"maxine in ri" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:22:31 -0500, "Nancy Young"
> > connected the dots and wrote:
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> ~
> ~"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
> .. .
> ~> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 20:51:27 GMT, "Dimitri" >
> ~> wrote:
> ~
> ~>>"Curly Sue" > wrote in message
> ...
> ~
> ~>>> He had open heart surgery a couple of weeks ago and never really
> ~>>> recovered.
> ~
> ~>>Not as uncommon as one would be led to believe.
> ~>
> ~> Yes, that is what happened with my mother. She had open heart
> surgery
> ~> and she never really recovered either. A week later, she died.
> ~
> ~Anesthesia (sp) in older people is a BAD THING. Rapid decline tends
> ~to follow.
> ~
> ~nancy
>
Depends upon what the alternative is. Some procedures are more elective than
others, and some really are not.

Kyle