Aww Crap... Part Two

I had written about this July 5th but it seems like there are only a few days left. From Bob Moog's Caring Bridge:

This is a very sad entry. We called in Hospice yesterday, when I still felt that the main help they could give us was to manage his agitation, but there has been a real change today, and it is clear that he will not be with us for much longer.

Duke reviewed the MRIs and everyone was very nice, but surgery is no more an option than earlier, and chemo is not appropriate for the late stage he is at now. We tried an anti-cancer tea that a loving customer/friend brought from Europe last week, and got what seemed to be a real response for three and a half days. But you have to be able to eat a full meal and then drink the tea, and on Sunday, after talking to me(!) and eating a good breakfast, he stopped being able to eat or drink much at all. On Monday, our nutritional consultant had several suggestions even for this late date, but you have to be able to swallow, and now that's becoming really difficult. I feel that the tumor is outwitting us.

The next few days will be hard. Please keep us all in your thoughts and prayers.

In case you live under a rock somewhere, Bob Moog was the guy who invented these wonderful things: Bob invented the voltage controlled synthesizer. Other people (Serge Tcherepnin and Don Buchla) were working with voltage control but their systems were never stable enough for live performances and their use was relegated to the recording studio and academic music departments.