I finally heard from V
 

Does anyone know what has happened to ____V____?

It is unusual for him to not be around - hope everything is ok.

The last time he posted he said both he and his wife were sick. Considering she's pregnant, I really hope everything's OK!

Fingers crossed that everything is ok for the both of them.

Hopefully he is just spending some time with the family.

I just sent him an email. I'll let you know if I hear from him.

Thank you, I would be keen to know that he is ok.

No word from him yet.

Hopefully all is well...

I know, I'm a little worried. He hasn't posted anywhere since the 12th.

Yeah, I sent him a PM a day or so after that, and he hadn't replied. It is unusual to say the least for him to not be around for this long.

No further word? Very disturbing.

Nope, still no reply.

His internet service has been pretty unreliable, and he seems to get a lot of bad weather.

I'm worried because the last thing he said was both he and his wife were sick. With her being pregnant, that worried me.

Oh, I didn't realize that. Hopefully he'll come back soon.

I finally heard from V
 

Below is his email to me, and yes, he knows I'm sharing it with you.

Hey Marge,

Yes things have been a bit rough on my side.

Mother has become seriously sick and I have been running around from doctors to tests to hospitals to whatnots to get her diagnosed properly. The docs in my city are useless so I had to take her to cities which are 7-8 hours journey from where I am. After ruling out spondilitis and cysts in the brain, she is scheduled for a complete CT scan which should be done by next week.

Anya was taken severely sick as well. She suffered a serious medical side effect from all the medicines she was taking for her pregnancy and some of the medicines had to be immediately changed, and she went treatment for the side effects. Right now she's bed-ridden and is fighting a severe cold infection as well.

Add to it, the telephone department sent me a huge bill of the past 10 months during the first part of this month. Needless to say I denied to pay because they hadn't provided me the service during this same period. They argued that I had applied for telephone shifting so I was liable to pay, instead of disconnecting my phone connection outright. They cut my telephone lines on the 15th and after that I got busy with Mother's and Anya's health problems to pursue that as well.

In between, we had the celebration of Diwali yesterday. With both of the women of the house sick, it was up to me to get the Diwali preparations going so I was busy as heck with that. Thankfully the festival came and went and we somehow scraped through it.

Tonight I have come to visit a friend, and asked him if I could access my email. And now I am replying to you.

Please ask for huge apologies on my behalf from all HDCians, regarding Idol II and the Creatures Tournament. As soon as things get better at home and I get the telephone connection back, I will be back. At least till the health of my Mom improves.

Thanks for asking.

Lots of love.


P.S. - And Happy Halloween in advance from me to you and all of HDC. Tell Lee I won't be able to make it to his live broadcast on Halloween.

Wow! And I thought my life was stressful! Thanks for the update. Tourneys on hiatus.

Sorry to hear the bad news.


My prayers are with you and your family.

Praying for proper treatments & quick recovery for your mother & wife, V. May Allah bless them with good health.

sorry for all the bad news v, good times are round the corner waiting mate.

Sorry to hear it. I hope everyone gets well soon.

Thank you for posting that, hammerfan.

Please send ___V___ all my love, and tell him that I will be thinking of him and his family.

Oh, wow - Thinking of V and sending my love his way...

Sorry to hear of all the bad news. I hope it all works out. I wish you and your family the best of luck.

Ditto all of the above for me. Let Avi know we're all thinking of him.

best wishes to V & happy halloween to all

I second that emotion

Vs done a lot for this forum....let us all send good thoughts and Halloween magic to India

Best wishes and happy Hallowe'en, Avi. All good thoughts go your way.

Terribly unfair that it should happen to such a nice man and his family :( I echo everybody else when I say how much I truly hope for a swift recovery, and that you have a happy Halloween. We'll be waiting for you with open arms when you're ready to come back.

I hope everything works out for you V. This forum wouldnt be the same without you.

My best wishes to V and your family at this difficult time. I hope for full recovery :)

All's well, guys. Life's been a bit rough but we are all hanging in there, aren't we?

Thanks for all your kind wishes. I am touched, and will convey the same to my family (my wife is reading this right now). Thanks for keeping me in your thoughts. Hope everyone had a fantastic Halloween, and I am bummed that I missed NEW Radio on the 31st.

Anyway, let's get on with the tourneys.

Welcome back, bro. Great to have you back :)

Welcome back V. Glad everythings ok.

Hope everything works out for you, V. I didn't realize just how much I enjoyed your tourneys until you weren't here to post in them, thank you for all you contributions to the site and making this a fun place for our community. If you believe in karma like I do then you should know plenty of the good stuff must be on the way for you!:)

Welcome back V glad to hear you and your family are doing alright.

Great to have you back, V. This place just isn't the same without you (and that's not just because of the Tournaments).

I really hope that things are getting back on track for you and your family. Sounds like a very difficult time.

I think it is safe to say that you and your family are in all our thoughts and prayers.

Welcome back, Avi!

Glad things have settled down for you. Take care of yourself.:)

nice to hear from u again mate.

Thanks, guys. You all make me feel really special. :) Feels great to be back.