August 22, 2003

1961 & 1962 Jones Classmates,

I went by and visited with Eddie Trull yesterday in Conroe.  He and Carol are selling their house and moving in with their son close to Compaq.  The reason is that Eddie has been diagnosed with ALS and is going down fast.

He has to use at a minimum a cane when walking.  If he is to go any distance at all he has to use a wheelchair.  He just got out of the hospital where they placed a feeding tube in his abdomen.  His speech is beginning to slur, so you may have trouble understanding him.  He was driving himself around before he went into the hospital, but now he doesn't drive. 

He is in desperate need of our prayers.  Carol is in need of those same prayers.  It is hard to visit with someone who has always been the picture of health. 

Richard Gillet