Got a phone call from Spaw today. He's getting about better now and he and Karen really do feel that he is in the homeward stretch right now.

He is still feeling that this last one was too close a call and the effects of such a long hospital stay and, as a result, is having trouble concentrating for a more than a few minutes so hasn't been on the 'Cat for long. He has said that he will be back when he is feeling up to it.

It was good to hear him sounding so much better.