Dear Cyndy,

Since Tuesday, I've been away from home 5 to 8 hours
each day, keeping my sister company in her room at
what used to be called Tufts-New England Medical Center,
but has recently been renamed Tufts Medical Center.
My sister's recovery was complicated first by an acute
phosporus deficiency, which was identified and treated
in a timely manner, and today by the onset of acute
clostridium difficile diarrhea which in debilitated
patients like my sister, entails a high mortality rate.
I've spent the evening informing myself about this
disease so as to be able to discuss diagnostic and
treatment options with her physicians. Under the
circumstances, I am unable to put my mind to anything
else, hence the brevity of this letter. Please stay
well and give my best to Ned.
Jochen