From: Tarcila Fox Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 2:43 PM Subject: Update on Dee Thompson Update on Dee Thompson Dee has been in rehab at Vanderbilt Stallman for about a week after her discharge from St. Thomas Hospital. For any who do not know, some friends found her, and called 911 after her e-mail began bouncing. At that point she was very near death, and still had a couple of close calls in the hospital. She had suffered since before the Christmas Count (about a month) with a bout of debilitating gastrointestinal problems. Once in the hospital, she was found to have Acute Kidney failure. When her dialysis was done she had a mild heart attack. All that before my first visit with her, only 3-4 days after being admitted. When I did find her, as I walked in the door, she was in the beginning stages of a stroke. She must have angels watching over her because I saw her on this past Sunday and she is back to her feisty self. Her color looks good and though she had a cough the week before, she didn?t cough at all when I was there to see her Sunday. She has no lasting effects of any of the problems mentioned above! She wanted me to thank everyone for their well wishes, and prayers. She said it did a lot to help her recover to have received all the cards, and the e-mail messages which I printed out and gave to her. She also wanted to tell everyone that she will be soon be able to send out e-mail again, because she is now being admitted to an assisted living facility, a temporary stop, until she is ready to go home! As we were talking on the phone, she was reporting on the 50 plus Starlings outside her window, at the rehab unit (across the street from Vanderbilt Children?s Hospital). There were her three ?regular? crows and a lone robin. Suddenly another small flock of Starlings and 2 more crows flew in and she got all excited because she knew something was up. Then she saw what was causing the crows to act differently, one crow had a small rodent of some kind in its talons (I guess crows have talons?). She also reported a couple of days ago seeing a Jake Turkey near sunset. It ambled through the bushes, across a parking lot and up the hill in the direction of Love Hill. (If you know the busy, city area, you would be surprised to see a turkey there.) She was concerned that tonight the temperatures will dip, the bad weather will arrive, and there is no one to feed the bird?s at Dee?s Smorgasbord. She was especially concerned about her ?bossy mocks.? I know they miss the peanut butter, and seeds Dee puts out for them. One thing I forgot to report for Dee (she will never forgive me) is that, when she was still at St. Thomas; a Peregrine Falcon flew right up to her window and lit on the side of the building for a moment. She was so excited and called me right away. St. Thomas is the next door neighbor of St. Cecelia where we got the Peregrine for a Christmas Count one year, at that time it was chasing a small flock of Rock Pigeons. Dee will not have a phone in the assisted living facility, but she hopes to get computer access, and she will personally send her messages to each of you. Here is her Current mailing address: Dee Thompson c/o The Waterford Assisted Living 8118B Sawyer Brown Rd. NASHVILLE TN 37221-1402 Tarcila Fox, Goodlettsville TN -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.17.12/653 - Release Date: 1/26/2007 =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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