About Joanne Kern

All,
 
Update on Joanne's condition.  To bring you up-to-date:  Joanne fell in her kitchen and split her head open.  She was taken to the hospital where a MRI showed a mass at the base of her brain.  The mass was removed and was found to be cancerous.  Doctors believe the cancer came from her lungs.  She had just finished a round of radiation and was to undergo chemo treatments when she fell and hit her head on a coffee table in her home.  Mike and Susie found her laying in a pool of blood and she was taken by ambulance to the hospital.  Her fall reopened her surgery incision which had to be stapled again.  This was last Wednesday, June 22nd.
 
Dick just talked to Mike who was on his way out of the hospital.  Joanne had had a bad day/night on Saturday but was somewhat improved on Sunday.  They are treating her for pneumonia and she should get released after a week of antibiotics.  The kids will be talking to the doctors about after hospital care knowing she shouldn't be alone until she gets her strength back.
 
Dick calls every day......he can be reached at 515-681-4396.
 
Dick and Jo Ann