RE: Rita Gormley

["Janet Smith" <ypauls@sti.net>]

Thank you for the update.

Janet 

---- Original Message ----
From: keisling@swbell.net
To: AISdiscuss@aisboard.org
Subject: [AISdiscuss] Rita Gormley
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:35:58 -0800 (PST)

>This is a very difficult message for me to write.
>
>Many of you are aware that
>Rita Gormley had a massive stroke early Saturday 
>morning. Tom was not ready
>to have something posted until he knew for sure the 
>extent of the damage and
>prognosis.
>
>However, because so many have been asking about her and wondering
>what was going 
>on, I just talked with Tom and he has asked me to share this
>information with 
>all of you.
>
>For those of you who were at the Fall Board
>meeting in Portland, you know that 
>Rita was there and feeling just fine.  At
>the meeting she was awarded the 
>Distinguished Service Medal (appropriately
>so) and was most appreciative of 
>receiving this honor.  Tom said she was fine
>when she got home and throughout 
>last Friday night; there was no signs of a
>problem prior to the stroke; it just 
>happened without warning about 1 am on
>Saturday morning.
>
>The MRI done Sunday showed irreversible damage to Rita's
>right brain with no 
>hope of recovery.  Up until yesterday she was in ICU  on
>a ventilator and being 
>tube fed.  
>
>
>Last night she was moved to the Hospice
>wing of the hospital; the feeding tube 
>has been removed as has the
>ventilator.  She is breathing on her own, but has 
>not, and is not likely, to
>regain consciousness.  
>
>
>Tom said that she is comfortable and being very well
>cared for.  They put a gown 
>on her that has tiny siamese kittens on it
>(wouldn't that have made her smile!)  
>At this point, it is a just a matter of
>time until the end.
>
>Their 3 children are with Tom and he said that they are
>all holding up as well 
>as could be expected under the circumstances.
>
>Please
>keep Rita and the Gormley family in your thoughts and prayers as they
>go
>through this difficult and heartbreaking time.
>
>Judy Keisling
>
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