[TI] URGENT PRAYERS REQUIRED for Tim Balsamo

[Laura Johnson]

I have sent an email to Lisa who has been working with Tim on the 
reunion.  Hopefully she will call me soon with some more  details

M GILL wrote:
> As Tim is in the hospital perhaps someone on the list and lives in Cleveland  can answer Elizabeth's questions.
>
>
> --- On Wed, 8/27/08, Elizabeth Budry <erbudry at sc.rr.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> From: Elizabeth Budry <erbudry at sc.rr.com>
>> Subject: Re: [TI] URGENT  PRAYERS REQUIRED for Tim Balsamo
>> To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
>> Received: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 12:54 AM
>> 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
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <sreif1956 at comcast.net>
>> To: <mgill494 at rogers.com>;
>> <terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>; 
>> <terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 5:59 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TI] URGENT PRAYERS REQUIRED for Tim Balsamo
>>
>>
>>     
>>> 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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