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0404 - Summary/Objective
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040501 - Follow up
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0408 - Progress
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040901 - Rob and Joyce called this morning and said they are driving back from
040902 - Oregon after visiting the family and attending several weddings.
040903 - Asked about stopping at the house to express condolences on Millie
040904 - passing away last Thursday on 100729 0510. ref SDS 4 036C
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040907 - They arrived in the late afternoon.
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040910 - Rob explained complicated logistics for weddings in Medford and
040911 - Portland. Not sure which was where. Rob attended Katie's wedding,
040912 - and Joyce attended a wedding on her side of the family. Rob tried to
040913 - visit with Eric on a rafting trip, but this may not have worked out.
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040916 - Think they then drove back to Sally's place in Jacksonville for a
040917 - family visit.
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040919 - [On 100802 2237 letter from Sally reports Rob called and
040920 - mentioned that he and Joyce stopped to visit today.
040921 - ref SDS 6 MW5V
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040924 - [On 100803 1810 letter from Rob and Joyce with condolences
040925 - on memoriam for Millie. ref SDS 7 KP8F
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040928 - Joyce is a lovely woman, and very well conditioned for 70. She saw a
040929 - picture of Millie and realized they are both fortunate to have
040930 - maintained beauty and vitality over a long and active life. Joyce
040931 - loves tennis, as Millie did, so they would have been immediate
040932 - friends.
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040935 - Rob and Joyce had read the memoriam for Millie, reported on 100731
040936 - 2221, ref SDS 5 H630, and were touched by her courage living with
040937 - stage IV cancer for nearly 10 years.
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040940 - This was a "roller coaster" of near death experiences with physical
040941 - pain and mental stress, but marked with long periods of full vitality,
040942 - optimism, and joy after guiding the medical team through relapse after
040943 - relapse. ref SDS 5 RZ5H Seeing her smile, hearing her laugh and
040944 - talking with her family, friends, and being productive at work, was
040945 - the best reward possible for providing fighting all the battles to get
040946 - timely, effective care all those years.
040948 - ..
040949 - Today, we discussed some of Millie's claim for treatment to recover
040950 - from medical mistakes, filed on 100527. ref SDS 1 IZ7N
040952 - ..
040953 - Joyce mentioned several friends and acquaintenances, who have died
040954 - from cancer, and others in treatment. This made Millie's story of
040955 - long-termn servival important for Joyce, reported in the memoriam on
040956 - 100731 2221. ref SDS 5 RZ5H
040958 - ..
040959 - Joyce appreciated the delimma Millie faced being denied care on
040960 - grounds the doctor was alleged to have reported that her cancer will
040961 - no longer respond to any treatment, reported on 100710. ref SDS 2 X530
040962 - Millie's response filed on 100713, maintained she is entitled to
040963 - choose whether to get treatment, and the only evidence of
040964 - effectiveness is providing the treatment, reported on 100713 0007,
040965 - ref SDS 3 PXYW Joyce and Rob agreed.
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040968 - Before leaving, Joyce commented on how well maintained and orderly the
040969 - house looks.
040971 - ..
040972 - Explained that Millie would be pleased to hear the wheels have not
040973 - fallen off. Millie's children were very helpful cleaning up after
040974 - events suddenly cascaded out of control last Wednesday, leading to
040975 - Mil's unexpected death the next day on 100729 0510. ref SDS 4 EK4I
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040977 - [On 101002 0800 Gerry Fernandez, the landlord, commented on
040978 - how organized everything looks, and because Rod was well
040979 - trained by Millie for many years. ref SDS 8 IP6N
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040982 - Thanked Rob and Joyce for stopping on their way home from Sally's
040983 - place. Nice to have family around when events seem to be cascading
040984 - out of control.
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040987 - Joyce reminded that they live near the beach in Aptos, and have room
040988 - for a visitor if I wish to get away for a few days. Said maybe next
040989 - month after things are better settled. There is lots to think about
040990 - for Millie's memorial, and including where I will live, my work, have
040991 - some medical meetings coming up and not sure what the outcome there
040992 - will be.
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040995 - Hugged Joyce, and shook hands with Rob, thanking them again for
040996 - stopping on the way home from seeing the family in Oregon.
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