Checking in to say Hello

[Mountain Goat]

Recover quickly Chops. Look after yourself!

[Chops]

Thank you! Still hospitalized. Recovery is slow. Will get there, but not on my timetable!

[Steve M]

Thank you! Still hospitalized. Recovery is slow. Will get there, but not on my timetable!

You came back to the forum with a bang! Glad you are recovering well.

[Chops]

Thank you all for thoughts and prayers. I had 19 days, much of it in the Critical Care unit, thinking about British model trains. What started
as a simple cold (COVID negative) turned into a raging pneumonia threatening to take me off to the Great British Model Railway in the Sky.

The time spent scrolling back through many missed MRF posts provided tremendous distraction and pleasant relief. Please everyone, keep
up the fabulous work.

https://youtu.be/QZXS2CHkLfw

[Mountain Goat]

Nice green little loco!

Hope you will be back to layout running and building soon!

[Chops]

Ditto on that, MG. The doctors were a bit doubtful which way it would go, but I had too much pain, and that made me realize I wasn't about
to go to the great model railway in the sky.

I've been dreadfully busy navigating a new job and regaining my strength (I can walk a couple of hundred metres now without running out of
breath, so my recovery is well in hand. Previously, 3 metres a few weeks ago, and I was ready to lie down, 3 weeks ago.

In the meantime, an American friend sent me this video (he lives in Nebraska, which resembles Antartica about this time of year).

https://youtu.be/hV1SFXhVFZ8

[cheshire lines]

Best wishes for a full revovery Chops.

[Carl L]

Good to hear Chops and good to see you posting on the forum. Take it steady and best wishes for a full recovery.

[bulleidboy]

Glad to hear you are on the road to recovery Chops. I hope you manage to have a good Christmas and that 2026 see's you fully recovered.