Bill Ritger - Our Friend

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Oh... this is terrible news... Bill is an awesome guy. One of my first times at the track I spent with him corner working the kink at RA.

[HAWK]

Just got back from seeing Bill and Claudia, They think the infection is coming under control and may be sending him back home on Friday. Bill seemed in good spirits and is definitatly looking forward to this spring. Everybody put in a good word to whoever your man upstairs is and let's get Bill through this.


And to Bill and Claudia, if you need ANYTHING at all please call 847-254-2845.

Paul

[Suzy]

Bob and his girl Moe, Grace and I saw him a couple weeks ago too, we had a great lunch at the Hunt Club out there, nice view of the valley in the restaurant. It was great to see them.  I have all confidence that he will recover. Claudia called me and told me to that that the tumors looked as though they were shrinking. That's awesome. We'll see you at the track Bill. 

[weggieman]

Bill is at University Hospital but may be going home again soon. Check with Claudia 920-262-0857 or ritger@execpc.com

[weggieman]

Oops, forgot.

Alexa, I wanted to go see Bill either Sunday or Monday evening but we are coming down with a flue bug or something here. Laurel is sick as hell and I'm on the edge.......so we don't want to go near Bill and give him anything he surely doesn't need. We'll have to see how things go around here.

[Bill_Ritger]

Hi, this is Claudia signing in under Bill's log in.

He's coming home tomorrow. He will be still gettimg IV's at home so I've had to learn some nursing techniques. Give him a couple if days and then I think he'd like some calls. Our current email is ritger@sbcglobal.net if you want to drop a line.

Thanks everyone for all the calls, cards and emails. There's a lot of positive thinking going on out there and we appreciate it.

[spyderchick]

Oops, forgot.

Alexa, I wanted to go see Bill either Sunday or Monday evening but we are coming down with a flue bug or something here. Laurel is sick as hell and I'm on the edge.......so we don't want to go near Bill and give him anything he surely doesn't need. We'll have to see how things go around here.

Thanks for the heads up. Roger has a cold, so we're going to postpone our visit as well.


Bill and Claudia, we'll give you guys a call and keep that positive vibe comin'!

[HAWK]

Claudia,

How about an update, How is Bill doing. And if you need any help I'm sure there are about 5000 hands more than willing if we only knew what you needed.

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

Well, the latest on Bill is that the chemo and other treatment has just been making the situation worse, so they've stopped.  Now instead of telling him how they intend to treat him, they're telling Bill how much time he has left.  I'm heading up there New Year's day for a quick visit.  We seem to be just about to last call, so if you need to see or call Bill, it's time to stop dragging your heels.

[EX#996]

Thanks for letting us know, Chris.... 

[desertdweller]

Very sad, indeed.  It's a good reminder to live life to the fullest in the short time we all have on this planet.

[jgalt187]

I hope everything works out for for Bill and Claudia. I registered on this site to get more info on contingency money and this was the first thread I read. The money seems very unimportant now.  For those that know Bill, How would he like a random racer calling just to bench race and chit chat about racing in general? I don't want to bother him or his family.