Michael Sporn Animation – Splog

Tom Sito wrote: Yvette Kaplan and I visited with Lou Scarborough today
and spent time with him, Mark, and Lou’s brother Cecil.

Lou was alert but weak. He could not speak because of the respirator, but
he recognized us and understood what we were saying to him.
I felt that if he did not have the respirator
he might have been able to speak.

We chatted about Art&Design, Teletactics, Raggedy Ann
and the upcoming Comicon, and he understood it all.

Cecil said the cancer is in his prostate, colon, liver and now the lungs.
We left when they were about to take him off the respirator.
If he can breathe on his own, they will move him from the ICU to
a Hospice Care. We helped him complete his Will.
I joked that we were signing him into the Foreign Legion with Pepe LePew,
and I could see in his eyes he understood and was smiling.

This Hospital is a Charity Hospital, so no one spoke of money.
It is a nice facility. Jerry Beck and I have ASIFA and
the U-nion ready to fundraise should he need it.

We did not stay to see the results of his having his respirator turned off.
I trust Mark or Cecil will contact us with any future news.

If there is more, I’ll pass it on.

From BARRY CALDWELL later Sat.

I arrived at Lou’s bedside a little while after Tom left
and was present when they removed the breathing tube.
As Tom wrote, he was alert but weak. Fortunately, he was
able to breathe well on his own and spoke a little. He was
advised to rest in general and especially his vocal chords,
so my visit was very short.

Barry

Thanks, Tom, Barry and others, for sharing the information. It’s sad
for all of us who loved Lou during his short complicated lifetime.