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Subject:Re: Mike Collum update
From:Joy Hecht
Date:Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:26:19 +0000

Mike and Mary, you are both an inspiration.  I'm delighted that things are
going so well!

Joy

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Jake de Villiers <
crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:

> Good news - thanks David!  ;)
>
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 2:22 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Mary says:
> > We saw the surgeon for a follow up appointment yesterday and the area
> > where the tube comes out of his tummy has finally started to
> > heal.  The long incision where they inserted all the tubing healed in
> > a few days but where it comes out has taken a longer time.  Looks
> > like we will be ready to start our training on November 8 as
> > planned.  He is counting down the sessions where he has to sit for 5
> > hours, only has 4 more sessions.  After seeing the surgeon yesterday
> > we went to the dialysis center that is going to be training us and
> > they flushed the catheter and it works very well.  We were told that
> > he will be coming off some of the meds he is now taking and that his
> > fluid intake will be unlimited. He will have to change doctors for a
> > short time until the dialysis center closer to home is up and
> > running,  I am not too happy about that but since it is only until
> > Spring I suppose I can handle it.  I have just become so dependant on
> > Dr Henry to guide us in the right direction and changing doctors in
> > midstream to me is not a good thing.
> >
> > Yrs,
> > d
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
>
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>
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