Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:04:55 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: MOD Mike Collum update 11/18
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perhaps 'professional opinion' was a poor choice of words there,
and the being asked to keep it to ourselves perhaps not the best choice
either,
but let's just let it go and move on.
David knows what's what, and his task is a difficult one, regarding this
matter.
I think he's doing great at it - far better than I ever could, likely.
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jake de Villiers" <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: MOD Mike Collum update 11/18
> "I beg you to keep this amongst yourselves, in my
> professional opinion he's not likely to recover. "
>
> Are you a doctor David? If not, why would you make such a statement?
>
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:53 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Volks,
>>
>> I finally heard from Mary two days ago, and I'm now at a place in my
>> travels where I have a connection. I don't want to get
>> into details, but as of a couple days ago Mike's condition was very
>> grave, and looking at the list of things he has piled up against him
>> right now, and I beg you to keep this amongst yourselves, in my
>> professional opinion he's not likely to recover. I hope I'm wrong,
>> but the excellent internist at whose house I dined tonight and in
>> whose bed I'm sleeping likewise sees little chance for him based on
>> Mary's email. And when I mentioned Goodpasture's disease, my friend
>> immediately said "Mphm...that's a very serious disease, hard to
>> treat. I've never had a patient with it and I'm very glad of that."
>>
>> I wish I had better news, and Mike's joie-de-vivre and powerful will,
>> and his great love for Mary are all points in his favor. He's been
>> transported to Charlottesville where they have better facilities and
>> is being treated vigorously. As it has all along, it still seems to
>> be a race between the steroids and the reaper.
>>
>> Sadly yours,
>> David
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
>
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>
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