Fantastic! Glad to hear it!

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Dennis

Bah

Bah, making myself useful, eh?  You and I will chat later.  Hey I need
some of the peeps reading this to make themselves useful.  We have had
loads of hits on the site but people are forgetting to drop a donation
on their way out :0)  Seriously, she has bills like all the rest of us
and is going to be out of work for sometime.  Dropping some cash will
really help to keep things going while she is down.

Thanks a bunch
-Miss

MissD posted the following update to Scubaboard last night:

"On Saturday June 3rd, 2006, Kimberly Thurman was diving on the wreck
of the Hogan off Point Loma in San Diego off the dive boat Lois Ann.
After her second dive, she surfaced and made her way on to the dive
platform and informed the crew she was not feeling well.

The crew of the Lois Ann got her onto the deck and began immediate
first aid treatment. She was transferred to primary care within an
hour or so of the incident and then taken to a hospital for
evaluation, medical care, and treatment.

Since then she has remained in the hospital moving from Critical Care
to Intensive Care and will now be moved to a Rehabilitation center.
She suffered a serious case of Arterial Gas Embolism. Her condition
the first 10 days was critical and grave. However, she has responded
remarkably well to treatment and is alive, well, and progressing. The
physical therapy will take many months, as her brain has to learn how
to re-do many things. Miraculously, she is awake, talking up a storm,
laughing, and is on the road to healing.

We are grateful for the speed and professionalism that was shown by
all those involved in her rapid and speedy rescue and transport to
higher medical help, and know that was a critical part of her
survival.

At this time we do not know the cause of the embolism, hopefully some
future tests will help find that out.

In the meantime, we are concentrating on helping her learn to do all
the basic functions that we all take for granted. We are caring for
her children during this difficult time as well. It will be a long
journey to recovery, but we are confident that she will be home with
her family and children soon.

We appreciate all the well wishes and the contributions to Kimberly
Thurman Recovery Assistance Fund. This fund was established by her
friends to help with the many day to day bills that are not covered by
insurance. All help is greatly appreciated, as she will not be able to
work for at the least a few more months. Info on how to make
contributions to her recovery fund can be found at
http://www.scubaboard.com/forumdisplay.php?f=507

As we have more updates on her condition and progress we will have
them posted to the appropriate web boards.

Thank you again for all of your prayers, good wishes, and concern for
our friend Kimber.

Sincerely,

Sue Schimka (Kimber's Best Friend)

Note: The previous was okayed by Kimber/Tek herself"

Thinking back to the original report of what happened... 'not a diving
accident' my a.s!

Mike
--
http://www.corestore.org
'As I walk along these shores
I am the history within'

 I talked to Kimber on the phone last nite-

 She's making improvement in all quarters, and getting out of the hospital
later in the month.

 She can do most things with minor assistance, and is drilling out 6-8
hours or more of physical therapy a day.

 Her sight and dexterity has returned so that she can use a computer,
although with effort.