Joe

Thanks for forwarding the message.  I'm out of the hospital after ten 
days but still very weak.

Rick


At 07:41 AM 12/18/2008, you wrote:
>I'm passing on a quick note to let Rick Sprague's friends know that
>he is recovering from surgery last week to remove a benign tumor from
>his small intestines.  Unfortunately, he will now be unable to see
>his friends at the conference in Toronto.  He will also be away from
>his computer for several weeks, so his wife says to hold the emails.