Roger Loesch, step-brother of Donald M. Pfannenstiel, reported back in April that Don, or "Puff" as some called him, had been hospitalized with back problems in Wichita, Kansas.
Don served on the Bates from about 1972 to 1975 according to his Classmates.com information.
Roger sent this update a few weeks back and I'm just getting around to updating the site. So, with apologies to Roger and Don...
...About Don, this is all the information I know:
He has recently returned home from Wichita where our sister Karen was caring for him. He had a couple surgeries on his back, plus for some reason he had a lot of fluid in his abdominal cavity. He ended up where he is paralyzed in his right leg and has been under going therapy to get him walking again...
... I gave mom two other e-mails I got from other shipmates with their messages of encouragement...
...I guess he is doing pretty well considering, he is in a wheel chair and unable to walk, but is going through therapy...
...Hope you and Don and others are able to reconnect as this was my intention. Well, hit me back if you want to and I will report back what I know when I give him your e-mail...
So, drop Don an email to Roger's address at rogmaris60 (at) hotmail.com and offer some genuine Bates encouragement, and challenge him to get on the site and start telling sea stories as soon as he is up to it.
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