Some of you are already aware of recent challenges Mudcatter Giac (Mary) has been facing. This morning I received the following PM:
============================================================== Message: from friends of Giac:
Mary has been hospitalized for tests; she was in tremendous pain on Saturday. The doctors are discussing chemotherapy and radiation because the tumor has recurred and is inoperable. She is in need of all the spiritual support we can offer. Thank you, thank you.
Giac (pronounced like "Jack") contributed a song to the Mudcat CD Sampler project; it's typical of her that on one of the worst days she'd had of late, she wrote me that she was going to sign off and go spend some time with her guitar, which always "makes things all right." She also said, recently, that despite the pain and fear, she was experiencing stretches of deep peace, knowing people were thinking of her and/or praying.
I am having terrible trouble with my computer, but if I can I'm going to send Pene a photo she sent me during the last year, of Giac with her beloved dog. Any help getting clickies inserted would be appreciated. What I can do with this damn puder at the moment is pretty limited.
I'll let Giac's friends know that this thread will be running, to print and take to her.