Get well soon Pete and family! I've been a sluggite since 2004 and I wont be going anywhere! Take all the time you need to rest and recover! just updated my DoN status since it ran out a few weeks ago too :)
Pete, Our best wishes for your speedy recovery. I've had pneumonia, so I know what it's like. Take care of yourself and your family first and foremost. We can wait, and keep you in our prayers.
Get well soon. Wishing you a רפואה שלמה - (that's "refuah shelema" - Hebrew for a complete recovery.) May you be completely and speedily healed.
Don't worry about the comic. We understand. As much as I want to know where the story goes next, your health is more important. And when you're healed, rested and ready to write/draw more, we'll all be here waiting for you.
And I love the sketches of the Sluggy crew as cats. I think you should use them somehow. Maybe a parallel universe, or a dream sequence or something. They're just too cute!
Godspeed, Abrams family! For without your witty and adventurous storytelling I very well may not be the man I am today. I'm serious, dude. You're an inspiration.
And I too remember when Leah was born... I was a kid too then so it doesn't make me feel as old as some of these other gents, but it still gives me that warm and fuzzy feeling inside.