[TI] URGENT PRAYERS REQUIRED for Tim Balsamo

[sreif1956 at comcast.net]

I guess I must have missed something....what is the circumstances with Tim Balsamo.  Forgive me, but I have been working on my daughter's wedding for some time now (and the festivities are finally over as of 8-16-08).  I did not know Tim was suffering with an illness.  Please fill me in.

Sharon Reif
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From: M GILL <mgill494 at rogers.com>
> Tim is in the hospital.
> 
> HE NEEDS OUR PRAYERS.
> 
> Just spoke to his cousin  Ginger Capuano and things do not look good.
> 
>  Everything has been set for the reunion the last week of September. Tim has 
> delegated  his cousins to go on  with the reunion plans. 
> 
> Hospice is a philosophy of care. The hospice philosophy or viewpoint accepts 
> death as the final stage of life. The goal of hospice is to enable patients to 
> continue an alert, pain-free life and to manage other symptoms so that their 
> last days may be spent with dignity and quality, surrounded by their loved ones. 
> Hospice affirms life and does not hasten or postpone death. Hospice care treats 
> the person rather than the disease; it focuses on quality rather than length of 
> life. It provides family-centered care and involves the patient and the family 
> in making decisions. Care is provided for the patient and family 24 hours a day, 
> 7 days a week. Hospice care is given in a hospital. 
> 
> 
> Hospice care is suitable when you no longer benefit from cancer treatment and 
> you are expected to live 6 months or less. Hospice gives you palliative care, 
> which is treatment to help relieve cancer-related symptoms, but not cure the 
> disease; its main purpose is to improve your quality of life. 
>  Your doctor decide together when hospice care should begin. 
> 
> Madeleine
> 
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