[meteorite-list] Walter Branch

[Kirk Jenks]

Great to hear that Walter is on his way back!!
                       Kirk........
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ensoramanda" <ensoramanda at ntlworld.com>
To: <star-bits at tx.rr.com>; <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 7:05 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Walter Branch


> Hi Eric,
>
> Great news.  It is wonderful that a group of people from such a list can
> get together and support an individual they have never met like this.  I
> am glad you were able to pass on all our hopes for his full recovery
> with a personal visit.  I bought my first 'fresh meteorite' ( amgala
> with primary, secondary and tertiary fusion crusts ) from Walter...still
> one of my favourites that I show to others to illustrate its firey flight.
>
> Regards
>
> Graham Ensor, Nr Barwell UK
>
> star-bits at tx.rr.com wrote:
>
>>Greetings all
>>
>>     I drove down to Savannah today and spent a couple hours with Walter. 
>> I was the second meteorite person he has ever met, John Sinclair was the 
>> other.   So he was blown away with the signed poster and accompanying 
>> check from a group of casual email acquaintances whom he has never met. 
>> Way to go guys.
>>
>>     As expected we talked meteorites, and hunting meteorites, and 
>> meteorite people, and meteorite news etc, etc.   We might even get him 
>> out to the Tucson show one of these years.
>>
>>     His daughter is doing fine, out playing with her friends.   The young 
>> heal fast.   I asked how his wife was doing and he said she has been 
>> incredible.   All the financial stuff and other things that Walter used 
>> to deal with she has taken care of completely.   She is there every day 
>> and Walter considers himself luck to have her.   Unfortunately she was 
>> not there during my visit so I did not get to meet her.
>>
>>     As far as Walter himself goes he is getting better.   He doesn't have 
>> much of an appetite and it was obvious after a couple hours that he was 
>> getting tired.    While I was there the head of the rehab center dropped 
>> by and said that as soon as the surgeons cleared him he was headed over 
>> to rehab.   That is expected sometime this week.   After that the rehab 
>> people will torture him until he can get in and out of bed and walk.   A 
>> compound fracture of his upper right leg makes that difficult now.   Once 
>> rehab is done it will be home to his own bed and family for further 
>> healing.   That isn't the end though because there will be further 
>> surgery required in the coming months.   All in all he looked really good 
>> for someone who nearly died at the scene of the accident.
>>
>>--
>>Eric Olson
>>7682 Firethorn Dr
>>Fayetteville, NC 28311
>>
>>http://www.star-bits.com
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