[Dialogue] Steve Harrington' Health

[M George Walters]

Thanks for this update Jack and let Steve know we are rooting for his
recovery.

George and Carol

 

From: dialogue-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net
[mailto:dialogue-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of Jack Gilles
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 5:59 PM
To: Order Ecumenical Community; Colleague Dialogue
Cc: Steve Harrington; Sally Fenton; Christina Wolf; Paul Noah
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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