Jean Valentine Ward and Barbara Wright Passmore

Jean Valentine Ward and partner, Paul Rauch, took a cruise with Barbara Wright Passmore and husband, Hunter in October '15 from Amsterdam to Budapest. We had a great time touring medieval towns, castles, and cathedrals as well as reminiscing!

Get Well Wishes to Midge Dube

Midge Dube is having surgery today (2/14/16).
Message on Facebook from Midge Dube's daughter, Ann Cox:  
PRAYERS NEEDED. They are prepping mom, Midge Dube for surgery now. The meds have not worked, so they have to go in and remove the infected part of her intestine. Please keep her in your positive thoughts for a successful surgery and her complete and speedy recovery.

Keeping Midge in our thoughts and prayers!

UPDATE
2/18/16 - Posted by Midge's daughter, Stacey Horwitz:
Mom is doing better. ..NG tube is out so now she can have liquid diet by mouth...still has pain...but slowly recovering. ..Please feel free to send get well cards to the house and I will bring them to her. Thank you all for your prayers and healing thoughts. 

Get Well Wishes to Laura Siracusano Dudek

Laura Siracusano Dudek is recovering from hip replacement surgery.   

I am at home, recuperating from hip replacement surgery last Wednesday.  I'm doing very well, pain-wise, but am going stir crazy, having to sit and rest so much during the day!  This isn't as much of a "walk in the park" as I'd hoped it would be!!!

Tom is wonderful, waiting on me hand and foot, cooking, cleaning and getting me showered, dressed, undressed and up and down our stairs.  He deserves a medal!  Hopefully, this won't last too long!

Wishing you a speedy recovery, Laura!

Please Keep Carmella Lagano Alfano in Your Prayers

Janice Oehler shared this message from Carmella Lagano Alfano's husband, Al, today.

Please keep Carmella in your prayers.

On Saturday morning morning Carmella woke up with a fever of 102.3.

We went to the Cape Cod Hospital emergency center where they examined her and admitted her.

She was diagnosed with an upper urinary tract infection involving the right kidney and upper ureter. It is called pyelonephritis.

This infection placed stress on her entire system, including her heart, and test results revealed a high degree of certainty that she had a heart attack.

She is stable now but her temperature continues to go up and down.

The doctors are waiting on test results to pinpoint a treatment plan. They need to know the specific bacterial strain causing the infection and the degree of severity of her heart attack as those factors will determine the treatment plan. She is currently receiving intravenous antibiotics and Heparin, a blood thinner.

Again, please keep her in your prayers.

Thanks,

Al
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I was shocked and very sad to hear about Carmella.  We met the very 1st day of Orientation, when new students arrived on campus.  We were both on the same wing of 3rd floor Capen ... such a very long time ago.  We shared meals, classes, laughs and Theta.  I'll be thinking about her and remembering some nice conversations and her very sweet, warm smile.
-Nina (Friedman) Lazar '66

Hi Carmella and Al,
I am thinking of both of you, sending prayers and healing thoughts your way.
Love in Theta,
-Laura Siracusano Dudek 
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2/4/16 UPDATE

Thanks for keeping Carmella in your prayers. The past five days have been taxing. While this started off critical, fortunately Carmella is home now.

The doctors are treating her with one of those super antibiotics for 13 days.

Apparently, her heart was stressed by the infection and released the enzyme Troponin, the indicator that a heart attack has occurred. Follow-up tests, echo-cardiogram and nuclear stress test, revealed no heart damage. 

Again, thank you.

Al