Dear AA Friends,
Edith has some encouraging news to share with us.
After his first chemo treatment 化療, Edith reported that Fred is able to 見到影子了. He will continue to receive chemo once a month, with the expectation if the progression continues, he may be able to see colour 顏色 in the near future. Let's continue to pray for Fred.
The doctor sent Fred into the isolation room because his immune system has been unstable, sometimes low, sometimes higher. This measure is to protect him from getting other infection.
Lam Tung-Shing and Yuen Lai-Wan have related to Edith that their daughter, a third year medical student at the University of North Carolina, happened to have a patient with NMO, the same type of rare decease that Fred has contracted. This patient became paralyzed waist down within three days after feeling ill. Now this patient is getting rehab to regain her lower body mobility. This again sounds very positive.
The expert doctor/professor on NMO, Dr. Traboulsee has called Edith at home to follow up on Fred's condition. He has now been put in touch with Fred's doctor in Langley hospital. Dr. Traboulsee will have medical information about Fred first hand and will be able to see Fred and be part of team to treat him. I have found a link for this doctor,
http://www.neura.net/channels/1.asp?id=49
This is the end of the report, as told to me by Edith.
Now, I would like to draw your attention to an article posted by Rex Yau on April 23, 2011 on AKINNA Yahoo group message board, ---- subject is Biology of Hope. Rex once asked me to comment on it as we had a conversation about suffering when we met in Vancouver a few years ago. I said to myself that when someone suffers, he needs to have hope, but this hope must be supported by his faith and action. Then in turn his faith deepens and his hope becomes more reachable. The cycle continues on.
When I re-read it now, this article has even more meaning. It is real among us; it hits home. I extracted a few sentences below for Edith, with which she can use to encourage Fred.
"When you are hanging on by your fingernails and someone says, `I believe you can do this,' it actually gives you a physical lift. Despair physically deflates us. But hope can raise your serotonin levels."
When we are suffering or fearful, our hopes may often be dim, but they must include reasonable expectation.
Hope often requires enormous effort and shapes real lives.
Fred, we believe you can do this.
--
OM FALA MAME LALE SOHA
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Cecilia Lee |
發表於 2011-3-19 15:11:45
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