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Misc Forums => NON LSR Posting => Topic started by: hitz on July 29, 2006, 10:38:08 PM
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Anybody hear how Dolan is doing?
Harv
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How Dolan is doing? What happened??? Hope all is well.
John
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How Dolan is doing? What happened??? Hope all is well.
John
According to the Tuesday Night Chat, he said that Wed or Thrus. he was on the top of the list for a kidney transplant.
I hope he is doing well.
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I never knew Jack had a medical problem :shock: , my prayers for a speedy recovery mate :D
Gary
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Hope all is going well Jack. Having spent big bucks for the Dolan post decoding, deciphering book you can't stop now. In all seriousness, I know we all wish you the very best. You have been a big part of the LSR scene forever. May your return run be faster than the down run. Larry
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Hope things are going good for you Jack and that you are back here harassing us soon 8) .
c ya, Sum
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So far as of Fri. He had made it through his surgery with out a hitch. He had a kidney transplant due to diabetes.[/code]
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Jack, hope all is well. I am much to busy preparing for Speed Week to cover for you at keeping the savages at bay, so get back at it man, there are to many a-- kissers on this site for one guy to handle. Get Well.........
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Jack, hope all is well. I am much to busy preparing for Speed Week to cover for you at keeping the savages at bay, so get back at it man, there are to many a-- kissers on this site for one guy to handle. Get Well.........
Hey Bob, when Jack gets back, he will likely be a new man. The new kidney will filter out all the poision making him as sweet as pie!!!! You won't even recognise him, he will sign all his posts XOXOXO!!!
Even though we have our disagreements, (usually just by him being wrong and me pointing it out :P ) I hope Jack all the best and hope he gets back into "typing" shape ASAP. :o
BTW, what year did he and Jeffries win the SCTA Championship? Was it 1987??? Anybody got the results for that whole season showing all the runs and records?
John
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Man, I hope he didn't get a transplant from some straight laced spinster...think of it, a new, mellow, softer Jack. I think I need a drink...
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best of luck jack. if anyone here's any updates, please update the masses.
sending my best and biggest juju your way.
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As I have know Jack for many years he ain't gonna change his attitude regardless of what they transplant in his body. I have a call in to his wife and as soon as I hear I will update the list.
Glen :D
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Hey Jack,
I wish you a speedy recovery. Get well so you can start sending me those smoke signals again. :wink:
Tom Gerardi
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Jack,
Get well soon, we are all looking forward to your first post!!!
Rex
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:sure hope jack and his fingers make a speedy recovery, his posts are most enertaing and informative, his personal mesgs were very helpfull all the best jack.
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Hello to everyone who knows the one and only Jack Dolan. As you may already know he had a kidney transplant, last week Wed. Yes he has Diabetes and has been on Dialysis and the kidney list for the past 2 1/2 years. It was quite a surprise getting a call from his kidney coordinator saying, "we may have a kidney for you so stand by". From the first phone call to when he was escorted into the OR room it was 32 hours. The donor donated his/her kidneys, liver, heart and lungs. We thank this person with all our hearts to give Jack and other recipients another chance of a new life.
The surgery was successful. He had some complications a couple of days but is doing physically well. His new kidney is still not quite awake as the doctors hoped it would by this date, so the docs did a biopsy on Sun. to determine if it was sleeping or rejecting. Not until Monday afternoon did we find out it is just sleeping. (HURRAY, NOT REJECTING) Waiting is torture.
Last night he was moved to IMU care unit to give a stronger medicine to jump start his kidney to get this show on the road. He will be there for 2 to 3 days. The medical team will be watching his reaction to the medicine. He called me this morning in good spirits asking when I will be by. He is doing well with the medicine after being on it for 10 of 12 hours with a IV drip for 2 to 3 days. He is in a room with 2 other people and is talking up a storm about his family and racing life experiences. Hard to get a word in when he gets started, but he loves every minute of it. He just loves to talk to people as you all know.
