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Dear NACAT friends,

On June 10, 2010 I had a fairly severe bicycle accident. Healing of many of my injuries has been quick and complete; I am thankful for this. One area of concern has been my left knee which is, without deep medical details, “blown”. I had an appointment scheduled for Friday July 16 at a specialist in Seattle (100 miles away) to lay out a plan to repair that knee.

On the morning of July 13, I woke up with a pain in my side that I told myself was a displaced vertebra or something similar. I bulled through the pain that day and night. By this morning, July 15, the pain had not abated; the bull turned into a bleating sheep.

While waiting in the parking lot of my family doctor I did some research, on my Droid, and read up on what a pulmonary embolism is and what the ramifications of this problem are. It seemed that one way or another I was going to the hospital. I drove the ¾ mile to the emergency room and checked myself in. I’ll be here for at least 4 days for treatment of a pulmonary embolism (blood clot in the left lung).

I have endured several reprimands for waiting a day to seek help. It is not my nature to be a whiner; I was wrong in this case.

As part of the opening meeting I had planned, quite extensively, for a team building exercise. I asked several of the members of my PLN (Google it) to give me feedback on what I had planned. I felt that this was going to be a fun and worthwhile activity. Obviously this is not going to happen, this year...

In my absence I ask all of you to enjoy the conference and the networking opportunities that it presents. Recognize and talk to all of those who have participated in making this conference a success. Also, please welcome those who are new to the NACAT experience; this is a community that we all have a responsibility to strengthen and build.
Have a great conference, build new friendships, strengthen and renew old ones.

Kind regards,
Jeff Curtis

Hey Jeff, Very sorry to hear about your health problem, I hope you make a speedy recovery and we will miss you in Florida. I'm going to reload all of my powerpoint presentation now

Jeff,
I am very sorry to hear you will not be with us and will pray for your speedy recovery. Please take care of yourself. We are no longer the teenagers that we once were, ten feet tall and bullet proof, I must remind myself everyday.
Many times I gain much from your comments and sharing of information. I as many others were looking forward to communing with you face to face.

Take care and see you soon!

Sonny

Jeff,

I hate to hear about your setback; it is a definite serious issue. Focus all your energy on getting the clot cleared and we can take care of the business matters, which are so much less important than one's health, later (phone, email, video conference).

If you need anything in particular relayed during the conference, please feel free to send it through to me. After all, I have a much less concrete schedule than the members who will attend each seminar session as part of their professional development.

Take care.

James

I am very sorry to hear that you aren't feeling well and not attending NACAT 2010! (I am sure your wife has reminded you that health comes first!) We all echo that reality - take care of yourself!

If I can help at all during the conference, I would be willing and consider it a privilege to do so. I know it will be hard to sit this one out! I will try to post pictures regularly for you to stay connected.

speedy recovery!

tim

Jeff,

I echo the words and thoughts of everyone here. I hope this is the last setback and you move forward with a swift and full recovery.

I was looking forward to seeing you at NACAT and learning more about PLNs, your visions of the future of learning, and the learning environment. Excellent stuff!

Jorge

Jeff,

Take care and heal quickly. I know you will be missed at this conference, but there will be others in the future.

Gene

Jeff, How are you doing? getting better I hope. I'm at the Orlando airport waiting for my plane. The conference went GREAT and I had a real good time teaching instructors that REALLY cared about learning.
Talk to you soon

Jeff you were missed greatly this year. Hope all is going well!

Thanks Shawn. I missed being there.