# Santo Rugger (RIP Santo Rugger) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 6, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579 "2009-05-06T19:54:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 28
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/541 "2009-10-21T19:28:17Z")
Wonderful news! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/542 "2009-10-21T19:39:29Z")
I feel almost doctor-like after reading up on [Baclofen](http://www.drugs.com/baclofen.html) and seeing that its main use is in MS, which one of **SRM** ’s previous posts had made me think of. I keep thinking I have to buy him a card - but of course, only when I’m nowhere near a card store! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/543 "2009-10-21T19:42:04Z")
Wow, in my absence I totally missed this saga, too. However, it’s most excellent to hear how far he’s come, and I’m sure he will continue to claw his way back until he’s routinely telling people off and asking for a beer. It’s great to hear of the progress reports though, and wish for his continued quest toward copping a feel from that cute therapist. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/544 "2009-10-21T20:16:20Z")
Now I’m all teary-eyed at work!! Thanks so much for the great news. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/545 "2009-10-21T20:29:05Z")
Wow this is really great news! I hope this means a new era of progress for Pat! ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/546 "2009-10-21T23:08:55Z")
this is the finest kind of news. moving him to the facility in colorado was just the ticket. i know it is very difficult having him so far from you. the progress he has made there is just fantastic. hopefully you will see his bright smile in person soon. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/547 "2009-10-21T23:31:57Z")
Three cheers for **Santo** and **SantoFam** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/548 "2009-10-22T00:36:26Z")
Yay! Excellent news. Now to go read up on the stuff… ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/549 "2009-10-22T00:40:02Z")
Great news! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/550 "2009-10-22T00:52:15Z")
Yes! Let us know how the Baclofen drip goes. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/551 "2009-10-22T02:28:48Z")
Yay **Santo**!!! And **SantoRuggersMom**! 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SantoRuggersMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@SantoRuggersMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SantoRuggersMom)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/552 "2009-10-22T02:55:38Z")
More good news - Pat will soon be introduced to pureed foods. This is so exciting and I think one of the next steps to getting better. His good friend will occasionally sneak a dum dum sucker and give him a lick. He’s not supposed to have it - but he absolutely loves it. I think eating again will help him in so many ways. He’s having surgery early tomorrow and due to the quick scheduling of it, I won’t be able to be in Denver. It’s both scary and exciting to think of him coming home. Twenty-seven years ago they gave him to us to bring home and we had absolutely no idea what we were doing. I feel exactly the same today, only he’s 100x bigger! Have I mentioned that he’s gifted? I miss his wit and Patrick-logic so much! He exudes a charm that is unexplainable. People are drawn to him and this is such a good thing for him right now. And yes, the speech therapist is very cute! It is so exciting to see how all of the staff get excited about Pat’s progress. Thanks for all your support. It’s really great to know that so many are in his corner (and mine!) ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/553 "2009-10-22T03:07:28Z")
Excellent news! Glad he’s continuing to improve. Thanks for the updates! ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/554 "2009-10-22T03:30:35Z")
This is most excellent news!!!🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/555 "2009-10-22T05:15:54Z")
I’m so happy to hear that Pat is getting better little by little. I had the good fortune to meet Pat about a year and a half ago and \*\*SRM \*\*is right about the charm. It’s impossible to not like him. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/556 "2009-10-22T11:01:13Z")
> [@SantoRuggersMom](#): > > More good news - Pat will soon be introduced to pureed foods. This is so exciting and I think one of the next steps to getting better. His good friend will occasionally sneak a dum dum sucker and give him a lick. He’s not supposed to have it - but he absolutely loves it. I think eating again will help him in so many ways. It will. A couple of years ago my brother couldn’t eat for about three months following a series of surgeries, and he did miss it badly. Here’s betting that Pat works very hard on the food. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/557 "2009-10-22T11:21:09Z")
> [@SantoRuggersMom](#): > > More good news - Pat will soon be introduced to pureed foods. I knew this was the right thread to read on a day when I could do with some good news. Great to hear that he’s making such fantastic progress! ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/558 "2009-10-22T15:57:33Z")
Man, this is great news. It seems like such a big step along the path to recovery. Hopefully, those steps will come quicker once he’s able to eat real food and sitting up his half way to typing. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/559 "2009-10-22T16:07:33Z")
> [@SantoRuggersMom](#): > > More good news - Pat will soon be introduced to pureed foods. This is so exciting and I think one of the next steps to getting better. His good friend will occasionally sneak a dum dum sucker and give him a lick. He’s not supposed to have it - but he absolutely loves it. I agree that this is important to help him recover, in terms of having the morale to continue his therapy. I don’t know how he was being fed before, but if pureed food is a step UP from it, I can’t imagine it was very good. It’s probably very depressing to not be able to eat actual food, let alone candy, and being able to eat something better, even if it’s only a little bit better, would still give him a psychological boost, I think. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/560 "2009-10-22T16:37:39Z")
> [@SantoRuggersMom](#): > > More good news - Pat will soon be introduced to pureed foods. This is so exciting and I think one of the next steps to getting better. His good friend will occasionally sneak a dum dum sucker and give him a lick. He’s not supposed to have it - but he absolutely loves it. Thinking of a big rugby guy who blows things up and a little dum dum–very sweet image 🙂 Go Santo go! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579.md?page=29)