[Oe List ...] Salmon: Canadian testimony

[William Salmon]

Dear All --
    It was 1983 when Wesley entered the last few days of his life at Children's Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. Earlier in 1982, while a patient for 315 days at Mayo Clinic, he was offered the chance for a bone-marrow transplant, provided we could find a donor and $100,000. Nothing that would match appeared on the horizon, and neither did the $100,000 up-front money. Mayo Clinic was one of the earlier hospitals practicing the bone-marrow transplant in either the USA or Canada. 
    Down the hall from Wesley's room was a Canadian youngster the same age as Wesley. The Canadian government covered his bone-marrow transplant and he left Mayo's cancer free!
    While serving as the First Prior of the Edmond House, I burned my foot by dropping the bottom out of a glass thermos bottle. Fortunately, a kitchen toilet was nearby and I put my bare foot into the stool to cool it. Then it was off to the local emergency room.
    No waiting line, good service and follow up, and NO BILL!
    Since then I've been trying to "Drink Canada Dry," and there is a soft spot in my heart for Red Oak Leaves and "O, Canada."  
    Here's too ya all. 
    Pastor Bill 
PS: The Order was attempting to pay off $250,000 in payments to Mayos at $25.00 a month. Finally, Mayo chose to write off the bill and charge it to an experimental program.
    WES 
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