This is from his blog, announcing a temporary hiatus of his blog. Let's be sure to keep him in our thoughts & prayers!

Well gang I am taking a temporary hiatus - not something I wanted to do but ordered by someone else. As I write this I lay in my hospital bed. Yes I am in the hospital being reminded of my own immortality I guess you could say. I have not felt great for several days. At first I thought it was a setback from the flu a couple of weeks ago or something. Then the pain hit Monday and just got worse until I sought help yesterday. I have a really bad case of pancratitis (sp?). They are going to treat it with meds for a few days and giving me morphine for the pain right now. The doc did finally let me have my laptop today so I am perusing the boards for awhile and wanted to leave a message.

Hopefully I will be back home in a few days and everything will start back up. I have most of Monday's episode written, just need to add final touches to the scenes and photos. I am going to try to write some here this week or the next few days and hopefully will be able to post a couple of episodes this week anyway.

Anyway gang hope all of you are doing okay and hope you never get this stuff. I had it a few years back and thought it was the most painful thing then, but this time is much worse.

Take care and I'll catch you all later.

Steve

Steve, take care buddy! We wish you the speediest recovery and all the warm wishes and hugs you could imagine!!

My thoughts and prayers are with you Steve and I hope you return to us full-time soon

Get well quickly, Steve. Sorry that you are going through this. Prayers for your successful recovery.

I talked to him yesterday, and I do hope he is doing better...Hopefully, he will not have to have the surgery.

My prayers are with you Steve

Oh no! Thoughts and prayers are with you, Steve!

My prayers are with you, Steve, and the doctors treating you.

Get well,Steve! You are missed here!

Same here. My thoughts are with you Steve! Here's to a speedy recovery

I'm thinking of ya Steve. Feel better!

All the best SteveFrame. My thoughts are with you.

OMG! Not our Steve! You're in my thoughts, dude.

Get better Steve! We miss you.

, Steve, we'll all be thinking about you and here's to a safe and speedy recovery! Get weel soon. We'll miss ya~

Be well soon.

Hey thanks guys. Got a few more minutes on the laptop. I may get to come home late Sunday or Monday now. I thought the problem was better but it actually is not as well as I thought it was. Guess that is why I don't have MD after my name. LOL

The doc does think I can skip surgery now so that is good.

Anyway thanks. Hopefully I will be back on soon and can peruse the boards more. This 15 minutes every so often on the laptop doesn't give me much time to look anywhere, but at least they let me have my laptop. LOL