BEST WISHES FOR DAVID M. BAILEY (POST SURGERY UPDATE)!

(Posted 8 PM Thursday, November 20, 2008 Pacific Coast Time) Note from Leslie Bailey: We're finally through this day. David's surgery was about 2 hours behind schedule so we just got to see him about 8:15 PM in Neuro ICU. The surgery was safe and successful -- he's in pain, but is sharp and we had a brief but good visit with him. I hope he's fast asleep now. All questionable tissue was removed and will be biopsied. He will probably be released Saturday--home Monday. You may hear from him personally tomorrow or Saturday. The kids and I thank you all for your love, kindness, friendship and prayers.
In gratitude . . . Leslie

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(Posted 12:00 AM Thursday, November 20, 2008):

Dear Friends: I will have a "Friday Movie Suggestion Night" post for tomorrow. Meantime, you will recall a true pal, a brother, and a fellow musician friend of mine named David M. Bailey. He's been featured on CBS' "60 Minutes" and he has triumphed in life over so much adversity wit his health. He was networked to me by Blog Bud Keri Kennedy in Wisconsin. Keri was my first Guest on my underutilized feature "THE INTERVIEW". After posting our visit, Keri e-mailed me and said there was a cool dude that I should meet and well, my friendship with David M. Bailey began. He left the corporate world and beat back a brain tumor, against all odds. David's wife urged him one day to pick up his acoustic guitar and start re-learning it again. He did. And he has toured relentlessly worldwide. We finally met in Ohio in January, 2005 where I was snuck into an Oncology dinner/concert by David! This afternoon, David is undergoing a surgery he calls "not a big deal, just a small procedure"--at 2 PM Eastern Time. I would really appreciate it if you could keep him in your thoughts and prayers. He is such a good person and has a great sense of humor. Every one of David's songs on his 17 CD's are about having Faith, Hope and Love to greet the day and face tomorrow with optimism. I felt it was more important to send David our best wishes than to do another movie night Blog. His wife sent out an e-mail to 3,000 of us who know David asking politely for our prayers and that we not respond, as she and the kids have no way to reply to an avalanche of e-mails. But we can certainly keep this positive and radiant person in our thoughts! A great man, a great friend and I hope you can catch him in concert in your hometown soon.

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Many thanks to all of you for your comments yesterday about my silly shoulder mishap. I appreciate the close-knit community of Bloggers here who make me smile and who have surrounded me with so much warmth these past several years. I will be just fine. My attitude is strong, my spirit is strong and I will overcome this annoying situation as I did 4 years ago. Have a good day and I'll see you tomorrow for FMSN! Take care!! :-D)

With Love & Gratitude,

Michael