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["susan hollyday" <shollyday@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nashville TN  
I am forwarding this message for TOS member Tarcila Fox concerning another 
member, Dee Thompson, who often posts on tn-birds.
Susan Hollyday
1/18/07
 
(Written on Tuesday, January 16, 2007)

Hello Birders, 

 

I would like to let you know of Dee Thompson?s health and her current 
situation. Dee is in the hospital here in Nashville. She has had severe GI 
problems since Dec. 11th. On the Nashville Christmas Bird Count, Dec. 17th, she 
got very sick with nausea and vomiting. She got worse all morning, and had to 
go home before noon. Since then, I have not received any personal e-mails; I 
have not seen any e-mails on either of the bird forums she is on, nor have I 
spoken to her, even though I have called her home and left a couple of 
messages. Finally, I decided to track her down. She does volunteer work at St. 
Thomas Hospital, so I called there and found that she has been there since 
Wednesday. 

 

The way she came to be in the hospital is that on Wednesday, some people who 
know her from her volunteer work sent her an e-mail and it bounced back, saying 
her mailbox was full. They knew the great numbers it would take to have e-mail 
bounce back so they decided to check on her. When they got to her home, she was 
in such a bad condition they called an ambulance, and they likely saved her 
life. She was in acute kidney failure, once she got settled into the hospital, 
and the peritoneal dialysis was done, she had a mild heart attack.

 

I found her by checking the hospital on Sunday and talked to her that evening 
on the phone in her hospital room. I then went there to take her some items she 
needed. As I walked in the room she was in the beginning stages of what 
appeared to me to be a TIA (mini-stroke). I did not get to visit with her; 
after the nurses and doctors got through with her they were wheeling her out of 
the room to get a CAT-scan. She has been assigned a room in special care (285) 
but she cannot have phone calls in that part of the hospital. 

 

I was able to visit her Tuesday night, and she did have a stroke, but they got 
to it so soon, there was hardly any damage at all. She has a bit of weakness on 
the right side, and that is about all. Her mind is clear, and she is her 
talkative self again.

 

The couple who found her may settle her in an assisted living home when she 
gets out of the hospital. (The wife of the couple runs an assisted living 
facility.) This will hopefully be a temporary placement.

 

Dee?s dogs are with some people who live on a large farm, and have other dogs. 
They are being spoiled. 

 

Since she is not able to receive calls in the special care unit, Dee wanted me 
to tell everyone not to call at present. She will get in touch, (call you, or 
e-mail you) when she is able. 

 

I have included her hospital address below. 

Thanks, 

Tarcila Fox, Goodlettsville TN

 

 

Doris (Dee) Thompson

C/O

Saint Thomas Hospital Special Care Unit, #285
4220 Harding Road 
Nashville, Tennessee 37205 
Hospital Operator: 615-222-2111

 

 



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