[Sundaycommunity] Fw: HOBO

Sat Jan 29 09:49:49 PST 2022

Hi folks,
Here's  an email, just received, from Tim with a new update about Hobo (Bob Holmes).  As mentioned there, he will be moving to the Providence Centre next week, and while there has been progress it continues, and will continue, to be very slow.
Take care,Brian

Brian J. Halferty
146 Sumach Street, Apt. 214
Toronto, ON  M5A 0P7
416-431-0038 

   FROM TIM:
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2022, 12:18:09 p.m. ESTSubject: HOBO
 Good Morning Good People
Sharing what I think is a very positive update on Hobo's progress this morning. I have been in contact with Norm Tanckk and with Hobo's niece, Janna.

Hobo will be moved by ambulance to Providence Centre’s rebab facility this coming Wednesday. He had been on a wait list at several facilities. He will be there for some time. Providence is a short walk from Presentation Manor in Scarborough, where about 20 Basilians live. They will be able to visit him once visitation restrictions are lifted.

I have no information on visiting opportunities, but will try my best to keep you posted.

Answering the phone has been complicated for Hobo and I guess we will have to see how that develops after his move. Norm said that he was alert and talkative when he was able to get through. He is walking a little bit around the hospital with assistance. and Norm indicated that he was appreciative of email messages and cards that Norm shared with him.

I will ask Norm if we are able to reach out by email directly to Hobo. My sense (I will ask and get back to you about this) is that there is still a need to move forward slowly and that a barrage of emails and phone calls might not be the best idea in the immediate moment. Please let me inquire about that and get back to the group.

All in all - I think the news is positive - very much so. The long road to recovery has been anticipated for some time. 

I hope that you are all well. 

I will try and reach out to Norm - and then to you about once a week. 

Take Care,

Tim

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 Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 10:32 AM
 Subject: Re[2]: HOBO

Good Morning wonderful people. I hope that you are doing well.

Norm Tanck reached out to me this morning, and the news remains mainly positive.

Norm is still not able to visit Hobo, but he has been able to connect by phone. This is only possible when a nurse is present to assist. Norm found Hobo to be very alert and responsive to greetings that Norm brought from others.

It sounds like the next step will involve Hobo being released to a rehab facility. Norm does caution that the rehab recovery process is a long road.

When more information comes my way, I will forward it to you. I don't think that phoning in is feasible yet because of the support from nursing staff that is required. I will ask Norm about that, though.

Peace,

Tim

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 Thursday, 13 January 2022, 02:58p.m. -05:00 from thetimbits thetimbits thetimbits at bell.net:

 Hi everyone,
I hope this finds you well. I reached out to Norm yesterday to check in on how Hobo was doing.

Norm is unable to visit, but he calls the nursing station often. The nurses report that Hobo is doing well (I am sorry that I have no more information than that)

Norm is trying to set up a Facetime visit in collaboration with the nurses, but as you know - hospitals are very stretched right now. 

Norm indicates that handling a telephone for phone conversations is still too difficult at this time. He said that he would get back to me after his facetime visit.

I anticipate the current stress on hospitals with this latest covid wave will make updates a little sporadic in the short term. The report that Hobo "...is doing well..." sounds like good news.

I will reach out when I hear again from Norm.

Peace,

Tim 

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 Sent: Friday, January 7, 2022 1:51 PM
 Subject: HOBO

Hi everyone

Norm informed me today that visits have been suspended due to Covid restrictions. If he is able to provide any updates, I will be sure to forward them. 

Hopefully this will be a brief and temporary interruption of his daily visits.

Tim

 ---------- Original Message ---------- 
From: thetimbits thetimbits <thetimbits at bell.net> 
Date: January 6, 2022 at 1:32 PM 

Hi again Good People

You can send cards and well wishes to Hobo in two ways.

You can mail a card to this address:

124 Sackville St.
Toronto, ON
M5A 3E7

...You can also send a short email message to Norm Tanck (ntanck at basilian.org) Norm visits Hobo just about every day and he can read messages and greetings when he goes. 

Tim

---------- Original Message ----------
From: thetimbits thetimbits <thetimbits at bell.net>
Date: January 6, 2022 at 10:50 AM

Good morning everyone. Happy New Year from our family.

Hobo continues to make slow and steady progress according to Norm. He remains a
little disoriented and confused, but he does respond to questions with some
prompts. He continues to receive nursing assistance as he sits up to watch
television.

