[at-l] 4/10/01 Maine Rose news

[lpatton@mailer.fsu.edu (Linda Patton)]

Another note from Beverly's sister Janice.  --  eArThworm

Forwarded message:
> From: HITTRAIL@aol.com
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 08:49:48 EDT
> Subject: Bev
> To: lpatton@mailer.fsu.edu
> 
> Hi Linda,
> ...
> Any mail should be sent to the house - 10 Codman Street, Portland, ME
> 04103.  She is now at Cedar's Nursing Facility where there are skilled 
> nurses 24 hours a day.  Her radiation treatments are at Maine Medical 
> Center - the ambulance picks her up and waits for her, brings her back. 
> At this point it has been decided by the doctors that chemotherapy will
> do nothing to improve her condition and will only make her sick.  
> 
> Bev is able to sit in a wheelchair for about 1 hour and then she gets 
> tired.  I did take her for a walk in the chair a few days ago and she 
> enjoyed the fresh air.  On Sunday, my brother Jay, sister Ruth, her 
> fiance Jack, and I  joined Bev in a lovely sunny room of the hospital 
> for bagels & coffee.  She has many visitors throughout the day but 
> we've asked her friends to limit the stays to 20 minutes.  One of her 
> girlfriends flew in from London.  And she has received telephone calls 
> from across the country - and the world.
> 
> You can share this letter with whoever you want.  I'll try to keep you 
> updated as time goes on.  Thanks so much for keeping in touch...
> 
> Janice


Linda L. Patton, Reference Librarian, Strozier Library, Florida State Univ.
      Tallahassee, FL 32306-2047 (850)644-5019 lpatton@mailer.fsu.edu
          "A world without wilderness is a cage." -- David Brower