August 17th, 2017

Hi Everyone, this is Cathy.
Mike wanted me to post a thank-you pertaining to his heart surgery. We thank you all for your kind prayers and support. As you know he has desperately needed this set of procedures since 2015 when that surgery was just another expensive failure.
These sharks have been more than just making fans happy all decade, they have kept him alive and kept this family cared for. He has been struggling these last years in horrific pain and running on very little sleep. It has been difficult to watch him suffer through all of this. So, we are very thankful for each and every order that has provided for this family since 2010!
What a huge difference switching to better insurance and a good doctor can make. It has only been a few days and he can already breath normally and sleep lying down for the first time in ...forever!
Although there were a few post-op complications, this set of procedures appear to be completely successful. His quality of life has already skyrocketed dramatically! There has been no hint of Vtach or Afib since Monday. His heart rate is dropping closer to normal every day, where before it was running double, and even more than triple normal rate at times!
Now as far as business; we were able to get well ahead in the last five months leading up to this event but we were not able to accomplish all of our goals before these procedures. Don’t worry, he’s getting stronger every day and we are working to get sharks off the assembly line and into the mail as soon as by the end of next week. There is much he can accomplish on light duty - HOWEVER, I will be making sure he does not over do it.
Even though we have planned for everything we could possibly think of we are still taking our days and nights hour by hour. But if your paid-in-full shark is due this month and we do discover the possibility of late delivery we will contact you ahead of time and make it worth your wait with a surprise goody. 🙂
We are so excited about the release of the All New 3-Foot-Long Sharks. All of Mike’s previous sharks are equally incredible and collectible for their own features and these all new models will set an even higher standard of what should be expected from a larger scale full-length Bruce Shark from now on. We feel these are his best works ever, and the new features and “extras” of these new sharks have never been done before. I won’t say more for fear of SPOILERS. 🙂
Mike wanted everyone updated and thanked. He is resting towards the goal of being able to be back at the PC soon and in the workshop well before the end of this month.