Topic: Obituary for Dr. Weiss; please leave a comment! Talked to his wife today.
Tracy9
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I received an email from Melanie, Dr. Weiss's wife today out of the blue, thanking me for my "beautiful words" I left in the guest book on his obituary. She gave me her phone number and asked that I call her, that she really wanted to talk to me.
I called her and after we chatted for a while, she said the one thing I could do was to ask people to say good things about him on the guest book. I think it helps them a lot to read them, and also perhaps may help in the future in the case against the drunk driver that hit him.
Please go in and leave a comment if you are so inclined.
She told me they are all devastated, and that she and her youngest son begged and begged him not to go out riding his bike that night. She feels very alone and is coming to CT/NY to get her boys off to camp, to take her oldest to look at colleges, and can't believe she has to do all of this alone. I wanted to offer to go with her! Hopefully we will meet up. She invited us to go out to CA to visit them.
She sounds like a very nice woman who is need of much support. I feel horrible for her and the boys. She is catching a 5 am flight so we couldn't talk for too long as she was packing but we are going to talk again.
Also, if you want to contribute to something for the Weiss family, I haven't collected enough money yet to send them something. Obviously I will hold off until they are back in CA, but I know how nice it is to get something later on. They obviously have a lot to go through with a trial and everything still ahead. I would love to collect more money and maybe later on in the summer when they are back home we can send a cookie basket or something. PLEASE let me know if you'd like to contribute.
She seems really happy to read the comments by his patients. I think it really helps.
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Rumigirl
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Tracy, I wanted to contribute, but was short on cash. But later I will. I hadn't yet sent a letter to his family. I would love to speak with his wife, and/or send them a letter/email when they are here on the east coast.
Their grief and shock is surely beyond words. I am hoping that there will be an east coast memorial at some point. Right now, I'm sure it is just one foot in front of the other for his wife. So tragic.
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Tracy9
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It's fine, I am going to hold off on sending anything for a month or so until they are back in CA. I think it will mean a lot though. I have about $40 so far. Just need a couple more people to help out.
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Tracy9
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Rumigirl send me an email in a couple days (in IVIG treatment right now) and remind me and I'll send you her email address. I think she'd love to hear from you.
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