Bill Reeves health update

Bill Reeves was fitted for a prosthesis last week and will start physical therapy as soon as he’s able to walk on his new foot. He hopes to be driving again as soon as he gets approval from his doctor and the DMV. While he was waiting for his surgical incision to heal Bill had a wall display made showcasing his [...]

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Bill Reeves update

Bill Reeves’ surgery was a success and he just found out that he may be able to go home on Friday, if all goes well and the Physical Therapy team releases him. He’s been building strength in his upper body so that he’ll be able to manuever the wheelchair that he’ll have to use for [...]

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Corky Warfield Justice

Today I received a phone call from Bob Justice, Corky’s husband.  Bob said that Corky was in the hospital but said I could talk to her later in the day,  so I called her this afternoon and spoke to her.  She is having chemotherapy for a blood cancer called multiple myeloma.  She was diagnosed in [...]

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Barbara Hawley Hartley needs our prayers

I visited Barb and Dave Hartley at OHSU yesterday and was deeply touched by the love they have for each other. They are truly best friends and soul mates, which their daughter, Betsy, so poignantly captured in this photo she took a few minutes after I left. Betsy wrote this caption for the photo ”Dad says ‘Bring your camera. [...]

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Health Update – Barbara Hartley

Here are excerpts fro the post from Barbara’s daughter Betsy’s Facebook page from Wednesday evening, 2-17-10: “We did not have another clean culture.  Bacteria is still growing.  While we found this news disheartening–the docs seem to be taking it in stride.  Reminding us again and again that this is a massive infection.  Time is needed.  But it’s [...]

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Health Report – Barbara Hawley Hartley

Here is a picture of Barbara at the hospital today.  This picture and the following comments were posted today by her daughter Betsy on Facebook along with the following comments:  “Clean Culture!  One day – but we will take this day – Dialysis in 30 minutes.  Praying it all goes well.”  Let’s hope and pray that [...]

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Health Report – Barbara Hawley Hartley

Today I received email from Cheryl Dillard that originated with Betsy Hartley, daughter of David and Barbara Hawley Hartley.  As you may recall Barbara was in the hospital suffering with a MRSA infection.  She was put on a medication to fight the infection.   Her condition improved and she was able to go home for the holidays.  [...]

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