It is with deep sorrow I have to report of the deteriorating health condition of Roy Chaffin, my good friend.
Roy has been a great contributor to the Flight Simulator community. He has released packages for Combat Flight Simulator 2 and FS2002 all the way up to P3D
He has been suffering with Parkinson's Disease for some time. Three weeks ago Roy had a fall. He went to get up off a chair (one of those office chairs on wheels). It went one way, he went the other. He fell on his back with his head hitting the door jamb behind him and was not really with it.
Paramedics took him to a local hospital in an ambulance where he was x-rayed and they announced he had broken two vertebrae in his neck. They were unable to treat him and sent him to a major London hospital where spinal surgeons operated and inserted metal plates to support the neck. The good news is that the spinal chord was not breached and he is not paralyzed.
The surgeon said the operation was a complete success. He has gradually recovered from the operation although still very sore, stiff and weak from having to lay still for three weeks without sitting or standing.
He is being moved to a local private hospital where a regime of physiotherapy will begin - although he says he just wants a reasonable quality of life.
Roy is an Internationally acclaimed wildlife artist and is known for his unique style, combining photographic detail with an artistic portrayal. The results are dramatic, each animal painting seeming to acquire a living quality.
His paintings and limited edition prints are collected by people around the world.
You can view some of his work at www.roychaffin.com. You can click on the link http://www.roychaffin.com/rcs-panels.html to view his Flight Simulation addons.
He has worked with world famous Siegfried &Roy and Tippi Hedron's Shambala Preserve.
I hope your thoughts and prayers will be with him for his successful recovery, as I will.
Roy authorized me to post this. Bob.
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