Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
#1Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
Posted: 10/23/07 at 12:25am
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Get well soon!
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CurtainPullDowner
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#2re: Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
Posted: 10/23/07 at 12:41am
IF EVER HE WOULD LEAVE US...
Get Better Bob.
#2re: Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
Posted: 10/23/07 at 12:49am
Oh no!
Best wishes to him.
Robert Goulet, Robert Goulet, my god- Robert Goulet!
Get well soon.
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#3re: Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
Posted: 10/23/07 at 12:55amMy prayers and thoughts are with him and his family. Get better soon!
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#4re: Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
Posted: 10/23/07 at 1:30amYes! Get well!
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#5re: Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
Posted: 10/23/07 at 1:38amThe warm wishes are nice - but this is not a condition that you "get well from" - its a fatal disease. But warm thoughts are certainly with his family and with Bob right now.
#6re: Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
Posted: 10/23/07 at 3:38amThey're talking about a lung transplant - very risky but it does give him a chance. Let's hope...
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#7re: Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
Posted: 10/23/07 at 6:49amMy thoughts and prayers are with Bob and his family.
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#8re: Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
Posted: 10/23/07 at 6:53amWhat a terrible thing to happen. I hope they can move forward soon with the transplant.
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#10re: Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
Posted: 10/23/07 at 7:49amSuch sad news, many good thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.
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#11re: Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
Posted: 10/23/07 at 7:50amI wonder if they find a lung transplant for him if that will increase his chance of survival---or simply delay the inevitable.
RyToast1
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#12re: Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
Posted: 10/23/07 at 10:56amWhy are we just hearing about this now when he was first hospitalized in September & transferred almost 2 weeks ago?
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#13re: Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
Posted: 10/23/07 at 2:14pm
"Why are we just hearing about this now when he was first hospitalized in September & transferred almost 2 weeks ago"
- Maybe they had family to tell first. Or they wanted to exaughst treatments before they made a public announcement. Prayers go out to him and his family.
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#14re: Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
Posted: 10/23/07 at 2:25pm
As good as dead. Pity. Remember when he locked Carol in the trunk? That's why she became a holy roller christian and he went to aa. What a voice and what a lesson in how to turn your life around.
By the way, he hates being called "Bob". Vera calls him Row-bear, the french way.
Anybody got any good Row-bear stories?
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#15re: Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
Posted: 10/23/07 at 2:44pmChicago theatre director Michael Maggio had Cystic Fibrosis in the late 1980's. He had what was at the time a revolutionary double lung transplant. It gave him another ten years of life.
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#16re: Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
Posted: 10/23/07 at 3:38pm
Aww, that's so sad. My thoughts go out to him and his family.
Wasn't he a heavy smoker when he was younger?
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#17re: Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
Posted: 10/23/07 at 4:01pmThe disease actually isn't necessarily related to a person's smoking history.
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#18re: Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
Posted: 10/23/07 at 4:06pmI understand that. My grandfather had emphysema (sp?) all his life and he never smoked. I'm just curious.
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Norma D
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#19re: Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
Posted: 10/23/07 at 4:24pmI knew a lovely lady who never smoked that died from this disease. It's a terrible way to go. She hung on for a couple of years. It's so sad to see someone with such a powerful voice have to go through this.
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#20re: Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
Posted: 10/23/07 at 4:35pmVery sad. Hope he's not in pain.
#21re: Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
Posted: 10/23/07 at 5:27pmHow unexpected and sad. Hopefully he pulls through, but things look grim.
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#22re: Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
Posted: 10/23/07 at 5:45pmHopefully all will turn out OK. Best wishes
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#23re: Robert Goulet in Critical Condition
Posted: 10/24/07 at 4:15amYes. Best wishes. I want him to continue to destroy my office equipment.
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