As many of you know, my husband had a heart attack last year and spent four months in the hospital waiting for a transplant. His heart continued to fail; they opted to install an LVAD (left ventricular assist device), a bridge to a heart transplant. He has not gone back to work and probably won’t soon. I am now his caregiver. In October, he was put back on the heart transplant list. He now needs both a heart and a kidney. So, now we wait to get a call telling us they have a heart.
Researching Oakland’s History is so much fun and a lot of work simultaneously. Because my work on this site doesn’t earn me anything, I gratefully accept PayPal donations to support it. Keeping the site up and running costs money, as does my subscriptions to online sites like Newspapers.com or Ancestry.com com.
I would also like to share an article from The Oaklandside, where I was interviewed.
Dorothy,
Please give me your address so I can send you a check.
In the meantime…many prayers and good thoughts being sent your way.
Thank you, I will send my address to you via email. Dorothy
Dorothy, I have been (pandemic isolation/depression?), until now, oblivious to your family crisis. I’m shocked and saddened to read of the extreme health issues faced…. What a darling photo of father and daughter — both looking as if there is only joy in their lives! May every hope and prayer be answered. Please use my donation wherever needed, and may a new heart and kidney soon bring more years of those beautiful smiles for all of you.
Good for you, Dorothy! You certainly deserve some renumeration for all the work you do on this project. I enjoy your posts. I always learn something from them. I share them with friends, and I always look forward to the next story. Gary and I think of you and Tess often, and hope for his return to good health.