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Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 4:59
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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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