At Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Pam Markford wrote:
>
>To all IAS members, it is with a sadden heart that I report that
>according to an e-mail from Dr. Redan, Marian Lweis passed away at
>6:30pm, Wednesday. I am re-printing, with permission, his letter to me.
> Dear Pam,
>Mr. Lewis gave me permission to keep IAS members updated on Marian.
>Mrs. Lewis passed away last night at about 6:30pm. After a very long
>discussion with the family and her pre-operative requests that no heroic
>measures be taken to prolong her survival if she could not get rid of
>the pain. Her quality of life would have been very poor only to survive
>the surgery to resume a short life of pain again from her incurable
>cancer. Mr. Lewis would like to continue with all the IAS members to
>help people find help for their abdominal pain that is ignored by so
>many doctors as he wished someone would have taken a look in her abdomen
>sooner. Mr.& Mrs. Lewis will be flying home today for an anticipated
>funeral next week. I'm sure he would appreciate contact from the IAS
>members...especially you and Bev (who he adores.) Dr. Reich and I
>sincerely appreciate all the help everyone has given Mr. Lewis and all
>the people who suffer from chronic abdominal pain.
> Thanks, Dr. J. Redan
> Please feel free to post this note if you would like.
>
>I will talk to Mr. Lewis later today and get his permission to post
>more information of the services and addresses.
>
>--
>In Friendship, Pam Markford PJtweetyRN@aol.com
>
-- Robin