I did ask Norm if people who wanted to could send cards. He hasn't got back to
me about this yet, but I hope to provide a mailing address in my next update.

Tim

> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: thetimbits thetimbits <thetimbits at bell.net>
> Date: January 1, 2022 at 2:48 PM
> 
> 
> Happy New Year Everyone
> 
> Norm was able to visit Hobo in the hospital today for about 20 minutes. Hobo
> was a bit more talkative but Norm describes his efforts to talk as being
> difficult for Hobo.
> 
> Hobo would stay awake for about 20 minutes before nodding off - only to wake
> up soon afterwards.
> 
> When Norm left, Hobo was reading over Christmas cards he received and watching
> TSN on TV.
> 
> Nothing else to report today. I told Norm I would reach out every 2-3 days
> and asked him to let me know if there were any significant developments.
> 
> Peace,
> 
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
> > ---------- Original Message ----------
> > From: thetimbits thetimbits <thetimbits at bell.net>
> > Date: December 28, 2021 at 5:53 PM
> > 
> > 
> > Hello Good People,
> > 
> > Not much to report today. Norm visited Hobo and he was upright and
> > alert. The visit was very positive.
> > 
> > Visits at the hospital are restricted in light of all that is going on
> > with Covid. At this time, those visits remain restricted to Fr. Norm and
> > some immediate friends in the Basilian community. Phoning is still not
> > okay, as Hobo would need help and assistance at this time answering a phone.
> > Norm felt very positive about his visit today.
> > 
> > I will reach out to him again on Thursday and send another update.
> > 
> > Take Care,
> > 
> > 
> > Tim
> > 
> > > > ---------- Original Message ----------
> > > From: thetimbits thetimbits <thetimbits at bell.net>
> > > Date: December 27, 2021 at 3:41 PM
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hey Good People
> > > 
> > > With Dwyer having left to visit Paul Micah, I will reach out to
> > > Fr. Norm Tanck every 2-3 days or so and send out an update.
> > > 
> > > This was Norm's message to me today - much sounding positive.
> > > 
> > > Bob was moved from the Step Up Unit (3 beds and a nurse) to a
> > > private room. The hospital seems to have increased their covid precaution.
> > > At least on Bob’s floor, a gown, mask, and gloves need be worn
> > > 
> > > Bob was alert and responsive when I called his name. I told him
> > > some of the people that were asking for him, and he seemed to recognize
> > > the names and usually said “That’s good.”
> > > 
> > > Because of the holiday weekend, there has been only a few medical
> > > people around, so I have nothing medical to report.
> > > 
> > > When I left him about an hour ago, he was watching women’s curling
> > > on TSN. Well, he was looking at the TV.
> > > 
> > > Take Care,
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Tim
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > > > ---------- Original Message ----------
> > > > From: Dwyer Sullivan <edwyersullivan at gmail.com>
> > > > Date: December 25, 2021 at 8:18 PM
> > > > 
> > > > Hello all and Merry Christmas to everyone as we remember
> > > > whose birthday it is and the fact that our humanity was joined by
> > > > divinity and to help us all realize we are all made in the Image of God
> > > > and thus must try to learn how to treat each person as divine.
> > > > 
> > > > Fr. Norm visited today and was pleased to report that Hobo
> > > > is out of the Step-up room and in his own private room. He was
> > > > responsive to questions, but does fall asleep easily. The nurses say it
> > > > is common for elders with some infection to easily revert to sleep. Norn
> > > > thought that maybe if he put Fox news on the TV 24/7, that might
> > > > stimulate (anger) Hobo enough to keep him awake longer. Norm said there
> > > > was a very skeletal afternoon nursing since it is Christmas and thus
> > > > hard to find anyone to consult with. Norm re-emphasized that recovery
> > > > will be slow and long and he may end up visiting only every 2nd or 3rd
> > > > day. He is not able to visit tomorrow, the 26th. After that Tim O'Conor
> > > > will be in contact with Norm and sending out any news as it occurs. My
> > > > covid test results were negative today so I am allowed to begin my trip
> > > > to Australia to visit my son's family for a month, starting tomorrow at
> > > > midnight.
> > > > 
> > > > Let's keep up the prayers for everyone in the Sunday
> > > > Community Liturgy group and I hope to participate virtually from
> > > > Australia.
> > > > 
> > > > Peace, Dwyer
> > > > 
> > > > --
> > > > Act Justly, Love Tenderly, Walk Humbly With Your God
> > > > - Micah 6:8
> > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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