(meteorobs) Our friend, Eric Flescher

[Skywayinc at aol.com]

I received this from the SEML (Solar Eclipse Mailing List) this  afternoon.
As many who have been meteorobs members for a good number of years
are aware, Eric would occasionally post his meteor observations on
our list.  I thought it appropriate to post this.  -- joe  rao
 
 
This is Rick Brown. As I take a moment away from the emails regarding our  
2010 TSE EFLIGHT, I wanted to inform the group of the following...
Eric  Flescher (__kcstarguy at aol._kc_ (mailto:_kcstarguy at aol.com) _ 
(mailto:_kcstarguy at aol.kcs_ (mailto:kcstarguy at aol.com) ) ) was part 
of  my group for TSE 2009 in China, where he became good pals with 90 of us 
on  the tour. In early November, he somehow contracted Meningitis. He has 
been  in a coma ever since. He has been part of the SEML for many, many 
years.
I  received this post from his wife, who has been keeping many of us 
informed  of his  condition...

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>From  his wife..."It has been a while since I last wrote and there have 
been 
a  great many changes. It was important to have the family up to date 
before  posting anything. Eric has made one last move to hospice house here 
in  
Kansas City, MO where he will be made comfortable and live his final days.  
Hospice House has been an amazing place, providing comfort, solace, and  
support to both Eric and his family.

Through this whole ordeal, we  had hoped for a better outcome and were so 
optimistic. When the big changes  we had hoped for had not happened, we had 
looked at the results of a number  of tests to determine whether there was 
any hope for recovery, and we were  devastated to find that his chances 
were 
none and that the damage to his  brain had been too great. It will be a 
matter of time now and with all that  he has been through, he deserves the 
dignity and peacefulnesss that hospice  care provides. Hard as it is to 
accept, it 
has been comforting to see him  comfortable at long last. He had felt so 
horribly for so long. 

We  have appreciated the notes, the calls, the offers of support and more 
that  have come from the community here in Kansas. For those that have 
wanted 
to  know what they can do for Eric, you can come here to Hospice House and 
visit  him, visit me, and all that would be a great comfort at this time. 
The other  thing one can do is remember his life; how he loves the night 
sky, 
the  comets, the storms he chased, the total solar eclipses, his 
carnivorous  
plants, the hummingbirds, his recipes, and the friends he has made along  
the way. For all of you are important to him.
I am also thankful for his  family; his mother, his children, his siblings, 
my children, who have all  been there for both of us. "

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Again,  I thought I would share this with everyone. 
I also thought that a prayer from everyone would not hurt.
-- joe  r.