You wrote.......Can some of those who are close to the case tell us that Dr.Fink's warnings have been heeded and the current procedures are ok. Hi Julius....thx for your concern...it's such a terrible situation...I can't answer your questions above but I can tell you that Deborah called another friend while driving up to NY and said that she was aware of Bob's comments and wished she had seen them sooner. and when Robert called me on the phone, I did tell him to make sure that they read each of Bob's comments in each email.......they have a laptop with them and do log in daily for the messages. As you know from my posting last night, the surgery is on hold for a couple of days. He's due to call again tonight after speaking with the doctor so I'll have more information. Joan Hartman P.S...would you clarify what you meant by "we may be encouraging still more destructive behavior." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn