[TR] Triumph Trans-AmeriCan - Website and other issues

[Joe Burlein]

John,

Glad to hear your trip ended well.  I hope you guys did well in 
donations!  Also glad to hear your son is doing well and wasn't stuck on 
the waiting list.  Continued prayers for his speedy recovery.

Joe

John Macartney wrote:
> Hi, Everyone
> As many of you will have seen from the 'Net, the TTACD finished ON 
> TIME (tho one hour late), ON DATE and after 15,400 miles rather than 
> the 10,500 miles we had originally estimated through Microsoft Streets 
> and Trips!
> Liz and I are now back in the UK after a planned break and much 
> anticipated brief vacation on Queen Mary 2. Sadly, it didn't quite 
> work out as we had foreseen and planned.
> First, the TTACD website. At the end of the Drive the web URL expired 
> and while I tried to reactivate it from the US, it couldn't be done 
> until I returned to the UK. I actually got back early on Thursday 
> morning and since then have hardly had a chance to look at the 4900 
> emails that awaited my return. I'm really planning to do my best to 
> get the original web URL back on-line as soon as I can but it was only 
> today that my elder son came off his life support system in hospital.
> As Liz and I passed near the grave of the Titanic last week, I 
> received a text message from number two son that Nick was being 'blues 
> and two-ed' into hospital with necrotizing fasciitis in his leg. Not a 
> lot you can do from the middle of the Atlantic unless you're on an 
> aircraft carrier to get quickly to a bedside. NF is a speedy killer if 
> not attended to immediately and while much tissue has been removed 
> resulting in extensive plastic surgery, he has neither lost his leg or 
> his life. The longer term downside is that his transplanted kidney has 
> also packed up, he has an enlarged heart, a blocked aorta and a 
> seriously enlarged spleen - but fortunately, we live in a country 
> where "Socialised Medecine" really DOES work (Republican Senators and 
> Congressmen please note?) and we know Nick is in truly fantastic hands 
> - and not having to worry "if the insurance will cover the cost?".
> But all this is likely to delay things a bit in terms of website 
> update and I can only ask for your forebearance if processes to do 
> with the event take a little longer than they should.
> In the meantime, keep your browser pointed at 
> www.triumphtransamerica.org for new info as it gets posted.
>
> Cheers, Jonmac _______________________________________________
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