happycc Posted June 14, 2016 Posted June 14, 2016 He has viral meningitis. Dear parents and students, Derek Owens is currently in the hospital with viral meningitis. Please expect a delay in communication and grading until further notice. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Sincerely, Amor Owens Derek is such an amazing person and his classes are the awesome. He is very helpful whenever we have questions. Quote
Arcadia Posted June 14, 2016 Posted June 14, 2016 A friend was in ICU for viral meningitis. Lots of positive thoughts and fingers crossed. We appreciate his lectures on YouTube even though we did not take any of his classes. Quote
JoJosMom Posted June 14, 2016 Posted June 14, 2016 Oh, no! I will pray for him and for his family. Quote
GailV Posted June 14, 2016 Posted June 14, 2016 Wow, thank you for passing this along. We had not heard. Dd is finishing up a class right now, and hopes to take another next fall. He's an amazing teacher. 1 Quote
JenneinCA Posted June 14, 2016 Posted June 14, 2016 We got this email today too. Healing thoughts sent his way. Quote
quark Posted June 14, 2016 Posted June 14, 2016 Thank you for sharing. DS and I are both so sad to hear it. Hope he recovers soon! Quote
................... Posted June 14, 2016 Posted June 14, 2016 Oh no! He treated us with such kindness and gentleness and respect every time we dealt with him! I will definitely pray right now. Very scary. Quote
Azalea Posted June 14, 2016 Posted June 14, 2016 Two of my kids took his classes. They were great and Mr. Owens is kind and helpful. Updates would be appreciated. Quote
RootAnn Posted June 15, 2016 Posted June 15, 2016 Oh no! We will pray for him. DD still has several chapters to go in Physics. It recently took a week to get homework graded and when it came back, it obviously wasn't graded by him. We wondered what was going on. Thanks for posting. Quote
JoJosMom Posted June 16, 2016 Posted June 16, 2016 I just checked his website and the following is posted there: Mr. Owens returned from the hospital the afternoon of June 15. Thank your for all of your prayers and concern, and for your patience during this time. Praise God! 5 Quote
................... Posted June 18, 2016 Posted June 18, 2016 Thank you so much for updating us!! THank God! 1 Quote
TCB Posted June 18, 2016 Posted June 18, 2016 Praying for him. So glad he has improved and is home. He is a fantastic teacher! Quote
lmrich Posted June 18, 2016 Posted June 18, 2016 And he is the nicest man. I have been able to work with him at an Atlanta area homeschool - school for the last three years. He is kind, professional, funny, and an all-around great guy. I am glad he is home resting and will continue to pray for his recovery 2 Quote
GailV Posted June 18, 2016 Posted June 18, 2016 He now has a note on the homepage of his website -- in the upper righthand corner under "Announcements and Info", click on "More" and it opens to a message from him describing the entire ordeal. 1 Quote
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