Glen left a message on my machine yesterday to call him which I will.
I can go on about his kidney experience but maybe he will do that himself. I didn't know that he shared this info with you, but am glad he did. He is rather a quiet person about his health. So on these words I will sign off now or for now and let you know how he is doing. Our son told me this morning about Jack's own topic of interest on landracing so here it is.
I will print this for him to read and I'm sure he may shed a few tears of appreciation. Thank you all for your get well concerns and as soon as Jack gets home you will get an ear full I'm sure.
His better half, Sami
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Sammi
Thanks for the update, we are all concerned and thinking of the old grouch. Many are new on his site and have never met Jack. But those of that have known him many years realize that we are a big family and care a lot for each other. We may not always agree but thats the way the sport is. Tell him hello and we will be waiting to here from him.
Glen :D :D :D
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Just talked to Jacks wife. Everything is pretty much as she stated above. Jack is doing OK and wants out but it will be a few more days. Sami will have the computer warmed up and eveything he has been saving up he will unload on us. She thanks everyone for their concern.
Glen :D
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Sami,
Thanks for the update... jack let you have his password for this site... You could take over for him... Im sure you are alot nicer.
Let us know if we can do anything for him..
Jon
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And for the rest of people, Sami stated she was going to print this out for jack, and just in case people didnt know,next to the "post reply" button there is a printer icon.. This formats the page so it is printer friendly..
Jon
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Yes, At last!
Scary stuff, sleepy kidney??
Get well, Jack!
Got a couple of questions about my lakester when you get up to speed
Harv
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Best wishes Jack for a land speedy recovery!!!
Being free of a regular dialysis machine sounds like one of those amazing life changing acts like retirement (?). I am sure you'll know exactly what to do with your extra time though.
Thank you for all your advice thus far on our project, and looking forward to much more.
Yours sincerely,
Dik Jarman
Australia
aka Reverend H+
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Let's organize a recovery party and rescue Jack's nursing staff from him.
I saw a '54 Ford pickup equipped for hauling a gurney. We could bust him out of the hospital and the ICU staff would pay us to take him on a vacation.
Sounds like it's time we look out for him one year and this should be the one. It would be much easier when he is stitched together than if we wait until he is recovered.
Now I understand how he has been losing some of his recent pissin' matches.
He will be a terror when he's recovered.
It will be a long time before he is of any use to Sami. She may even send his Living Will with us if we snatch him. B'ville would speed his recovery. I have a feeling that he will be ready for next years Australia Meet. Disappearing ink on his passport would eliminate his return.
What will we use the money for that we collect in his name at the Bend in the Road party?
FREUD
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Professor Dolan, ombudsman, muckraker and wordsmith, I wish you a speedy recovery. The board is certainly not as entertaining with your absence.
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Best wishes to the Arch Conundrist . Just hoping the new Kidney on the block doesn't filter out TOO much of the poison :wink: :wink: .I hope that all the help you've given others via this site is returned a hundred fold and more .
Here's also hoping that everything is up to speed for a trip Downunder in '07..............
James Stewart
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Maybee one of the Amo boys could hook up one of those drag type gurneys like the Indians used and haul his ass down the coarse. A little NaCl in the butt crack might feel pretty good right about now........... :wink: .....
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Dear Mr. Dolan, 2 1/2 years is a long "Row to Hoe". You certainly deserve to, We hope you're feeling better, I and my wife send our best wishes for your speedy recovery.
Get well soon. :D
Smitty
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I'm sorry, but I meant to say that you deserve to be feeling better... I tried to do some editing on that post... didn't turn out like I thought it would.
Smitty
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This is the only way we can catch up to big JackD on points :D I'll be sending down some ear plugs for the guests in HIS room...Get Back Jack....J.D.
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sleeping kidney?
maybe his mouth and kidney can switch roles for a while???
nah.
good to know things are well...
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Get well quick Jack.
