[Northkeep] Rosamund

[Lynne Dawson]

I hope all goes well on your trip to KS, and that when
you get there the news is encouraging.  Your family is
in my prayers.

Marta


--- Lady Julienne de Lion <ladyjulienne at hotmail.com>
wrote:
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> i am glad to hear that your father-in-law is doing a
> little better. he is our thoughts and prayers!
>
> julienne & canacan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Darin K. Herndon
> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 10:11 AM
> To: northkeep at ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [Northkeep] Rosamund
>
> Latest updates on Rosamund's father and us.
>
> The doctor's are still trying to pin down exactly
> what he has.  While
> the symptoms seem to come very close to two possible
> tick borne
> diseases, it doesn't exactly match either.  At the
> moment they are
> treating him as if he has one of the two (I'll
> probably misspell this
> but...) called ehrlicia (pronounced as ear lick ia).
>  Rosamund's
> father is Dr. Alexander Bednekoff; he taught
> chemistry at Pittsburg
> State University in Pittsburg, KS for many years.
> At one time, he
> was a pre-med advisor; I don't think that he wants
> to wake back up to
> find a disease named after him though.  The last
> blood test results
> are due back today (Saturday) so it should confirm
> or deny the
> ehrlicia.
>
> On a positive note, this morning's doctor's report
> is better.  His
> white blood cell count has climbed back into the
> normal range which
> raises hope that his system is beginning to fight
> off the infection.
> To complicate matters though, his lungs are still
> full of crud (which
> is what led to the early report of pneumonia) and
> that interferes
> with his ability to get oxygen into his system.  He
> is still on a
> ventilator to compensate for that.  He is also still
> mostly out of
> it; we're not sure he's had a coherent moment since
> maybe last
> Sunday.  But, the rise in his white count and the
> fact that the
> ventilator is keeping his oxygen level up give us
> hope that he'll be
> waking soon.
>
> I am leaving for Kansas today, as soon as I finish
> packing.  I will
> be in Pittsburg, KS with Rosamund and her family for
> almost all of
> next week.  I will still likely (barring the worst)
> be on-site at
> Lilies War on Wednesday and Thursday (I'm hosting
> and judging a
> heraldic tabard making contest) but otherwise Lilies
> is out for me.
>
> At Rosamund's request, I'll be bringing the computer
> with me to
> Kansas.  We will check email daily though replying
> may be sparse.  If
> you need to reach us, email us at our private
> accounts or post a note
> to this list and we'll reply when we get the chance.
>
> Etienne
> darin-herndon at utulsa.edu
> kathy-herndon at utulsa.edu
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