From: Lorraine Irvine <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: October 4, 2025 at 7:41:23 AM EDT
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Subject: Mike
Folks - this the first of many emails to come on Mike’s progress.  My intention is to report after my visits to the hospital each morning and afternoon.  If there is nothing new to say then it will be a short update!

First, let’s get everyone up to speed.  I am not sure how much you know so forgive me if I am repeating things.

First, Mike was hit by a car while walking on the sidewalk on Oct. 2.  I was informed when 2 policemen came to my door.  They said that he had been hit by a car that had missed a driveway and went up the curb.  Mike was struck and fell on the sidewalk and hit is head.  He is currently at Sunnybrook Hospital in an ICU unit for head injuries.  He had surgery to remove a piece of his skull to reduce pressure on his swollen brain.  He is hooked up to monitors and has electrical wires coming out of every orifice, including breathing apparatus.  His head is wrapped in a blue dressing.  Yesterday the removed the breathing tube in favour of a nasal cannula and they are encouraging him to breath on his own. His vital signs are good, which is hopeful.  He is clearly fighting.  They did shave his head, so no more long locks!  However, he is still touch and go but it looks like he will survive.  What functionality he will have is unknown, too early to tell.

Clearly we are not going to Florida on Monday Oct 6.  We were scheduled to go for 2 1/2 weeks to get our drowned condo ready for our winter trip, which we won’t be doing either.  So, there is a lot up in the air yet.  I am visiting the hospital twice each day and will provide an update after each visit.  They will be short if there is little change, which is quite likely.  My friends Kate and Ross are here right now from Brockville.  They are staying with her Mum and Dad who are next door to me in Parkland.  They will be here until Monday night.  After that then folks who want to visit can join me, 1 at a time.  Hope I have been clear, my brain is also pretty bad due to sleep deprivation.  Feel free to ask any questions, just don’t expect an immediate response.  Mike is in for a long haul, as we all are in learning to cope.  Please send your prayers.

Love, Lorraine
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