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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT class=ecxApple-style-span size=3>Hello again to you all,</FONT>
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<DIV><FONT class=ecxApple-style-span size=3>Beth asked me to update you this late afternoon.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=ecxApple-style-span size=3>She is out of ICU and is on the neurosurgery patient floor at Mass General Hospital; however although the surgery went well, she is in a lot of pain.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=ecxApple-style-span size=3>As you call can imagine, brain surgery is involved requiring technical and invasive procedures to access the area to operate on and recovery is a process.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=ecxApple-style-span size=3>Beth is receiving medication to help her deal with this pain, but please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=ecxApple-style-span size=3>Best,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=ecxApple-style-span size=3><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=ecxApple-style-span size=3>Elaine Drake Allen</FONT></DIV>
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