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Title: Judge Bill Eaton - Fall and Recovery
Post by: ACL1504 on December 19, 2025, 07:39:13 AM
Wednesday evening December 17, 2025, Bill fell and fractured his left hip bone.

Yesterday, he had hip surgery in a procedure called hip nailing surgery.  Basically he had a screw inserted to secure/align the fractured bones.

I spoke to Bill last evening and although a bit tired, he is in good spirits. He expects to be back in several weeks. He has a road of recovery and rehab.

Last night Bill said to me, "Merry Christmas to me". I said, " You should have given yourself a train and not a hip fracture."

Tom
Title: Re: Judge Bill Eaton
Post by: Rick on December 19, 2025, 07:41:36 AM
Tom, thanks for letting us know.
I hope Bill is resting comfortably and is up and about and BS'ing again very soon.
Title: Re: Judge Bill Eaton
Post by: Philip on December 19, 2025, 07:47:51 AM
Dang, Sorry to hear Tom.

Title: Re: Judge Bill Eaton
Post by: PRR Modeler on December 19, 2025, 08:09:14 AM
Very sorry to hear about your fall and Fx Bill. I hope the rehab goes well and you're back on your feet before you know it.
Title: Re: Judge Bill Eaton
Post by: deemery on December 19, 2025, 08:13:48 AM
Tell The Judge we all hope he recovers quickly!  And he can use the downtime to come up with more stories...  (Make sure he has a voice recorder app on his phone for when inspiration strikes.)

(Seriously, when I saw the subject, I was afraid it might have been something worse than just a fall...)

dave
Title: Re: Judge Bill Eaton
Post by: ACL1504 on December 19, 2025, 08:38:25 AM
Quote from: deemery on December 19, 2025, 08:13:48 AM(Seriously, when I saw the subject, I was afraid it might have been something worse than just a fall...)

dave
Dave,

You are correct, I changed it to read fall and recovery.

Tom
Title: Re: Judge Bill Eaton - Fall and Recovery
Post by: elwoodblues on December 19, 2025, 08:47:59 AM
Sorry to hear about the fall and I hope Bill has a speedy recovery.  It could have been much worse.
Title: Re: Judge Bill Eaton - Fall and Recovery
Post by: KentuckySouthern on December 19, 2025, 09:21:22 AM
Sorry for the Judge's mishap.  That is not going to be enjoyable to recover from.  Wish him well.

Ever yone else take care.
Title: Re: Judge Bill Eaton - Fall and Recovery
Post by: Jerry on December 19, 2025, 10:02:15 AM
WOW!  Sorry to hear about Bill's mishap.

Tell him I wish him well and I say a little pray for a speedy recovery.

Now he can work on more stories for us.

Jerry
Title: Re: Judge Bill Eaton - Fall and Recovery
Post by: Zephyrus52246 on December 19, 2025, 10:48:42 AM
Hopefully he will be up and around and regaling us with more stories in the near future.  Get well soon, Judge!

Jeff
Title: Re: Judge Bill Eaton - Fall and Recovery
Post by: Vietnam Seabee on December 19, 2025, 11:51:16 AM
Dreadful news about Bill (Judge). I hope his rehab goes well
terry
Title: Re: Judge Bill Eaton - Fall and Recovery
Post by: ReadingBob on December 19, 2025, 01:03:12 PM
Awful news anytime but especially right before Xmas. Hopefully Bill will recover quickly so he can return to the A & S.
Title: Re: Judge Bill Eaton - Fall and Recovery
Post by: cuse on December 19, 2025, 01:18:57 PM
sorry to hear Judge...keep your chin up and we'll see you soon at the next bull session

John
Title: Re: Judge Bill Eaton - Fall and Recovery
Post by: jbvb on December 19, 2025, 10:04:52 PM
Sorry to hear the Judge fell; hope he has a quick and simple recovery!