Re: update on DF's daughter

Thanks Theresa; I'll get a card out to her and DF/family when I get home
in the morning. And let us not all forget that prayer is a powerful
thing. I wonder if that dear girl knows how inspiring she is to so many
of us out here who have never even met her?? And David...I know we kid
him a lot but he has to be one of the most noble and honorable men, in
the truest sense of those words.



Melody Hobert-Mellecker
Director, Stewardship & Religious Education
St. Joseph's Parish, Hills, IA

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
--Albert Einstein

 --- On Fri 03/18, Theresa < tchessie@comcast.net > wrote:
From: Theresa [mailto: tchessie@comcast.net]
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 22:18:14 -0800
Subject: Re: [CHAT] update on DF's daughter

I could be wrong, but I assume she is at Lucile Packard (part of
<br>Stanford that specializes in kids) the address is :<br><br>Lucile
Packard Children's Hospital<br>725 Welch Road<br>Palo Alto, California
94304<br>(650) 497-8000<br><br>Stanford's address is :<br><br>Stanford
Hospital & Clinics | 300 Pasteur Drive | Stanford, California <br>94305
| (650) 723-4000<br><br>Unfortunately, with the new HIPAA regulations,
the hospital cannot tell <br>you where a patient is, or even confirm
that they have any knowledge of <br>a patient. So, hopefully, my first
guess is correct and your card can <br>get to
her.<br><br><br>Theresa<br><br>Melody wrote:<br><br>>Theresa: Would this
be Stanford University Medical Center? Do you<br>>suppose we could send
a card to her there if we wanted to? I work in a<br>>very large
University hospital and patients' mail always makes it to<br>>them
without a specific room/unit address...just their name and
the<br>>hospital name/address is all you really need. I'd like
this<br>>extraordinary young woman and DF and his family to have some
tangible<br>>measure of love and support. I've been in the hospital
plenty and I<br>>can't tell you how important cards become to you...like
a lifeline to<br>>the real world that exists outside those stupid walls,
a pleasant<br>>diversion from sterility and
boredom.<br>><br>><br>><br>>Melody <br>>Hills, IA<br>><br>>"The most
beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious." <br>>--Albert
Einstein<br>><br>> --- On Fri 03/18, A A HODGES < hodgesaa@earthlink.net
> wrote:<br>>From: A A HODGES [mailto: hodgesaa@earthlink.net]<br>>To:
gardenchat@hort.net<br>>Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 00:37:46
-0500<br>>Subject: RE: [CHAT] update on DF's daughter<br>><br>>Yes she
does. I'll be praying too. This family has been through SO
much.<br>>I<br>just wish there was something else to be done.
<br>A<br><br><br>><br>>Subject: RE: [CHAT] update on DF's
daughter<br>><br>> Thanks for letting<br>>us know Theresa. I am going to
pray for a miracle,<br>cause<br>><br>>Michelle rea

lly needs and deserves one!<br>><br>> Donna<br>><br>> ><br>><br>> > FYI
to the rest of the list. Thought you'd all want to know,
and<br>>please<br>> > understand why we may not hear from DF for a bit.
ALOT is<br>>on his plate<br>> > right now. I have express to him the
support and<br>>prayers of all of his<br>> > "list friends".<br>> >
<br>> > Theresa<br>><br>> <br>><br>>><br>> > <br>> > Hi Theresa<br>> >
<br>> > I'm really sorry I missed<br>>> <br>>><br>>you. I was looking
forward to seeing you<br>again.<br>> > My poor<br>>father, brother, step
mother and now my sister are all trying to<br>> ><br>>fill in for Linda
and I.<br>> > <br>> > Michelle has really dodged a<br>>bullet this time
for now anyway. She<br>almost<br>> > died last night<br>>and even the
docs didn't have much hope for her. She<br>> > turned<br>><br>>
<br>><br>>>blue at our home last Sat. and was rushed to Stanford. The
she<br>>> <br>>><br>>had<br>> > another<br>> > episode in the hospital
two days ago.<br>>Yesterday they moved her to ICU<br>and<br>> > she is
on a bi Pap machine<br>>to breathe for her. Her C02 levels are
out<br>of<br>> > this world and<br>>her body has become acidic. Her
kidneys have taken a hit<br>> > as<br>><br>> <br>><br>>>well. She is
lucid and able to talk with us but she can't dispell<br>>>
<br>>><br>>the<br>> > C02.<br>> > For now she is stable.<br>> > <br>> >
I have to<br>>say this has been very difficult. I don't know if you met
her<br>> ><br>>Theresa but she is the sweetest most giving young person
you could<br>>ever<br>> > want<br>> > to meet. She goes through this
with more bravery<br>>than anybody I know.<br>> > I'm<br>> > afraid that
words escape me. I<br>>know I guess that we should expect this<br>> >
but<br>> > it's hard to<br>>think that we could lose her. She apparently
will not ever<br>> ><br>>recover to where she was after her transplant.
She's on a lot of<br>>oxygen<br<br>><br>> <br>><br>>>>>and<br>> > while
she may get some better she can't get that much<br>>>>>
<br>>>>><br>>better as th

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