[TI] URGENT PRAYERS REQUIRED for Tim Balsamo

[Elizabeth Budry]

Sorry to hear about Tim Balsamo.  Our prayers are with him.

Regarding the reunion, how close is the Church to the hotel?  Is there a 
Saturday evening Mass?  What times are the Sunday Masses?

Elizabeth Budry
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>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
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> 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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