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CITY,N.D. The last three weeks have been a busy time for Wilbur Gabel. First up, three weeks ago Wilbur won the State Elders Singles Championship in Horseshoes for the third consecutive year, then last weekend he and his Grandson Noah teamed up to win the State Class A Doubles Championship. Noah also won his fourth State Cadet Singles Championship the week before.
CITY,N.D. The last three weeks have been a busy time for Wilbur Gabel. First up, three weeks ago Wilbur won the State Elders Singles Championship in Horseshoes for the third consecutive year, then last weekend he and his Grandson Noah teamed up to win the State Class A Doubles Championship. Noah also won his fourth State Cadet Singles Championship the week before.
Then on last Tuesday, Wilbur went in for some tests at the hospital and they kept him in and scheduled open heart surgery with Dr. Roxanne Newman for Thursday morning September 11th. After 5 hours of intense surgery, two valves repaired, quadruple bypass and some other interesting work, he made it through. The first night in intensive care he had some issues but then about one in the morning he turned the corner and has steadily been improving. As of this writing, he is walking around and doing great only a couple of days after surgery.
Wilbur is already talking about getting back to practicing his horseshoes. We told him he probably will have to back up 10 feet or he will be overthrowing the pits with his new heart work. He said the last game of his Championship, it took all he had to get the horseshoe to the stake, now we know why.
Our family would like to thank Dr. Newman and crew and those who were praying for Wilbur. To send him get well wishes, send them to: Sanford Hospital, Box 2010, Fargo, ND 58122– Wilbur Gabel, room 273. He should be there for another week.