Alicia Parlette

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Notes From a Visit To Alicia April 9, 2010

Filed under: Alicia Parlette,Cancer — beckybowman @ 5:47 pm
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Posted for Robert J. “Rosey” Rosenthal

Friday, April 9, 10:30 a.m.

I’m here with Alicia  in the intensive care unit. She’s hooked up to a bunch of monitors, drips and IVs, and using an oxygen mask to help her breath. She’s giving instruction to the nurse about medication and sounds like a well-informed patient, authoritative and firm.

But she is very, very ill.

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