Alex Pournelle reports today on Dr. Pournelle’s current health status:
As of this morning, Dad is improving still. More motor skills, more speech improvement (at least to me). He is also annoyed at his inability to express himself by typing, though I suspect he will be back to banging away pretty quick, at least with 2 fingers.
Tomorrow starts the long term intensive physical therapy and then home adaptation. Will update as that happens.
Thanks again for all the good wishes.
Here’s a picture of Dr. and Mrs. Pournelle:
Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Pournelle
Note that comments are enabled on this update, for expressing good wishes and encouragement.
Merry Christmas, Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Pournelle, I love you all. Please return soon! Your website is the best in the world, but you should do whatever is best for you and your family. I will always be a fan forever.
Thanks for the update – that’s very good news, and very kind of you to share your time.
Dr. Pournelle, I will continue to pray for your speedy recovery, and look forward to hearing much more from you in the future. May you and your family have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Hey Jerry! You take it easy and don’t be TOO hard on yourself, but do behave (insofar as in you lies!) and get better fast! We have work to do, you and I! Me and mine are praying for you and yours, hon. Feel better.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery. I’ve enjoyed your articles and wisdom since the old Byte days and look forward more when you have recovered.
Come on Doc,, you’ve lots of folks missing your commentary on all things , you can take a few days to heal up, but don’t be malingering! : )
With software like Dragon Naturally Speaking, the inability to type will not be a deterrent to Dr. Pournelle’s essays and commentaries.
Best wishes to a speedy recovery.
Dr. Pournelle:
I am gratified to hear of your continuing improvement and recovery after your recent stroke.
You have a singularly sane and rational mind in a world where many of your fellow journalists and commentators are either victims of their ideology or governed entirely by their passions. Your example continues to remind me every day that while my gut feelings on an issue are certainly important, it is equally important for me to inform myself before I take to time to draw conclusions about what is happening in the world around me. You have encouraged me to be more rational and less emotional in my thinking, and for that I thank you, sir.
My very best wishes on your continued recovery. The world would be a much darker place without you.
Very best regards,
Michael J A Tyzuk
I would like to reiterate my hopes for your speedy recovery as well as to relay the many good wishes expressed by the denizens of the TWiT chat room, all hoping for your rapid return to full functionality.
Get well soon Jerry…. best wishes from Viña del Mar, Chile
Excellent progress! Thanks for the update, and my continued best wishes for a full recovery!
Merry Christmas folks!
There’s a cheery picture! Thanks! And I’ll bet Dr. Pournelle typing with even two fingers will be a must-read.
Continued wishes for a speedy recovery and a Merry Christmas.
We all wish you a speedy recovery, Jerry, appreciate the updates we get on your progress, as you have a lot of fans out here (yes, even in Central America–where I live). It is very nice to have a current pix of you with Mrs. Pournelle. I see on your webpage here a pair of books which I have not yet read, so Amazon, here I come.
Sounds like solid progress, though I doubt the next step will be fun. I don’t know what I can do to help, but if you think of something, let me know. I’ve been updating people from the reports, everyone is praying and excited about good progress.
Get well soon, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
God Bless and Merry Christmas! Wishing you a speedy recovery for the New Year!
Good wishes to your recovery and Merry Christmas.
Dr. Pournelle,
Your books have enriched my life. I wish you a speedy recovery and many more productive years.
v/r,
Marc Hess
Best wishes to you all. Am hoping you have a speedy recovery.
And Merry Christmas!