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hello

Im sorry your thanksgiving was so....crappy?

I do want to tell you that Rick is so lucky to have you. You are his angel.

I believe that with your kind heart, things will get better. Positive energy attracts positive energy like a magnet.

Have faith, even tho I know its super hard for you right now.

You show all of us how to love, and we need that. Thank you.

love

don in kansas

Subject: from To: Hepatitis_C_Central Date: Thursday, November 27, 2008, 5:00 PM

Dearest family and friends, First: Happy Thanksgiving! Here's what's going on: we came to Tampa last Monday for what was to be a "follow-up appt." for Rick. We had been home in Ft. Myers a grand total of a week and two days. Rick's appointment went well and we were scheduled to return in two months. We spent the night at a hotel, as it's too long a drive for Rick roundtrip. That night Rick's fever rose to 102.8: enormously dangerous for a transplant recipient. I called 911 and the paramedics helped me pour Rick into the car. I didn't want him in the ambulance because he wasn't lucid and I thought it would scare him. We arrived at the ER where he was seen IMMEDIATELY and admitted to the hospital. He spent from last Monday night until this past Tuesday in the hospital. He had contracted a very serious bacteriological infection that was pretty obscure because it took lots of conferences with the

infectious disease doctors to decide what antibiotics to put him on. Now, we're in ANOTHER apartment in a different location with Rick having a PCC line in his arm. The nurse come daily to change to replace the bags of antibiotics and we'll see the doctors on Tuesday. At this point I'm not going to go into how difficult this has all been. It's clear that we're not going back to Ft. Myers for some time. The good news is that Rick's liver functions are back to normal (they weren't in the hospital) and we're settling into our new digs. With love to you all,