Update on a fellow prospector.
For those of us who have the pleasure of knowing Goldpanner Dave, he is having a rough start to the year. He was diagnosed with stage 3 rectal cancer and just recently had surgery to remove the affected areas. My understanding is that they basically disconnected where his lower intestine hooks to his large intestine and provided and external bag for waste collection. He was having some complications on the connection port for this waste collection and it was causing some rash and skin irritation but the Dr seems to have gotten it fixed. After his surgery, he noticed a very unpleasantly smelling fluid leaking from effected site (buttocks) and the Dr did a few exams and cat scans to discover a VERY large abscess that needed immediate attention. They were able to get him to the radiology room as needed to insert a very long wire needle in to drain the abscess slowly and it is currently doing so since Saturday morning. Keep him in your prays, he called me Saturday to tell me to update you guys and that he needs some prayer. Its going to be a long 5 week recovery and everything needs to go right. I know his wife is having some health issues of her own so its going to be difficult on them for a while.