Dear FETIDUS Friends and Listeners!
Yesterday, my wife was able to take a walk around the 6th floor of the hospital and we stopped at a window and looked out over the beautiful Maryland sky, after a thunderstorm. We couldn’t help but take a deep breath in awe when we saw a stunning rainbow.
As some of you know, my wife has been in the hospital since Monday and I wanted to update you about us and FETIDUS. I felt it was appropriate to take a few minutes to post this, to thank you for your support and give everyone an idea when the next episode will be released. I know, it’s killing some people! 
First, my wife seems to be getting better. Yesterday I managed to annoy her, which I took as a good sign that things are looking up. She also noticed my bad breath, so I know her nose is working fine. Today, I plan to annoy her so much that she’ll chase me around the 6th floor of the hospital, and I’m sure once she does that, her release will come soon after!
Once my sweetheart is out of the hospital and comfy back at home, getting back on her feet, and after I can catch up with work, etc., I will knock out the last parts of Episode 8! I just have to get one person in here to record his parts, do a little mixing, tweaking and we’ll be good to go. It will be awesome. The person I have to record will be back from vacation on August 2nd, I believe. (We scuttled his recording session twice this week.) So it should be shortly after that. I will update again if I think it will take much longer than, say, August 5th. But please keep in mind this is a fluid situation. The episode, by the way, is one of my best so far, and it is on track to kick some serious undead ass, and hopefully make you not want to eat for at least a few hours.
Thank you all for your support and well-wishes! I can’t say how much it means to us — the emails, tweets, words and thoughts! We’ve had more than our share of hospitals and doctors in the last year. My wife’s bad car accident in November was a real life-stunner for a while and this current medical issue has been pretty tough for her for a long time. Hopefully this is the last we’ll deal with it. Ironically, she’s the “healthy” one in the family. I’d be a crying little baby if I had to go through what she’s been through. But things are looking up, I believe. This morning, another consult with the docs, and we’ll know where we stand.
On a random, tangentially-related note, I thought the following words were hilarious, given the situation this past year: My fortune cookie yesterday said, “You could prosper in the field of medical research.” LOL!
Finally, on a really positive note, I just found out that FETIDUS is a Parsec Award Finalist in three categories! Wow! What an awesome piece of news! And what an honor! My wife will be totally thrilled too! (Always looking for positive news to share with her to boost her up this week!) I’m so excited and humbled that FETIDUS is a finalist in the company of truly amazing podcasts, it makes me restless and thrilled to get more episodes out to you. I will not disappoint you. The next episodes take you deep into the mystery of the Donners, and deeper still into the fetid backstreets of post-apocalyptic DC of 2034!
Thanks again for your support, and we’ll be back up and running soon!
Best,
James Durham
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Glad to hear that things are looking up, James! Tell your wife that I hope she gets better soon.
And congratulations on being a finalist in 3 categories of the Parsecs. Each one was well deserved. I’m hoping to see you win at least one of those. You have some stiff competition in there, but I think you’re up to the task.
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really enjoying the episodes so far, hope your wife gets better – it can’t be easy on either of you!
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