>Alan's wife also told me that Alan's boss might be getting him a laptop, hopefully with internet access.
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>I have Alan's wife's email address, along with the mailing address of the hospital in Ontario - for anyone who'd like to contact them, feel free to send me an email.

Sheesh... add being disconnected to all that trouble and pain. Feels a bit clumsy sending cheerups via a proxy, but please do.