You can reach Sue at (314) 452-3685 or (314) 726-2032. You can write to her c/o Rose Holt, 905 Barnard College Lane, St. Louis, MO 63130
Hi, it's Rose, posting from Chicago. The news is that Margaret Anne is in the hospital. She went into the emergency room at Barnes St. Peters this morning because of a very painful boil on her backside. At last report, around 2:20 pm CDT, she is awaiting the arrival of a surgeon who will remove it. An anestheologist had been in already to prepare her should surgery indeed be required.
Margaret's cell phone number is: (636) 577-1809 for those wishing to check in with her. She is in a room where cell phones are allowed.
Sabrina called me just a while ago to give me an update and to ask, "Has Mom's boil on her butt made the Blog yet?" That prompted me to give this quick update.
Margaret has been talking daily with Mary Pauline who is in the hospital in Kansas (Hutchinson?) for some kind of intestinal blockage. Sally had been to see Pauline several times, and is also in touch with Margaret.
Margaret also had news that a nephew of Maudi's, her brother Jim's son, had died. Here is the obituary Margaret included in her e-mail:
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William Larimore
Deaths
08/04/2004
William E. (Bill) Larimore, 47, Conway, died Wednesday, July 28, 2004, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He is preceded in death by his father, James C. Larimore, and a sister-in-law, Sheena Larimore.
He is survived by his mother, Frances Larimore, Conway; two brothers, James W. Larimore, Conway, and Ed Larimore, Conway; two sisters, Elaine Larimore, Conway, and Patsy Maune and husband Jeff, Union; a sister-in-law, Electra Larimore, Bolivar; one nephew, James A. Larimore, and wife Lori, Branson; three nieces, Stacey Ash and husband Russell, Buffalo, Amanda Kuhs, St. Louis, and Jessica Larimore, Conway; two great nephews, Chase Larimore, Branson, and Cody Lane Ash, Buffalo, and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
No services are being planned, but memorials may be sent in Bill's name to: Barnes Jewish Hospital Foundation, Mailstop 90-94-206, 600 S. Taylor Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110 for the Cardiac Surgery Research Fund.
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We are sorry to hear of this untimely loss.
On the lighter side, Sabrina told me that when she set out to pick up Brayden from me yesterday, she asked her boys if they wanted to ride along. Brett asked, "Where are we going," to which Sabrina said, "Over by the airport." Brett got a funny look on his face and asked, "By the airport? Are they shipping him in in a crate or something?" Sabrina said his association was from the occasion recently when the whole family went to the airport to pick up the new puppy for Catrina's family.
Sue is now home from the Lake. Den has returned to Chicago. Shirley is on her way back to St. Louis where Sue and Chris will call for her at the airport. I will go home tomorrow.
It was a joy having Brayden for five days. I believe the boy would ride along indefinitely in his stroller if someone would just keep him moving. He gets lots of attention in restaurants, will eat anything, and is good as gold. Shelly, a friend of her's, and I took Brayden with us Thursday to the big Kerry-Edwards Rally at Union Station in St. Louis. The ruckus got so loud that Brayden became frightened just from the sheer din of it all, so I took him to the far corner of the parking lot where we could hear the speeches but were removed from the crowd. Brayden loved it. He especially liked riding the Metrolink. When I told Scott what I had planned, he allowed as how I might be using his son as a political ploy. If so, he surely garnered some votes on our outing.
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While it's true that I said that about my dear old Mom, I also said let's not make light of the fact that she is in the hospital. She has a very high pain tolerance, and given that she did have my Dad take her to the emergency room was an indication as to how much pain she was in. She had not slept in 2 days. The "boil" was, as the doctor said, an abscess that had been there for some time, again indicating her high pain tolerance. Margaret, as every who knows her and loves her knows, does not complain about much of anything. Hopefully this will be something that can be treated with antibiotics, and the worst is over. It all depends on whether the abscess came from something externally or whether it came from something internally. The latter is the worst case. Please keep her in your prayers and pray for a speedy recovery.
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