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Re: Nokie Edwards Health Update Thread
By: Noel Date: October 5, 2012, 4:58 pm
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This is thrilling.
Update: October 5th...
Nokie has made some great leaps and bounds. Also, starting his
therapy has helped a lot. Now that he is feeling better, he is
getting spunky. If he will just make sure to listen to the
doctor is another thing. He is wanting to head home and I feel
the same way, but strength and health needs to be the priority.
If only I can get him to follow through with this!
Although Dr. Takahashi is one tuff cookie, he is not going to
let Nokie get on an airplane without making sure he is strong
enough to fly. Nokie needs to be able to stand and walk on his
own. This is the goal for the doctor. Also I believe they have
one more test to complete on Nokie. Let's all keep praying to
keep my hard-headed Indian on the right track. I will try to get
a couple of pictures this weekend for you. So keep an eye on
this web site.
One last thing I think y'all will get a kick out of... It is
really something special for Mark & Carol Pritcher. Guess who's
music Nokie was listening to when they moved him to CCU... Chet
Atkins' music from the early years. Tsutomu Negami and Akio
Nonaka brought it to the hospital. They said Nokie would like to
listen to this. When I found out what it was, it floored me. I
could tell it was good because they put the ear buds in Nokie's
ears and instantly Nokie started smiling! It is the kind of
thing that brings tears to your eyes.
Once again thank you to the nursing staff and the doctors taking
care of Nokie. You are doing a beautiful job. If something like
this was going to happen, it is a good thing it happened here.
Even across Japan the Japanese Fan Family are telling me this is
the best cardiovascular hospital that Nokie could be at. I would
recommend Tohoku Sendi Hospital to anyone around the world. Keep
the prayers coming.... Love, — Nokie & Judy
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Re: Nokie Edwards Health Update Thread
By: Noel Date: October 8, 2012, 8:37 am
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Latest updates.
Update: October 7th...
Nokie is improving everyday. We went for a stroll on the 1st
floor. He has gotten out of bed for two days now. He has been
doing his exercise daily. With him moving about, this should
help to strengthen his leg muscles. On Tuesday he will have an
x-ray of his hip to see what is going on with all the pain in
his hip. On Wednesday another heart test. We should have a lot
more news on Thursday. He is still building up his muscles to be
able to stand alone and maybe walk alone a little. Here are a
few pictures to cheer you all up and to be able to see with your
own eyes that he is doing better.
We have so many people to thank. So I would like to start my
list tonight. I will add to this as we go along as you know my
Japanese is not so good... So this will take me another week to
round up all the names... The fire department and paramedics at
the Yamagada area that picked Nokie up at the hotel to transport
him to the Yamagada hospital.... Doctors there took care of
Nokie to stabilize him even further so he could be moved to
Tohoku Sendi Hospital.... The ICU doctors and nurses took over.
It is then that Dr. Takahashi took over with Nokie to give him
this great care with his great staff... Some of the best doctors
and nurses that I have seen in the world. His rehabilitation has
been moving along slowly, but this is what they want, for it is
best for him. He will start getting stronger when he is ready to
move a little faster.
I will be getting all the names of the paramedics and fire
department that saved Nokie's life. Of course we all know who
Kerry Marx is. If it weren't for him performing CPR on Nokie to
keep him breathing until the fire department arrived, Nokie may
have left us... Mr. Hirofumi Tsukamoto was with Nokie all the
way to Yamagata hospital and helped to transport him to the
Sendi area. His father came today to visit Nokie. Mr. Hisashi
Tsukamoto thank you for all the rolls and cookies, plus the
fresh peanut butter cream... Yummmmm! Mr. & Mrs. Abe have been
here with us almost every other day to help us in any way they
can. Their help has been a blessing. They brought me many things
I needed to try to set up a little house in the room that I am
staying in with Nokie at the hospital. Also their friends Mr. &
Mrs. Jun Onodera have been been a great help too. Also they
speak a little English which has helped us all. Mr. Taiichi
Ko-Nosu and Mr. Matsuda has been wonderful with all their help.
Mr. Tomiyama has been right there for us. All of the Nokie Japan
Fan Family and Mr. Toda, we would not have been able to make it
without you and right-hand lady Fumie, she has been a huge help
to us all.
I would like to thank Tomoko and Kerry and the rest of the bands
for carrying on the shows and performing. We pray in Nokie's
name for a quick recovery.
