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TheAaron Allston Donation Fund is now set up so folks can contribute via PayPal. The email is gifts@aaronallston.info. And to reiterate:
This account will only be used for Aaron’s medical bills. This may include hospital and doctors bills, rehabilitation therapy, prescribed treatments and medications.
Please donate, if you can! Every little bit helps.
Aaron Allston’s medical bills from his recent bypass are rapidly mounting. And he is going to need to have yet another procedure on Thursday. UPDATE: Bob just posted that tomorrow’s surgery has been canceled on the basis of a more detailed scan.
Fans wishing to help out should check out the information on the info site.
A little birdie tells me that the Amazon page for Steve Sansweet‘s latest book has gone live.
Stories about his collection, including the unique fan-made items? I’m sure that some of Club Jade’s more unique contributions will be ridiculed described.
We’ve enjoyed a rather happy day today. Aaron Allston sends a statement to everyone.
It’ll be a long road to recovery. Please keep sending up your prayers… vibes… thoughts… whatever.
NJOE is organizing a massive “Get Well” Project for Aaron Allston. They’re asking for everything to be in the mail to them by this upcoming Saturday!
In other news, Suvudu has a message from Aaron Allston’s family.
Although he’s had a bit of a rough time of it, we’re finally seeing some signs of improvement in Aaron Allston after his heart attack and subsequent bypass surgery.
His family and friends have established a LiveJournal community as a central place to update everyone on his condition. As his sister posted here:
I just spoke to our mother and she did report that he is doing better (but there’s a long way up) and one of the major things they’re facing right now is what you might call an outpouring of love in excess of the ability to process it all.
One of his good friends has posted all the details of all that’s happened in the past week. (You do not need to be a member of LiveJournal to read the page.)
As a reminder, there is an ongoing blood drive for those in the state of Texas. Each time someone donates, Aaron gets a credit on his bill. In addition, you get to save someone’s life. So please consider it if you live in the Lonestar State.
As you have probably already heard, a good friend of Club Jade, Aaron Allston, recently underwent bypass surgery. He’s currently in intensive care, but stable. Our thoughts and prayers are with him.
For those in the Dallas area, a blood donation sponsorship has been set up by his family.
UPDATE: There are several other donation centers in the Carter Blood Care system where you can donate blood. They’ll give you a coupon that you can then mail to the DelRey address to go towards Aaron’s bill.
As you’re no doubt aware, expenses for this kind of event can get astronomical pretty quickly. Please stay tuned as we work with Aaron’s family to see how else his fans can help.
David Prowse can sometimes be a bit of a curmudgeon when it comes to Lucasfilm, so I’m not sure if it’s worth taking this report – that he got no money for the Return of the Jedi Special Edition because it didn’t make a profit – entirely seriously. In any case, Lucasfilm disagrees, and says that Prowse’s claim is “not accurate.” (Thanks to Diane – and her father – for the tip!)
All sorts of nifties while I was away on vacation. (A lovely thing. I highly recommend.)
The big news is the sneak peak trailer and cast photo for Stargate Universe. Kinda BSG. I’m intrigued. i09 kinda is, too. Star Robert Carlyle is pretty psyched about it.
In old-school news, Amanda Tapping stopped by Joe Mallozzi‘s blog to do a Q&A. She’s just as nice in her Q&A’s as she is in person.
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg were on hand Sunday at the USC School of Cinematic Arts to celebrate the film school’s 80th birthday and dedicate two new buildings named for them. (See more photos at Rueters) The Lucasfilm Foundation donated $175 million to the school in 2006, $75 million of which went to building the new facilities.