in the hospital.
We assumed that "this is it",& had as many Family members visit her.
Well,she proved us wrong,& is doing really well,up in Montana.
I hope the same happens to your Friend.
 
Basil - best wishes to you and your friend - and his family.

Times like these, lots of hope and support need to be shared.

Tom M.
 
My Mom had pneumonia,& ended up in the hospital.
We assumed that "this is it",& had as many Family members visit her.
Well,she proved us wrong,& is doing really well,up in Montana.
I hope the same happens to your Friend.

Thanks Doug! Hope so too.
 
Prayers & thoughts are with Gary's family.

They've got So many high powered antibiotics these days, I hope the odds are in his favor.
 
Prayers & thoughts are with Gary's family.

They've got So many high powered antibiotics these days, I hope the odds are in his favor.

Thanks, I hope so too. A couple years ago, a good friend and co-worker, Rory Ogle, went into the hospital with Pneumonia. He did not make it. Left behind a wife and young son.
 
Agree that intravenous antibiotics can do wonders. I hope he recovers soon.
 
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