Ana Updates 023 February 15th 2009 (English)

February 15th 2009


Hello Everyone


I have some great news!!!!!!

The sonogram, the MRI and the other tests that were performed in Ana’s pelvic region we’re just fine! They show no signs of a fistula or any kind of intestinal perforation. It was just a bad scare product of a bit of over diagnosing. I’m sorry if I blurted out bad news before we had the actual facts and got you all very worried but I must admit that I’m very worn out with all this and it’s hard to keep my mind totally centered. It’s been 11 long weeks of non-stop battling everyday. The barrage of messages we got over the two or three from so many of you sending your prayers was amazing.

Ana is doing actually doing very well clinically and we should be able to bring her home in the next few days. However in the last few days she’s been very depressed emotionally. Her emotional setback really started the other day when we told her that she would have to stay a few more days at the hospital. Hopefully bringing her home will revert the current mental state she’s in. She is not alert mentally. Most of the time she’s is gone, almost like an Alzheimer patient, she does have a few hours a day around noon that she’s usually more alert.

So please, if you can drop by and see her at the hospital it does help her very much. Her room number is 5244.

Yesterday was Valentine’s Day. It was the first time since we married almost 14 years ago that Ana and I slept in separate beds on this date. It’s so painful and I miss her physical presence so much. I’m hoping that with motivation, persistence and fighting we will have our time together in the future.

I wanted to share a beautiful song that sums up what Valentine’s Day means to Ana and me. Every since Chiara was born she’s always spoken and dreamt about what it would be like to have grandchildren. In spite of all the difficulties we are currently undergoing the real goal is to meet our grandchildren together and on this Earth.

The song is a John Lennon tune that was never released in a finished version. He was shot and killed while he was preparing the album. The song was released post-mortem on his Milk and Honey album. It’s called “Grow Old With Me”.

I have posted the home demo version by John Lennon and another one by a friend of mine named Damian Wilson. The John Lennon version sounds a bit poor since it was simply done on a home tape recorder back in 1980. It was a work in progress at the time of his killing.

Damian’s version is absolutely incredible duet with Alex Sharpe. Damian is a magnificent vocalist. I met him a few years ago when we worked together on a South American Rick Wakeman tour that I promoted. Damian among other accomplishments sung the part of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables for 3 years. When Damian sent me a copy of this CD back in 2001 it became an instant favorite for Ana and me I hope you enjoy it.

If you like Damian’s version check out the rest of his music at www.damianwilsonmusic.com I think he’s really good.


Best regards and Happy Valentine’s Day to all



Victor



--------------------------------

Grow Old With Me

Damian Wilson version
http://rapidshare.com/files/358142310/01_Grow_Old_With_Me.mp3

John Lennon version
http://rapidshare.com/files/358143832/11_Grow_Old_With_Me.mp3



Grow old along with me
The best is yet to be
When our time has come
We will be as one
God bless our love
God bless our love

Grow old along with me
Two branches of one tree
Face the setting sun
When the day is done
God bless our love
God bless our love

Spending our lives together
Man and wife together
World without end
World without end

Grow old along with me
Whatever fate decrees
We will see it through
For our love is true
God bless our love
God bless our love