Yo chaps! Please take the time to read this post...and please get a card in
the post today for Dennis....make his Hiliday a little brighter!
Thanks in advance! Rick Ingram - North American MGB Register
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Date: 96-12-15 19:33:55 EST
Hi Folks,
Don Anderson and myself visited Dennis today (George was there yesterday
also,
so he will be able to confirm our observations).
Dennis is currently in the CICU (Cardiac Intensive Care Unit) recovering from
an infection of the incision from his bypass surgery. After that he will go
back to another department in the hospital to be 'on the list' for a heart
transplant. He told us that his blood type and cardiac tissue (the signature
of his cardiac system) is the easiest to match and he will receive the
transplant quickly. He is still on quite some monitoring and drug infusion
systems and his physical condition appeared still far from optimal. However
his spirit is very good. He's doing physical therapy, his facial expression
was fairly good and he seemed very well minded and optimistic. He thought
that
he would certainly have to stay in the hospital through the Holiday period.
We delivered him the present(s) from our club members and from the
Chicagoland
MG Club itself, and he told us how much Joanne (who wasn't there today, but
normally stays with him in the hospital 24 hrs./day) and he appreciated the
cards and calls etc.
I want to ask 2 (maybe 3) little things you can do to help an 'MG Nut In
Need';
1. Send a card, if you already have done so, just send another one and
.....another (address below)
2. Call him up (phone number below)
3. And, if you his mom, send her a card as well, she stays in a nursery home
recovering from a stroke (minor I beleive but still), she is there because
she
can't go home because Dennis isn't there. She received a gift and a card from
our club too.
Thanks and MGreetings
Reinout
Dennis' adress: St. Lukes Medical Center
att: Dennis Trowbridge (patient)
2900 West Oklahoma Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53215
(414) 385-4298 (room)
(414) 649-6000 (switch board)
Since he'll be going to another room soon (I hope for him) you can leave the
room number off, the hospital will get the cards to him. He will get a new
phone number also, when he goes to the transplant unit, but the nurses will
transfer you.
His mom's address: Salem Village
att: Evelyn Trowbridge
1314 Rowell Avenue
Joliet, IL 60433
(815) 727-5451 ext. 304
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