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WalterK
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Hello loved one's....I'm Home!!!
As Dorothy mentioned repeatedly...".There's no place like home". "The Wizard of Oz".

The experience was far from pleasant for sure!
They opened up 2 Coronary arteries, one more than they expected. The team was far from gentile for sure.

AS they rolled me into the OR I asked for plenty of anesthesia...I'm not here for the pain.

Three years ago I went thru this and it's no fun at all.
During this procedure they must have been a little short on pain killers.

I ended up spending an extra 2 nights in the hospital due to excessive bleeding. My entire right side of my inside thigh was black and blue from the blood. What pain my leg was experiencing trying to absorb the excess bleeding.

Anyways, the bright side to this event was how touched I was by your posts and touching best wishes. How lucky I am to have such dear friends as you kind folks.
Never have I had such an outpouring of love and carring from all of you!

It's going to take several days to get on my feet again.
I'm required to stay in bed for at least a week...right!!
If I can say thank you, such a small 2 word phrase, for all your kindness and carring it just makes one very humble and appreciative.
So here goes: THANK YOU! from all my heart!
Kindest regards,
walter Kiralla, Las Vegas, NV


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Keith M
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Thank God Walter, Glad to see you back online.
I wish you a speedy and total recovery.
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Billy T
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Great Walter!

Stay off your feet!

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TYL, I'm really happy to hear that you are home and on your way to recovery Walter, sad that most of us live far from you, i'm sure most of us would like to lend a hand.

The wishes and prayers have been answered so a good man could return home so get good rest my friend and enjoy family!

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Dittos on all that! Walter, it sounds like you're in pretty good spirits after the surgery. We're glad to hear that! Stay in bed! Get well my friend...

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Walter,

So glad that you are well and everything came out OK. You have been in our prayers.

You can pass the time by reading all of the posts you missed during the procedure. There will be a follow-up test on content and memorization administered by Brock and Lance in the near future...

Welcome back!!

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Walter,

I hope you feel better soon. I also think I'll take a pass on those pictures.

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Great news Walt!!
Timeoff, then BACK ON YOUR FEET making sawdust ! Thats an order mister

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Walter it is great to hear from you. Please get your rest and you will be good as new again.

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Great news Walter, just take it easy and you will be back
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Hey Walter,

Great to have you back so soon I just knew that you would be right as rain. Now as Lance said, you rest up so you can get back to show'in us how it's done.

All the very best mate.

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Routine surgery Walt. Stressful for us all (ok, maybe a tad more for you ). You're gonna feel a whole lot better pretty soon.

Welcome back mate.
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That's great news, Walter.

I'm glad to hear that everything went well.

Take your time, rest well and God bless...

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Great news indeed--wish you a speedy recovery!
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Walter, I just knew we would be hearing from you this week. It sounds like the surgeons had a little extra plumbing to do once they got inside. Glad to see it went well for you! Las Vegas is known for its heart surgeons!

Please follow your doctors and your loved ones advice for the next little bit. This would be a good time to get someone to head down to the video rental place and pick-up some of your all time favorite movies. One of my favs when I am layed up is "Ground Hog Day". When you have trouble sleeping just grab your edition of the C&N book -- never fails to put me under

I look forward to hearing you'll be back on your feet!!


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Welcome home Walter. Get back in the shop as soon as you're able.

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Glad you're back home Walter.So now get a little rest
and then some fun building guitars again!
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Welcome home Walter. Can't wait to hear those good words too one day.

You take it easy so you can get back to doing all the things you love.

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strange walter, what they did to you didn't didn't cause me any pain at all!!!

take your time and be healed. i know it is frustrating to molly coddle yourself, but sometimes you need to.crazymanmichael39016.4396527778
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Great to hear that the surgery went well. Take it easy, and You'll be back in shape in no time.

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So very good to hear from you, Walter! Take care, get healed and get back in the shop! Do you need anything?

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Well Done Walter! Here's wishing for a speedy recovery and new a lease on life!

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We are all glad you are doing fine and back with us!!

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Welcome back, Walter! Glad to hear you're doing OK. Take good care of yourself.

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