Toda's help has been God's Blessing. Both Nokie and I thank you
all so much. I know I have missed names because I do not have
everyone's name written down, but we love and thank you all. I
am sure I will be writing one of these letters again soon. All
pray for this week to go as good as this last week. Love... Judy
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Re: Nokie Edwards Health Update Thread
By: wstagner Date: October 8, 2012, 9:45 am
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Good info/niece pix, Noel. Thanx 4 postin.
Lookin 4ward 2 seein u on 10/13.
Walt
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Re: Nokie Edwards Health Update Thread
By: tabalt11 Date: October 9, 2012, 1:22 pm
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Those pics indicate he's well enough to treat the nurses to
a 'sit down (just him) concert' right there in the hospital
ward. The key always with Nokie is when he's smiling.
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Re: Nokie Edwards Health Update Thread
By: wstagner Date: October 9, 2012, 3:13 pm
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Good call, Tom. I'm sure his legs are a li'l week, but his hanz
r prolly just fine! Go Nokie!
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Re: Nokie Edwards Health Update Thread
By: oldflogger Date: October 9, 2012, 6:26 pm
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So who is the young lady playing guitar?
Rich Miller
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Re: Nokie Edwards Health Update Thread
By: Noel Date: October 11, 2012, 11:48 am
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The good news just keeps coming.
Update: October 10th...
Good news! Looks like we will be leaving the hospital on Friday
(10/12) if all goes well with rehabilitation. Nokie has been
doing real good, he has a great therapist that has been working
with him daily. Plus, he has to do his exercises twice more a
day on his own. We will be moving to Tokyo on Friday and spend a
couple days there for Nokie to get a little stronger. Than on
our way home.
We are so grateful to Nokie's doctors... Dr. Takahashi and his
staff at Tohoku Hospital. The nurses have all been wonderful
with Nokie and I. I have a few more pictures and will send more
tomorrow night. Thank you Mikiko and Junko for coming and doing
massage on me. I have done so much better the last couple days.
They are a double power of massage on Nokie which really helped
him feel so much better last night. Also wanting the thank
Hideniko and Junko Abe for their on-going support and being here
almost everyday. A couple pictures of V-Gold Ventures. Also a
big thank you to our Coca-Cola man from Sendi... Beautiful
flowers they arrived yesterday. Thank you to our Monday day
nurse for helping us to get Nokie to smile big! Tommy Emmanuel,
thank you for the email, wish we all would have been closer.
Osaka was a little too far from Sendi this time. We will be
catching you at CAAS I hope in July. You take care Tommy, if you
read this, have a great tour. Thank you for checking in on the
"Big Indian". Once again our love goes out to all praying and
sending messages to my honey in arms, he will be back playing
great music for you in no time at all. Watch for pictures of
Nokie and Toda checking out a new HitchHIker Guitar that just
arrived from the states. Yes, he did his check in Sendi Japan
right from his hospital bed... Looks beautiful, a diamond in the
rough. Boys and girls, the USA HitchHiker Custom Shop is now
open for business!
And last, but not least... Yes OK, one of those pictures is a
cheat, it's from three years ago in Scottsdale AZ. Thanks to our
friends Mr. and Mrs. Garvin and our friends at the Buffalo Chip
for the prayers and keeping track of Nokie's progress. We hope
to come over to Cave Creek and see you soon. Pick us a song this
weekend. Love to you all... — Judy
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Re: Nokie Edwards Health Update Thread
By: wstagner Date: October 11, 2012, 8:35 pm
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Great news for allofus. Thanks for posting.
Walt
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Re: Nokie Edwards Health Update Thread
By: Noel Date: October 17, 2012, 7:22 am
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I awoke to this. It's bad but could have been a lot worse.
IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR ALL FAMILY OF NOKIE and FAN FAMILY:
Nokie collapsed (10/16) again needing CPR and then started
breathing about 2 minutes before the fire department rescue team
came. Tokyo fire department and paramedics continued to take
care of Nokie until moving him to the Tokyo Hospital. He is
resting now in the ICU at a Tokyo Hospital. They will be
installing a new pacemaker and a defibrillator in as soon as
possible. I will give more updates soon as I can. Please
continue to keep our prayer chain strong. I would like to thank
the entire staff at the hotel for calling the fire department
and paramedics as fast as they could. Especially for the young
man at the front desk that came to my side in my room to help me
while I was performing CPR. Please keep your prayers strong.
Love, Judy
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Re: Nokie Edwards Health Update Thread
By: wstagner Date: October 17, 2012, 7:55 am
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Thanks for the update, Noel. ;)
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