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SUBJECTS
Hospice Give Up End Treatment Cancer Spreads IBC Patient Long Time A

4703 -
4703 -    ..
4704 - Summary/Objective
4705 -
470501 - Follow up ref SDS 2 0000, ref SDS 1 0000.
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4708 - Progress
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470901 - We've seen Laura a few times since the report on 090204.  At that
470902 - time, she looked better and sounded in good spirits. ref SDS 1 7Z6I
470904 -  ..
470905 - On 090616 we saw Laura and her mom in the waiting room for the Breast
470906 - Care Clinic at UCSF.  Cancer was diagnosed in the brain; Laura seemed
470907 - to get successful treatment with "gamma knife" radoology surgery.
470908 - ref SDS 2 LR40  Cancer has since spread with treatment using clinical
470909 - trials; Laura was discouraged, and did not look well.  She planned to
470910 - end care at UCSF and move back to Minnesota with her mom. ref SDS 2
470911 - ZY73
470913 -  ..
470914 - On 090826 Millie received a letter from Laura on progress moving to
470915 - Minnesota, and submitting a link to an internet address with Laura's
470916 - reports on her condition. ref SDS 4 KS6M
470918 -  ..
470919 - Millie received a letter from Chris today, which forwarded a letter
470920 - from Maryann at the Nixonpeabody office...
470921 -
470922 -            [...below, Millie responded to Chris requesting forward to
470923 -            Maryanne at Nixonpeabody, and for Laura and her mom, Clare.
470924 -            ref SDS 0 4Q41
470925 -
470926 -    1.  Subject:  Laura
470927 -        Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:02:50 -0500
470928 -        From: "Tanner, Chris"
470929 -        To:
470931 -         ..
470932 -    2.  Hi Millie,
470934 -         ..
470935 -    3.  Will call you this evening!!
470936 -
470937 -            [...below, Chris called. ref SDS 0 4Q3M
470939 -         ..
470940 -    4.  Chris Tanner
470941 -        Secretary to
470943 -         ..
470944 -        Howard Golub, Tzaddi Thompson
470945 -         and Graydon Staring
470946 -        Nixon Peabody LLP <http://www.nixonpeabody.com/>
470947 -        One Embarcadero Center
470948 -        18th Floor
470949 -        San Francisco, CA 94111-3600
470950 -        P (415) 984-8221
470951 -        F (916) 735-2437
470952 -        ctanner@nixonpeabody.com
470953 -        www.nixonpeabody.com
470954 -        Legally Green...
470956 -         ..
470957 -        
470959 -         ..
470960 -        This email message and any attachments are confidential. If you are not
470961 -        the intended recipient, please immediately reply to the sender and
470962 -        delete the message from your email system. Thank you.
470963 -
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470967 -    1.  Subject: FW: Laura
470968 -        Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 10:35 AM
470975 -         ..
470976 -    2.  Can you please forward this info to Millie *****.  Thanks.
470978 -         ..
470979 -    3.  Laura had her scans done and she has cancer all over her body.  She's
470980 -        decided to discontinue the chemo and they have called in hospice.
470981 -
470982 -            [...below, Millie responded to Maryanne through Chris at
470983 -            Nixonpeabody. ref SDS 0 4Q41
470984 -
470985 -            [On 100106 0301 Millie received notice that Laura died.
470986 -            ref SDS 8 LP5I
470988 -         ..
470989 -    4.  Laura and Carol are not taking phone calls and prefer that you
470990 -        don't send flowers.  Just keep them in your thoughts and
470991 -        prayers.
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SUBJECTS
Cancer Patient Hospice IBC Inspiration Courage Hope Dignity Long Bat

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940402 - Laura Fond Memories Couragous Lady of Hope Dignity Great Inspiration
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940404 - As planned in Chris' letter, Chris called and talked to Millie this
940405 - evening.  She had a serious fall today, the day before Thanksgiving.
940407 -  ..
940408 - Millie sent the following letter to Chris for Maryanne, and for Laura
940409 - and her mom, Clare...
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940411 -    1.  Subject: Laura a Wonderful Lady and Great Inspiration
940412 -        Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:32:06 -0800
940420 -         ..
940421 -    2.  Thanks for calling this evening.  So sorry to hear about your
940422 -        fall. ref SDS 0 4Q3M  It hurts just hearing what happened.
940423 -        Wish you would see a doctor just to make sure nothing subtle
940424 -        has occurred that will cause greater grief later.  Happy
940425 -        Thanksgiving!!
940427 -         ..
940428 -    3.  Thanks too for your letter from Maryann on Laura going into
940429 -        hospice. ref SDS 0 1630  We visited often while getting
940430 -        treatment together at UCSF; and, then occasionally in the
940431 -        clinic to see Doctor Rugo, and sometimes in the cafeteria about
940432 -        0700a we saw Laura and her mom, as our treatment schedules
940433 -        drifted apart.
940435 -  ..
940436 - Laura's letter on 090826 provided a link to her blog. ref SDS 4 KS6M
940437 - Review shows Laura entered an update today telling family and friends
940438 - about getting Hospice care, and inviting direct communication using
940439 - conventional US mail, and also Laura's new email address in Minnesota.
940440 -
940441 -              http://www.caringbridge.com/visit/laurareinhart
940443 -  ..
940444 - Laura explains efficient handling of business affairs, and then asks
940445 - for help finding "trashy romances."  Ever the optimist seeing life
940446 - through the lens of love, fun, and joy.
940448 -  ..
940449 - Millie's letter to Laura continues...
940450 -
940451 -        Laura was always upbeat and proactive in her care and her life.
940452 -        She is a wonderful woman; bright, articulate in conversation
940453 -        and correspondence, funny, and full of energy and ideas; a
940454 -        great inspiration for courage, hope, and dignity.  We shared
940455 -        laughs and cries facing life with cancer.  Laura was fortunate
940456 -        her mom was there to help fight unending battles with her work
940457 -        situation, insurance issues, and complex treatments.
940459 -  ..
940460 - Millie wrote to her family explained challenges getting treatment for
940461 - cancer as a chronic disease that enables long-term survival with
940462 - quality of life that is worth living, reported on 090630 1237.
940463 - ref SDS 3 IY6M
940464 -
940465 -            [On 091130 1106 Millie submitted follow up letter with copy
940466 -            of this letter to Laura's new email address, and citing
940467 -            Laura's blog on 091125, ref SDS 5 NK6S, which seems to
940468 -            invite direct communication, per above. ref SDS 0 8X8G
940470 -             ..
940471 -            [On 091209 1104 Laura responded explaining she is getting
940472 -            weak after starting Hospice due to cancer; but, planning to
940473 -            forward any good "trashy romances." ref SDS 6 JZ3Y
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940476 -            [On 100106 0301 Millie received notice that Laura died.
940477 -            ref SDS 8 LP5I
940479 -         ..
940480 -    4.  Loving thoughts and hugs for Laura and her family.
940488 -         ..
940489 -    7.  PS.  Please forward to Maryann.  I am sending a copy to Laura
940490 -        at her email address, but realize that account may have been
940491 -        closed with Laura moving back to Minnesota.
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