I got an email this morning from Dick, the other banjo player, that has me worried. The revised diagnosis is viral meningeal encephalitis (isn't that the disease in "Awakenings"?). Dick didn't say anything about the prognosis. I tried calling her room but no one was there with her at the time; at least no one answered the phone. I canceled my own doctor's appointment (just a regular checkup) and I'm going to the hospital after a couple hours of work and will spend the afternoon with her. I don't know if they will allow me to bring my banjerine in or not--I have it strung with nylon, so it's a gentle sounding instrument, and will sing her a song or two or more. Her dogs are being picked up by friends (Shady Grove, the puppy, by her breeder in Pismo Beach, and Andrew, the 10 year old male, by a friend in Yakima, Washington.

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. I love you all.

--seed