[Choir] Fwd: Art's diagnosis

[Ginny AOL]

If I was coming to choir on Thursday, I would bring another card for us to send to Sue. Unfortunately (??), I am still in Florida until Monday.  Maybe someone else would like to bring a card?

Much love,
Ginny

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 4, 2017, at 4:04 PM, Richard Riley via Choir <choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear Choir,
> 
> Here's the latest on Art. Please keep Art and Sue and their daughters Lizzie and Meredith in your thoughts and hearts.
> 
> I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow night for the first UCM choir rehearsal of 2017.
> 
> Dick
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: amy tatko <amytatko at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 4:03 PM
> Subject: Art's diagnosis
> To: 
> 
> 
> Dear Friends -
> 
> Sadly, our dear friend Art has been diagnosed with intravascular lymphoma, a very rare form of cancer. He is being moved today to the cancer hospital at Yale, and chemo treatments will begin very soon. Art's doctors at Yale will observe how he responds to chemo before they decide whether he may return to Vermont for further treatment.
> 
> Art and Sue's daughter Lizzie will be visiting them today on her way home to Chicago. Their daughter Meredith will go down to Yale later this week. Sue is very comforted to have them with her. Sue describes her own and Art's states much as any one of us would imagine: a little of everything, including hopeful and worried, and just plain worn out from the whole ordeal. 
> 
> For those who might wish to read about Art's cancer, you may find it comforting to note that his lead neurologist, Dr. Joachim Baehring, is an expert on intravascular lymphoma and has written some of the only medical papers on this cancer that are available on the internet.  
> 
> Let us remain together with one another and with Art in spirit every step of the way. Friendship and community are among the very dearest parts of life for Art, as we all know, and this little email community of Art's loving friends has been a great comfort to me. 
> 
> Love,
> Amy
> 
> P.S. Thank you all for your thoughtful notes. Please don't worry about me. I'm taking good care of myself and learning more about how to live with sadness and the unknown without suffering unnecessarily, which is exactly what Art would want me to be doing right now.
> 
> 
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