First Congregational United Church of Christ

Dear Family and Friends,
John and I landed at 7:30 AM Sunday, December 30 after 26 hours in a Med Air jet with a doctor/anesthesiologist, respiratory therapist, and critical care nurse. The medical crew was great, and fun and funny, constantly bantering with each other and John’s humor returned enough to “give it back.” John did [...]

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Dear Family and Friends,
At last the pulmonologist has said John is stable enough to travel, though still seriously ill. John’s sister has helped us immensely with arranging an air ambulance, a small jet outfitted like an ICU unit, which will arrive in New Delhi on Friday night. The crew will sleep and then take off [...]

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Dear Family and Friends,
Mission accomplished! John has just moved from ICU to 2453. We now have a room of our own. A bed for John and a pull-out couch for me. And a television to catch up on the news. No monitors, though nurses will be administering medicine and monitoring John. I [...]

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(December 13, 2007)
Dear Family and Friends,
Good news. The pulmonologist said that John will move out of ICU tomorrow, Friday, December 14. A real milestone for us on the way to
getting home. We had a week of crisis in Nepal, a week of plateau our first week in India. Starting Sunday, we began a week of [...]

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Please visit http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/johnandbarbara for more extended updates and communications from Barbara.
As many church members have already heard, John’s health continues to improve, and he and Barbara have been deeply touched by the prayers and support they have received from people around the world.
We are indeed blessed to be part of an international, ecumenical denomination, the [...]

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