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1.: CHAMPION ADVOCATE HOSPITALIZED

Posted by: "Stephen Meyer" Stephen276@comcast.net stephen_meyer_stemcells

Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:41 am (PDT)

CHAMPION ADVOCATE HOSPITALIZED

From Don Reed:

Karen Miner's and my weblog, www.stemcellbattles.com
<http://www.stemcellbattles.com/> , is down.

Webmaster Karen is in hospital, recovering from bladder augmentation
surgery. The operation was done in hopes of freeing her from many
problems of a personal nature, related to her spinal cord injury of
fourteen years.

We are in hopes she will recover fully, but for the foreseeable future,
our small column, www.stemcellbattles.com
<http://www.stemcellbattles.com/> , will not go forward. Karen was the
webmaster; now her health will not permit her to carry on this unpaid
chore.

Selfishly, I am devastated.

Not only did Karen's webmastery give me a voice, but she and I have
worked closely together for more than ten years. She is a part of
everything I have done in research advocacy. Co-chair of Californians
for Cures, Karen worked hard on the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury
Research Act, Senator Deborah Ortiz's stem cell laws, Bob
Klein's magnificent and unparalleled Proposition 71, and the four
years continual defense of it afterward, in the unending attacks the
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has endured; always,
Karen was there.

Paralyzed in body but never in spirit, Karen Miner is a constant source
of inspiration to me and all who have the blessing of knowing her.

Anyone wishing to send Karen a get-well-soon email may send it me at:
diverdonreed@pacbell.net <mailto:diverdonreed@pacbell.net> . I will
print them out and take them to her in the hospital.

Don't send anything electronically complicated or fancy, no e-cards,
please. I don't know how to work that stuff.

Thanks,

Don C. Reed

Co-chair, Californians for Cures

Don C. Reed
Sponsor, Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act
co-chair, Californians for Cures
Vice President, Public Policy, Americans for Cures

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