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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Jack - How is Steve Harrington doing?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Janice Ulangca</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jackcgilles@gmail.com href="mailto:jackcgilles@gmail.com"><FONT
size=3>Jack Gilles</FONT></A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=oe@lists.wedgeblade.net
href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">Order Ecumenical Community</A> ; <A
title=dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net
href="mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net">Colleague Dialogue</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=stevehar11201@gmail.com
href="mailto:stevehar11201@gmail.com">Steve Harrington</A> ; <A
title=fentonaj@aol.com href="mailto:fentonaj@aol.com">Sally Fenton</A> ; <A
title=cwolf@okcu.edu href="mailto:cwolf@okcu.edu">Christina Wolf</A> ; <A
title=noah.pnoah@gmail.com href="mailto:noah.pnoah@gmail.com">Paul Noah</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 18, 2012 4:59
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Dialogue] Steve Harrington'
Health</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana kerning="0"
letterspacing="0">Dear Colleagues,</FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3
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<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana kerning="0"
letterspacing="0">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.</FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana
kerning="0" letterspacing="0"><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana kerning="0"
letterspacing="0">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.</FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana kerning="0"
letterspacing="0"><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana kerning="0"
letterspacing="0">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.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana kerning="0"
letterspacing="0">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.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana kerning="0"
letterspacing="0"><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana kerning="0"
letterspacing="0">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.</FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3
face=Verdana kerning="0" letterspacing="0"><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana kerning="0"
letterspacing="0">Jack Gilles</FONT></DIV>
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