Re: Re: RE: daughter unit

Lordy, David, that poor kid has been through the mill.  Bless her
heart; takes a lot of courage to go through what she's gone through. 
Give her a big hug from the chat group...we're all rootin' for her!

Thanks for the update!

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: David Franzman <dfranzma@pacbell.net>
> 
> The daughter unit is home and doing much better.  I will tell you
all this
> because it's such a bizarre series of maladies that it defies
reason but one
> after another it has taken a toll on her usual cheerful self.
> 
> One day before she was finishing her junior year of high school on
the last
> finals day she was diagnosed with lymphoma.  This wasn't your
typical
> lymphoma.  It was caused by her anti rejection medications
suppressing her
> immune system acting with a latent mono virus which we didn't know
she had
> causing tumors to grow.  I think you knew this part so far.  Well
she
> received low doses of chemo treatments which was very effective in
reducing
> the tumors.  However, on the day she was supposed to visit her
grandparents
> for a week in July she experienced excruciating pain in her abdomen
where
> the larger of the two tumors were.  We rushed her to the hospital
via
> helicopter.  The tumor, when it shrank, perforated her bowels and
gave her a
> raging infection.  She had emergency surgery and they removed 8" of
her
> intestines.  She came home in early August for one week.  Then when
she was
> supposed to go to Seattle to visit her aunt for a week before
school started
> again she had the same pain again.  Either another area was
perforated or
> they didn't get it all the first time.  They had to operate again
in the
> same place and remove another 10" of intestines.  This time the
infection
> was even worse with a fungal infection added to the bacterial
infection.
> When you don't have an immune system these things can kill you very
quickly
> and she was very, very sick.
> 
> Anyway that's how my daughter spent her summer vacation.  She seems
to be
> having a better attitude now that she's home.  Unfortunately one of
the
> doctors is very frank and explained to us that with lung transplant
patients
> body parts can suddenly just stop functioning and that the simplest
medical
> problems can become instantly fatal particularly in the gut region.
> 
> My selling season is over now so hopefully I'll be able to more a
part of
> the group for a while.  You're now updated on her condition. 
Hopefully
> she'll have some time of good health and she can have a productive
senior
> year.
> 
> DF
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 6:44 AM
> Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] RE: Fringed hibiscus
> 
> 
> > David - how IS your daughter??
> >
> > Pam Evans
> > Kemp, TX
> > zone 8A
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: David Franzman
> > Sent: 9/23/2004 8:22:09 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] RE: Fringed hibiscus
> >
> > > Hi Andrea
> > >
> > > I'm back from getting my daughter out of the hospital once
again.  She
> has
> > > spent one month out of three in the hospital this summer.
> > >
> > > Now on to the Hibiscus that you call Fringed.  The botanical
name is
> (I'm
> > > going to misspell this) schzopetalus or Chinese lantern.  I had
30 of
> these
> > > plants but their frenquency of blooming and the delicateness of
the
> flowers
> > > made transporting them and showing difficult.  They also need
huge
> > > quantities of water and plenty of shade here.  Demur is how I
would put
> > > their flowers.
> > >
> > > DF
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Andrea H" <hodgesaa@earthlink.net>
> > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 4:51 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] RE: Fringed hibiscus
> > >
> > >
> > > > Well Poop. David, are you out there? Someone needs to send
you some
> > > cuttings
> > > > to grow!
> > > >
> > > > Andrea H
> > > > Beaufort, SC
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > > From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
> > > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > > > Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 4:45 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] RE: Fringed hibiscus
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Don't know, Andrea. The one I photographed is at Selby
Botanical
> > > > > Garden. "Plant Finder" doesn't list any growers. I recall
doing a
> > > > > Google search once and not finding anyone who had them for
sale. I
> > > > > probably would not have known about them at all if a
customer at the
> > > > > nursery had not asked one of the designers to incorporate
some in
> her
> > > > > landscape at about the same time I was reading Julia F,
Morton's
> "500
> > > > > plants of South Florida [1981]," which has a picture of it
on the
> dust
> > > > > jacket.
> > > > >
> > > > > It has a weepy growth habit, somewhat like the Crape
Anderson
> hibiscus
> > > > > [the one that's grown as a small tree]. The flowers are
really
> > > > > sensational.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sunday, September 19, 2004, at 08:59 PM, Andrea H wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Where can I get one?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Andrea H
> > > > > > Beaufort, SC
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > From: "Donna" <justme@prairieinet.net>
> > > > > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > > > > > Cc: "'james singer'" <jsinger@igc.org>
> > > > > > Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 6:36 PM
> > > > > > Subject: [CHAT] RE: Fringed hibiscus
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >> For those interested in seeing Jim's fringed hibiscus
wander over
> to:
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> http://www.simplymyworld.com/Hibiscusschizopetalus.jpg
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> and what a beauty it is.....
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> For all links to all of Jim's photos:
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> http://simplymyworld.com/jimphotos.htm
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Donna
> > > > > >> Sorry it is late, out goofing off today and not checking
> e-mail.....
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>> -----Original Message-----
> > > > > >>> From: james singer
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>> Donna, this is a picture of the fringed hibiscus [H.
> schizopetalus]
> > > > > >>> Please post it for me. Thanks.
> > > > > >>
> > > > >
> >>
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> > > > > Southwest Florida
> > > > > 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> > > > > Zone 10a
> > > > > Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
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