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April 30, 2008 at 1:33 am #20627

MNladyslipper
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We haven’t heard anything from either of you in a while. Jack – How is your wife doing? Neil – How are you doing? You are both in my prayers.

April 30, 2008 at 3:36 am #20628

Mary4Mike
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To Jack and your wife AND Neil,

I have also wondered how things are going with you. If at all possible, I’m sure that everyone here would like to receive an update.

You and all the forum members are in my prayers.

April 30, 2008 at 9:42 pm #20629

jaxem
Member

my wife is still in the hospital, recovering from the effects of clofarabine. it caused her hand-foot syndrome, and fluid imbalance which filled her lungs making it difficult to breathe putting stress on her heart which in turn lowered the ejection fraction to below 20%. she was moved to the CCU for administration of a heart med. It is believed that the heart med might have caused breathing problems which caused her to be intubated eventually to a ventilator for a day & a half. she’s now back in the bone marrow unit where she is gaining strength, then have a bmb, then hopefully will be discharged to home this week end. she’s not giving up her fight against this disease & still wants her transplant.

April 30, 2008 at 11:46 pm #20630

Jo L.
Member

Jack –
Thank you for giving us an update on your wife. I hope she continues to improve so that she can come home soon. How are YOU doing? I hope you have support system for your own health and well-being, also. Being a caretaker can be exhausting, so please take some time to be good to yourself.

Jo

May 3, 2008 at 1:35 pm #20631

MNladyslipper
Member

Jack, I really hope your wife will get to come home this weekend. I pray she quickly regains her strength and is able to proceed with treatment. God Bless!
Bev

May 3, 2008 at 4:42 pm #20632

Neil’s_daughter
Member

Hello — This is Mary Lou, Neil’s daughter. Dad is not well at all. We’ve just set up a Caring Bridge site, so friends and family can stay in touch. caringbridge.org, neilsmeaton
Thank you for the kind messages that already have been posted.

May 3, 2008 at 10:03 pm #20633

jaxem
Member

mary lou
sorry to hear that about your dad. there’s a lot of corresponding friends here on the Forum that care about him. tell him we’re sorry to hear that he’s not feeling well & wish him a speedy recovery.

May 4, 2008 at 1:13 am #20634

Zoe
Member

Mary Lou,

So sorry to hear about your dad. Praying for a speedy recovery. I can’t find him on Caring Bridge.

Zoe

May 4, 2008 at 1:14 am #20635

Zoe
Member

Never mind, I found it.

Zoe

May 4, 2008 at 4:21 am #20636

sugarwhale
Member

Dear Mary Lou,
I am so very sorry to hear about Neil. He has helped so many of us on the Forum. My mom and I wish him and his family the very best. We are so grateful to him. Please know that we are keeping our thoughts of him always in our hearts.
In friendship,
Janet

May 4, 2008 at 4:47 pm #20637

Jo L.
Member

Those interested in news about Neil should check his Caring Bridge journal – Mary Lou has posted again today. He needs all of our good thoughts and prayers today.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/neilsmeaton

Jo

May 4, 2008 at 6:51 pm #20638

eve
Member

my heart is aching

i can’t believe that we are going to lose the one person who really held this foum together – the one person who you could really count on for accurate advice – the one person people always asked for when they had questions no one else could or was willing to answer

i am very sad

eve

May 5, 2008 at 2:02 am #20639

Zoe
Member

I also am very sad to hear the latest. Neil has been a wonderful source of inspiration and help. He will be dearly missed by many here and elsewhere. I will be praying for Neil and his family.

Zoe

May 5, 2008 at 3:30 am #20640

choijk
Member

Neil,
Hang in there. You are a fighter. We will be thinking about you and pulling for you.

May 5, 2008 at 1:56 pm #20641

Jack_dup1
Member

This is a sad time for the entire forum. For the five years I’ve been logging on, Neil has been the goto guy for information and advice, it was always accurate and well explained. He kept his personal opinions to himself and just provided sound information. He was this forums “google” and “wikipedia”. What a shame. What irony that he fights MDS for 12 years and gets hit by lung cancer.
The man is irreplaceable.
Our thoughts and prayers are truly with him and his family.
Jack S.
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