[Dialogue] Steve Harrington' Health

[Evelyn Philbrook]

Does anyone know how Steve is doing?
Evelyn back in Taipei.

On 11/15/12 7:37 AM, Janice Ulangca wrote:
> Jack - How is Steve Harrington doing?
> Janice Ulangca
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Jack Gilles <mailto:jackcgilles at gmail.com>
>     *To:* Order Ecumenical Community <mailto:oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
>     ; Colleague Dialogue <mailto:dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>
>     *Cc:* Steve Harrington <mailto:stevehar11201 at gmail.com> ; Sally
>     Fenton <mailto:fentonaj at aol.com> ; Christina Wolf
>     <mailto:cwolf at okcu.edu> ; Paul Noah <mailto:noah.pnoah at gmail.com>
>     *Sent:* Thursday, October 18, 2012 4:59 PM
>     *Subject:* [Dialogue] Steve Harrington' Health
>
>     Dear Colleagues,
>
>     On behalf of the crew working on the archives, we'd like you to be
>     aware of the current health challenges of Steve Harrington, one of
>     the stalwarts of our work.
>
>     Steve has a chronic lung condition, tentatively named ideopathic
>     pulmonary fibrosis, which is scaring in the lung tissue with no
>     known cause. With no clear cause, there is no treatment. There are
>     several possible causes two are treatable one isn't, except with a
>     lung transplant.
>
>     Thoratic surgery will be next Wednesday afternoon in Regions
>     Hospital They are going to cut into his chest and  lungs to take
>     some tissue samples for a biopsy. There are 3 people doing the
>     diagnosis of the biopsy one at Regions and 2 at Mayo Clinic. The
>     surgery take about 40 minutes and will involve a 4 day hospital
>     stay and 2 weeks recovery with chest tubes. He is on the list for,
>     perhaps, a lung replacement, if there is no treatment.
>     Steve will be recovering at his sister's for about 2 weeks and he
>     hope to return to Costa Rica in November with a new treatment
>     regimen and a really fast internet connection.
>
>     Our prayers are offered for his quick recovery and return to full
>     service. Those of us working on the archives are so grateful for
>     his passion and creativity for our work.
>
>     Jack Gilles
>
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