"I beg you to keep this amongst yourselves, in my
professional opinion he's not likely to recover.  "

Are you a doctor David?  If not, why would you make such a statement?

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:53 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> Dear Volks,
>
> I finally heard from Mary two days ago, and I'm now at a place in my
> travels where I have a connection.  I don't want to get
> into  details, but as of a couple days ago Mike's condition was very
> grave, and looking at the list of things he has piled up against him
> right now, and I beg you to keep this amongst yourselves, in my
> professional opinion he's not likely to recover.  I hope I'm wrong,
> but the excellent internist at whose house I dined tonight and in
> whose bed I'm sleeping likewise sees little chance for  him based on
> Mary's email.  And when I mentioned Goodpasture's disease, my  friend
> immediately said "Mphm...that's a very serious disease, hard to
> treat.  I've never had a patient with it and I'm very glad of that."
>
> I wish I had better news, and Mike's joie-de-vivre and powerful will,
> and his great love for Mary are all points in his favor.  He's been
> transported to Charlottesville where they have better facilities and
> is being treated vigorously.  As it has all along, it still seems to
> be a race between the steroids and the reaper.
>
> Sadly yours,
> David
>

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