Hi Shaun, Although I knew your father through the CML Hope group only, let me express my sincere condolences on his passing. He was a very upbeat and kind person who had a good work and lots of encouragement to all that frequented this group. Thank you for letting us know. Tanya Metaksa > On Nov 11, 2018, at 6:45 AM, myvety2k via CMLHope <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Shaun, My name is David Greenberg and am so sorry to hear the news of your > Father passing. He meant so much to our group and was ALWAY'S there when we > ALL needed him. He WILL be MISSED. > > David (greenie) Greenberg > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marty Gartenberg <[email protected]> > To: CMLHope <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, Nov 11, 2018 1:54 am > Subject: [CMLHope] Update on Marty G > > Hello everyone - > > This is Marty Gartenberg's son, Shaun. It is with great sadness for me to > say that my father passed away this past week, on Wednesday, November 7th, > after having entered hospice care the previous Friday, November 2nd. I know > many of you were good friends with him and that he helped a lot of people > through this support group. > > This all started with a bad fall over 7 weeks ago on September 15 in his > garage where he fractured his left femur. He subsequently underwent surgery > to get a rod implanted in the bone to help it heal. After a few weeks of > physical therapy, a checkup showed that one of the screws needed to be > adjusted, so he had a second surgery for that to adjust the rod, and add a > plate. After having more therapy, a MRSA infection was discovered in the > incision wound. He also contracted pneumonia. In order to combat the > infection, he had a third surgery on the incision to perform a debridement of > the wound and was put on course of several antibiotics. He was admitted to > the ICU to be treated for the complications of the infection. > > Unfortunately, all of this became just too much for him to take. While he > did show improvement medically, and eventually went from the ICU into a > regular hospital room, he was in a lot of pain, which got progressively worse > each day all over his body, and discomfort from the effects of the > antibiotics. Eventually, he began denying his food and medication and > reached a point where he did not want to continue to fight. > > Moving to hospice was a painful decision to make, especially knowing how much > of a fighter my Dad was through all of the struggles he's been through in his > life. But, those were his wishes and we didn't want him to continue to > suffer. The hospice care did make him comfortable and he finally passed > Wednesday afternoon. After not having had his heart medicines (and others) > for so many days, his heart rate was in the 160's, and I guess it finally > gave out, but we don't know the exact cause. I believe he passed peacefully, > though. He was 74 years old. > > I am so grateful and blessed to have had my Dad in my life, and I know he > touched countless others lives all over the world. His altruism inspired me > throughout my life. Please keep him in your prayers and thoughts. > > His funeral will be this Monday, November 12th at 11:00 AM, at the Beth > Israel Memorial Chapel in Boynton Beach, Florida, followed by burial at the > Eternal Light Memorial Gardens cemetery at 12:15 PM, also in Boynton Beach. > My family and I will be sitting Shiva (a Jewish mourning ritual at home) > Monday evening and Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon and evening. > > Regards, > Shaun > > -- > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com <http://cmlhope.com/> > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > <http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > -- > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com <http://cmlhope.com/> > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > <http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>.
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