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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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