# 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:** 39
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/761 "2010-11-28T23:22:00Z")
Thank you for the update. It’s a really good thing to hear that there’s still progress, slow as it may be. Best wishes to you all. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/762 "2010-11-28T23:33:56Z")
I wasn’t even a member when this thread started. I’ve never even seen a post from **SantoRugger.** I just read this whole thread hoping to see a post saying “I’m back!”. I think I’ll keep reading it until it happens. Best wishes! ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/763 "2010-11-29T00:41:20Z")
Thanks so much for the update! I’m sure the progress seems painfully slow, but just think how far Pat has come since _last_ Thanksgiving! And of course, you have that fact that you _still have him_ to be thankful for! ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/764 "2010-11-29T00:53:33Z")
Thanks for the update, and yes, progress must be measured in slow increments, but it IS being measured! ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/765 "2010-11-29T00:56:22Z")
Looking forward to **Santo** getting his life back fully, and resuming posting on the Dope and recounting the experience. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/766 "2010-11-29T03:00:10Z")
Happy holidays Mrs. Garcia. I hope Pat keeps improving. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/767 "2010-11-29T04:50:34Z")
Thanks for the update ---
**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:** [November 29, 2010, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/768 "2010-11-29T04:53:26Z")
Thanks for the update, and good wishes to your family again. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/769 "2010-11-29T04:55:48Z")
Happy Holidays to y’all! Thanks for the update **Mom**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/770 "2010-11-29T13:25:19Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > Thanks for the update, and yes, progress must be measured in slow increments, but it IS being measured! This. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/771 "2010-11-29T15:41:08Z")
thank you for the update. i’m sure it gets frustrating, and the year has been up and down, however he has come so far from where he was a year ago. that is very much something for which to be thankful. ---
**Author:** ![SantoRuggersMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@SantoRuggersMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SantoRuggersMom)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/772 "2010-12-02T02:14:30Z")
Thank you all for your kind words of encouragement. It’s nice to know that you are all out there cheering him on and supporting our family as well. I forgot to tell you that the PT has been putting Santo in the standing frame three days a week. He’s making good progress in that department. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/773 "2010-12-02T02:18:59Z")
Was he able to eat turkey? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/774 "2010-12-02T02:20:56Z")
Standing!!! **YES!!!** _fist pump_ ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/775 "2010-12-02T02:42:52Z")
**SRM** - That’s great news! I know the progress seems incremental, but go back and look at some of your earliest posts. Progress is there, and the fact that he’s still improving is great. I remember when my mother first had her stroke, the doctors and PTs were saying that almost all of her improvement would be in the first three months, and it would go drastically downhill from there - that wasn’t the case with her. She continued to improve throughout the years after her stroke. Keep your spirits up, and keeping see the change that’s before your eyes. It’s like watching a baby grow. You don’t see the big changes, as much as you suddenly realize they’re doing things they weren’t a few weeks or months ago. StG ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/776 "2010-12-02T02:47:56Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Standing!!! **YES!!!** > _fist pump_ Just want to second this. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/777 "2010-12-02T04:44:26Z")
> [@SantoRuggersMom](#): > > Thank you all for your kind words of encouragement. It’s nice to know that you are all out there cheering him on and supporting our family as well. I forgot to tell you that the PT has been putting Santo in the standing frame three days a week. He’s making good progress in that department. Terrific!!! While we’re talking encouragement and all - I assume the PO box from last Christmas is still good for cards and stuff? ---
**Author:** ![SantoRuggersMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@SantoRuggersMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SantoRuggersMom)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/778 "2010-12-05T00:47:17Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Terrific!!! > > While we’re talking encouragement and all - I assume the PO box from last Christmas is still good for cards and stuff? Yes, still a good address! ---
**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:** [December 5, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/779 "2010-12-05T21:27:54Z")
whoa!! standing! that is amazing. finestkind of news that. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579/780 "2010-12-05T21:33:02Z")
Excellent news! Thanks for the update. Good thoughts and prayers heading out for the whole Garcia family. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579.md?page=38) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santo-rugger-rip-santo-rugger/495579.md?page=40)