Prayers and well wishes are winding their way to and for both Ted and you. Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Carole K. Menser <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 11:57 PM Subject: TO JOAN SNYDER >Hello Joan -- > >I can probably reach you the quickest this way. It is midnight Wednesday. >Ted is not doing well at the moment. Has been sick for a week with fever >and flu symptoms and developed a rash on his forehead that was diagnosed as >shingles this morning. This afternoon he had an episode where he took and >nap and then I heard him coughing. When I went in his eyes were open but he >was totally unresponsive to me. I called 911 and they took him to the >hospital. Tonight they said the results of his CT scan showed some swelling >of a part of his brain. They say is could be associated with the shingles >virus or could be something else. He is now in ICU and scheduled for an MRI >in the morning. He could use prayer. I don't want to offend anyone else on >this list -- but you know what to do. > >Thanks! > >Carole