{"id":10759,"date":"2012-01-03T15:07:37","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T23:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=10759"},"modified":"2012-02-13T10:35:02","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T18:35:02","slug":"my-last-time-with-richard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/01\/03\/my-last-time-with-richard\/","title":{"rendered":"My Last Time With Richard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Went to see my friend Richard again today, for his final day at the rehab center. His friends Paul Sammon and Mike Towry were there again as well and Earl, who Richard will be staying with starting tomorrow, also came by to talk to the hospice representatives. I’m fairly certain that this will have been the final time that I see Richard, but at least this time he was occasionally lucent enough so I could actually speak to him even though he had great difficulty with replying.<\/p>\n

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Went to see my friend Richard again today, for his final day at the rehab center. His friends Paul Sammon and Mike Towry were there again as well and Earl, who Richard will be staying with starting tomorrow, also came by to talk to the hospice representatives. I’m fairly certain that this will have been … <\/p>\n

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