Someone asked what year Jeffries and Dolan won SCTA Points Champ. 1986
They set a record at every meet. Also set a record every day at B-ville
Words of wisdom I learned from Jack, "The easiest component to change in a car is the driver."
Wendy Jeffries
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http://www.caranddriver.com/features/1810/sport-not-so-fast-there-bud.html
A "Dolan" story as printed in the Feb. 2003 Car & Driver. Note pages 1 and 6 for the important points.
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Get well soon Jack. Rolf Harris wrote a song years ago about kidney transplants. Wish I knew all the words.
The first few lines went,
Who's got Sidneys kidney?
He said we could have it
Didn't he.
Can't remember anymore. I've been assured kidney transplant don't cause mellowness.
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The 83 "Far and Wider" article generated quite a bit of interest.
They missed more than a few things , including the fact that between El Mirage and Bonneville.
We set 21 class records with 2 EXP/LN7 based cars and were sandbagging about 10%.
I was offered an S-2000 by Honda but didn't need to go to work for them and had faster cars already.
" Life is tough enough, even without wasting it."
:wink:
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Welcome back Jack :D
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Welcome back Jack :D
THX GLEN
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Welcome back Jack, get well soon. I was thinking the other 2 people in the room must have thought you were either delerious or from another planet without a secret decoder ring. I miss your cutting edge wit
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Cutting edge wit? I thought Dolan only recited the Gospel according to Jack. Welcome back, and get off the drugs soon, so we can all be held to the fire once again.....................
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The other people around thought they were mixing their drugs wrong and I left them with that thought at least.
The stuffy head DR. that led all the others around by fear, softened up and by the 3rd day he had ditched the starched collar and tie in favor of a Polo shirt.
I knew I had him in my grips when "ONLY HOSPITAL ADMINISTERED DISTILLED WATER" was required and the first thing they did each time was pour it into a bucket of ice made from City Water.
I scheduled for that to happen during one of those rounds led by him and that realization sorta broke the ice so to speak.
"Two way communication is good, but sometimes you have to step on their toes and yell at them in the face."
Jack :wink:
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Be careful Jack, a slight overdose can silence the sharpest wit. He may not have the sense of humor that you do.
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Be careful Jack, a slight overdose can silence the sharpest wit. He may not have the sense of humor that you do.
I got word that he made up a pair of ties like I suggested and 1 is waiting for me when I go back tomorrow for a check up.
He sounds to be in good humor, the short coats are still shaking, but I will have a nurse test it for contaminants.
He will do fine.
Jack LOL
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Whats up with Jack D? He hasn't had a post on the board all day. :?:
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With a BLOOD draw twice and a clinical exam the next day Sun, Mon, Wed, Fri, I am on a pretty short leash for a couple of weeks.
With 3 grandsons running Jr dragsters next weekend at Fontana and a meeting with NHRA that weekend, I am spoken for a bit.
With 60+ E-mails yet to answer, that is my best excuse.
Jack
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Good to read ya Jack.
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Maybee one of the Amo boys could hook up one of those drag type gurneys like the Indians used and haul his ass down the coarse. A little NaCl in the butt crack might feel pretty good right about now........... :wink: .....
Given what's happened recently, would a JCB be the answer? :)
Hope you're back on your feet soon, Jack
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Well as I told the Doctors this AM while in for a checkup, "While you say my total volume and quality is good, my distance and accuracy still need work."
It is kinda like standing close enough to step in their toes and then yelling.
It should be a natural for me and come right back.
We have 6 race cars booked for a display at a school for Marine dependants on Saturday.
We are going to start 1 up and let kids sit in 1 of the others.
IT HAS BEGUN
LOL
THX
Jack :wink:
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I sat down this morning to get up to date on the site after being at WoS this past week.
I noticed that there were no JackD posts, is jack OK? No relapse I hope, any news?
DW
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He's ok Dan,he has been running the junior dragsters with his grandkids. I got a note from him the other day.