<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-size: 13px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><p>Sally,</p><p>You have been on my mind the last week since Marilyn announced at the meeting that you would not be participating on the panel as planned. She didn't give any details. Just that your husband was being taken off life support.</p><p>I am so sorry. You have had just one thing after another. Know that my thoughts and prayers are with you, and I look forward to you being on the call with us Thursday.</p><p>Take care, and God bless.</p><p>Cleora<br><br></p><blockquote style="color: black; padding-left: 5px; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; margin-left: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 255); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid;">-----Original Message-----
<br>From: Sally Rosenthal <sanford.rosenthal@comcast.net>
<br>Sent: May 25, 2019 6:04 PM
<br>To: "C. S. Boyd" <sitting.duck@springmail.com>
<br>Cc: Critique Group 1 <group1@bluegrasspals.com>
<br>Subject: [Critique Group 1] Sad news
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hi, everyone, Yes, I plan to be on the call on Thursday with comments on your submissions. I will not be submitting anything this month. My husband had a massive brainstem stroke which flooded the rest of his brain on May 12; he was declared clinically dead the following day. Ironically, Sandy’s death had nothing to do with polio or post-polio syndrome. It was caused by an aneurysm. Except for a very brief moment of pain, he never knew what happened and never regained consciousness. In many ways, this was a blessing. Over the last few years, he had lost the use of most of his body, was in an incredible amount of pain despite narcotics, had begun having memory and cognitive problems, and was severely depressed. Our internist told me that, had he lived, he would have suffocated slowly from complications of polio – not an easy passing. I am also glad it happened when we were home rather than when he was driving. Leonard, thank you so much for the email and phone call; they were so appreciated and comforting.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sallywho is walking around in a fog<o:p></o:p></p></div></group1@bluegrasspals.com></sitting.duck@springmail.com></sanford.rosenthal@comcast.net></blockquote></div></body></html>