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    Butch,

    You have blessed so many people with your talents, and I for one truly admire your skill and talent as an artist. Your O'Carolan CD is one of my favorites and you've inspired me to not only pick up the instrument more often, but also to appreciate what came before. It's guys like you that keep the lamp lit for the future generations of music lovers.

    Hang in there and hang onto HOPE!
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    Butch,
    I'm wearing mine also.
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    Quote Originally Posted by (DryBones @ Aug. 30 2007, 22:03)
    Jamie,
    I just sold my Eastman and went right to that link and made a donation...wrist band or not it's the right thing to do for me and I would encourage others to do the same if possible.
    You're so right! Just to give you guys an idea, if you don't already have one, of the financial burden cancer treatments can put on a family... I just finished my chemo a month ago, and my 5th one was done while we were making the switch to new insurance. I'm grateful we didn't have to pay for it out-of-pocket, but we saw the first numbers on what treatment costs. Each chemo, for me, totaled nearly $4,000. Add to that a shot to boost my white counts, totaling $5,352 and 3 anti-nausea pills costing around $400... that put each of my 6 treatments at right around $10,000 each. I am sure that Butch has racked up a lot more than that in medical bills.

    Tracy

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    We're pulling for you, Butch.
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    sorry i couldn't give much, but i've done what i can.

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    Butch has been such an inspiration on how to really play the mandolin. #What a gift he has shared with all of us, and hopefully he will continue to do so for a very, very long time to come.



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    Seeing and meeting Butch at the showcase was one of the highlights of my 2006 IBMA trip.

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    where do you get the Butch wristbands?

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    New update from Sinclair Baldassari. I think at this point Butch is going through that experience when the chemo sucks the life out of you in doing its work. However, that's part of the process if you're going to heal, unfortunately.

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    Hello, dear ones,

    Butch has been in the hospital since the morning of Sept 3rd. The chemo has wrecked havoc on his system and he feels "out of gas" to make it up this latest hill. The good news is that the doctor says the CT scan shows "significant improvement" in the swelling of the brain. Unfortunately, Butch is so weak, he didn't even "hear" that good news. His sodium levels are very low as are his blood counts. They will work on raising all of them today and might be able to send him home. The hope is that he can start eating and sleeping again and then can resume treatment. He does not look forward to that but the doctors say that they have seen people at this point pull through and buy some good time.

    He has felt so much love from all of you. Your cards and notes and testimonies to his gift to the world have been so moving and beautiful that we cannot thank you enough. All we can do is pray, not only for healing, but for his strength. Without Butch himself getting strong, nothing else matters. Keep the prayers and notes coming. He loves them! I, at least, can get a little smile from him now and then.

    We send our love and prayers back to all of you who are supporting us right now. Here's to hearing the tinkling of his mandolin again.
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    hope the wiped-out feeling soon passes and that the more positive news keeps coming.

    fingers crossed here (sure makes it difficult to play...)

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    My family's and my thoughts are with you Butch.
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    This is an email sent to me from Sinclair Baldassari on behalf of the Nashville Dulcimer Quartet. Their letter to Sinclair follows along with some pictures.

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    Hi Sinclair,

    We're wearing our bracelets! I'm attaching a picture of the Nashville Dulcimer Quartet and one of our hands. Natasha's husband John joined us for that one. He's wearing a Butch bracelet too! These are all low resolution pictures so if you need high res to print, let me know...

    Lee and I both work at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum so we enlisted a little help from Bill Monroe's mandolin for a picture....good vibes there!!

    Sandy, Lee, Linda, Natasha, John



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    Some additional mojo from Big Mon to Butch.
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    This was supposed to be a secret, but Butch isn't going to be surfing the web for awhile from what I gather. Sinclair was pretty touched by the support here and is hoping enough pictures of the bands are posted that they can use them in a slide show set to Butch's music at a fund-raiser some musicians and friends are planning in Nashville. No date set yet that I've aware of. Just for fun I did a little interactive slide show of all of the pictures posted so far.

    Here it is.




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    God Bless to Butch and his family.
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    Here's mine...wishing you well, Butch.
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    Sent to me by a new member who is yet to post, named Bill.
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    Found out last night that Butch has been moved to a private room, no visitors.

    Keep sending up those prayers for Butch, Sinclair, Blake and all who love them.

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    Before and After my Locks of love Donation wearing my Band For Butch wristband..


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    Quote Originally Posted by (fiddlefeller @ Sep. 08 2007, 12:40)
    Found out last night that Butch has been moved to a private room, no visitors.

    Keep sending up those prayers for Butch, Sinclair, Blake and all who love them.
    It's true. Things at the moment are not looking good so this is indeed good advice.

    tkdboyd, good man! My girls have both donated to that same cause.

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    TKDBoyd, Good one! My step-son did the same thing at the beginning of the summer but he went almost completely shaved. Definitely an easy way to help some people out.

    As far as Butch is concerned is it possible that they are just isolating him because of low white blood cell count to prevent infections? My boss' wife went through something similar and had to be hospitalized//isolated a couple times until she got her cell count back up.
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