Catseye is finished with her "literary masterpiece" and has posted that she is sending a copy of her book to Dennis, "as he requested". Since they had a major falling out, this sounded like a lie so I did a little digging and came across this posting today by Kaufman's sister, Janeva:

Actually mary hes not doing good at all his heart is failing , his kidneys have failed, his liver is failing. And he has. fluid around his heart and possiblly his brain hes now lathargic and theres nothing else they. Can do for him untill they can get him stable again. He has list all cimmunicatiom skills hes almost in a coma. He has blood poisinig through out his body. The Dr. Told me their doing all they can but hes a very veery siick man! Her words not mine..

He will likely die if this is true.

I can confirm DRCOBRA's post. It is legitimate. And I agree Paradice--Dennis will likely pass...

I had not heard anything about Dennis in a long time. I think the last time I did hear something, he had been arrested for something?

I had no idea he was in such bad shape.

Latest post on Kaufman's condition by his sister, Janeva:

An update on him yesterday someone special to him called him on the phone she told him she loved him and for the first time in 48 hrs he opened his eyes and had a tear I. His eye, after that shila , becky, and aunt bea came to see him. And shila got real cliose to him and I told him shila was there and the best he could he said Hi shila. Then Tony Darrin and Brian came and he responded to them being there with his eyes. So please everyone keep praying and coming to see him I believe all the LOVE is helping him

Damn. Sorry to hear about how he's doing. Anything we can do from here?

vtsquire, All we can do is pray he pulls through. He has had other close calls in the past and made it.

I understand that his story about Jack T has just been published called The Demons Den. He is unaware of this from what I have been told. Stephen Dewhurst ( a publisher ) paid him $50,000 for the rights to his story. I sure hope that he was able to enjoy it.

I have known about this for about a week but was reluctant to post anything due to protecting Dennis's privacy and dignity. My understanding is that this crisis is from complications from diabetes

I can vouch for both Dennis's initial dire situation and that he has shown marked improvement. As of last weekend, he was pretty much a goner. However, the reports of him coming out of his coma and being communicative are correct. This has come to me second hand from someone within Dennis's family.

Members of my church have been praying for Dennis's healing and salvation. As one of the primary "Dennis-bashers", needless to say that I have been conflicted in my thoughts. However, my faith requires me to love my enemies and to pray for those who oppress me. So it is clear what I must do, even if my flesh is resistant.

So, something that I never thought that I would say: Get well, Dennis. I will be praying for you.

Even though many of us butt heads and think many things people do when it comes to this case are shameful, it doesn't mean we wish death upon them.   

God bless Dennis...