RE: update on DF's daughter

Theresa, thank you for sharing this news with us.  David and his family
will be in my thoughts. 

Lynda
Zone 7 - West Tn.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of Theresa
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 11:18 PM
To: GardenChat
Subject: [CHAT] update on DF's daughter


FYI to the rest of the list.  Thought you'd all want to know, and please

understand why we may not hear from DF for a bit.  ALOT is on his plate 
right now.  I have express to him the support and prayers of all of his 
"list friends".

Theresa


Hi Theresa

I'm really sorry I missed you.  I was looking forward to seeing you
again. 
My poor father, brother, step mother and now my sister are all trying to

fill in for Linda and I.

Michelle has really dodged a bullet this time for now anyway.  She
almost 
died last night and even the docs didn't have much hope for her.  She
turned 
blue at our home last Sat. and was rushed to Stanford.  The she had
another 
episode in the hospital two days ago.  Yesterday they moved her to ICU
and 
she is on a bi Pap machine to breathe for her.  Her C02 levels are out
of 
this world and her body has become acidic.  Her kidneys have taken a hit
as 
well.  She is lucid and able to talk with us but she can't dispell the
C02. 
For now she is stable.

I have to say this has been very difficult.  I don't know if you met her

Theresa but she is the sweetest most giving young person you could ever
want 
to meet.  She goes through this with more bravery than anybody I know.
I'm 
afraid that words escape me.  I know I guess that we should expect this
but 
it's hard to think that we could lose her.  She apparently will not ever

recover to where she was after her transplant.  She's on a lot of oxygen
and 
while she may get some better she can't get that much better as there
has 
been too much damage.  Also, going back on the transplant list is out of
the 
question since she had lymphoma last summer.  She would just get it
again 
and they can't take the chance of wasting the donor lungs.

I will be going back to the show tomorrow and for the following days as
long 
as she is stable.  Linda is staying with her at Stanford.  Again I'm
sorry 
to have missed you.  Say hi to the list I don't know when I'll be
writing 
too much.

David
http://www.atouchofthetropics.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Theresa" <tchessie@comcast.net>
To: "David Franzman" <dfranzma@pacbell.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 7:54 PM
Subject: Hi there, saw your dad


> Hi Dave-
>
> Sorry I missed you at the SF show.  I got a chance to speak with your 
> dad
> (at least I believe it was your dad) and he let me know you are
struggling 
> with medical issues again with your daughter.  I am so sorry you all
have 
> that added stress and want you to know that if there is anything you
need, 
> please let me know.  When you are at a point of letting others know
how 
> things are going, drop me a note.  I did let the list know that I
missed 
> you at the SF show and that your daughter was having medical issues-
hope 
> this was not too much of an invasion of your privacy.  My thoughts and

> prayer are with you all-
>
> Theresa

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