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Sylvia.
One
of the very sad things I rememberthe weekend before Harry
got sick, he was sitting over there. He was always so articulate.
And all of a suddenit must have been during the Vietnam
War, because all of a sudden he couldnt think of the word
for the Vietnam War. And I remember sitting here and saying, something
is wrong, because Harry just cant seem to be able to get
that word out. And the following Monday, I got a call from
his office telling me that he couldnt talk, and they were
sending him home. So I called the doctor, and they took him right
to South Nassau Hospital where the opinion was that he had had
a stroke. I wish it had been that, but it wasnt. It was
a brain tumor. And thats what I remember. Thats the
sad thing I remember here. And the only sad thing. A very joyous
room. Everybody was eating and talking and having fun.
Deedee.
I remember the last Thanksgiving my father
was alive. I was living in Chicago, but came home for the holiday.
My father was quite ill and dying of a brain tumor. I remember
the kosher butcher, who always made the turkey, bringing it to
the houseand knowing a sea change had occurred when my father
couldnt carve the turkey. It was one of the most poignant
things about the diseasethat he just accepted the loss of
his ability with great grace.
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