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Monday, May 09, 2005
More on Mary Travers
Another update from Christine Lavin, by way of the Folk DJ list
Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 13:52:20 EDT
From: Christine Lavin
Subject: update on Mary Travers
Hi Folk DJs and musicians -- this is the word as of 10 PM Friday night, from Paul, who works on the PP&M website. Mary's husband called to tell him:
Mary is in Day +9 and the good news today is that she had an upswing as her white blood cell count was observed to be increasing . . . Very good news! . . . She's rather uncomfortable with the side effects like sores and rashes (no sign of the host vs graft rejection . . .knock on wood!) ..but she knew this was part of the procedure and her Doctors are just so pleased with her resiliance . . .
They commented that a '20something' going through this phase of the procedure would be in agony as there is little to offer the patient to reduce discomfort . . . but Mary understands this to be one of the steps to go through before feeling better . . . and she's dealing with it, the strong woman that she is! . . .
Mary is still loving the jokes and messages . . . Her husband said they make her very happy whenever a new one arrives . . .I'm working on Book 16 tonight . . .So keep the jokes and 'get well' messages coming to getwellmary@aol.com --blonde jokes, all kinds of jokes, letters about going to PP&M concerts -- she loves them all. Thanks so much for helping to get the word out.
Sincerely,
Christine Lavin
A reminder from Greg Grant -- I forward notes for Mary I receive in the comments section on this blog to the getwellmary@aol.com addreess above, but it will get there faster and cut out the middleman if you send your get well messages and jokes directly to getwellmary@aol.com yourself for Christine to pass on to Mary.
Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 13:52:20 EDT
From: Christine Lavin
Subject: update on Mary Travers
Hi Folk DJs and musicians -- this is the word as of 10 PM Friday night, from Paul, who works on the PP&M website. Mary's husband called to tell him:
Mary is in Day +9 and the good news today is that she had an upswing as her white blood cell count was observed to be increasing . . . Very good news! . . . She's rather uncomfortable with the side effects like sores and rashes (no sign of the host vs graft rejection . . .knock on wood!) ..but she knew this was part of the procedure and her Doctors are just so pleased with her resiliance . . .
They commented that a '20something' going through this phase of the procedure would be in agony as there is little to offer the patient to reduce discomfort . . . but Mary understands this to be one of the steps to go through before feeling better . . . and she's dealing with it, the strong woman that she is! . . .
Mary is still loving the jokes and messages . . . Her husband said they make her very happy whenever a new one arrives . . .I'm working on Book 16 tonight . . .So keep the jokes and 'get well' messages coming to getwellmary@aol.com --blonde jokes, all kinds of jokes, letters about going to PP&M concerts -- she loves them all. Thanks so much for helping to get the word out.
Sincerely,
Christine Lavin
A reminder from Greg Grant -- I forward notes for Mary I receive in the comments section on this blog to the getwellmary@aol.com addreess above, but it will get there faster and cut out the middleman if you send your get well messages and jokes directly to getwellmary@aol.com yourself for Christine to pass on to Mary.
