[ESIP-all] Status of Rob, II

Robert Casey rob at iris.washington.edu
Fri Mar 2 18:05:50 EST 2012


	I'm very saddened by this news.  Blessings and comfort to Rob and his  
family.


On Mar 2, 2012, at 3:02 PM, Goodman, Michael (MSFC-ZP11) wrote:

> I am at a loss for words. First Greg Leptoukh and now Rob.
>
> Tzeteh l’shalom Go in peace my friend.
>
> --Michael
>
> H. Michael Goodman
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> VP61 / Earth Science Office
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> On 3/2/12 4:38 PM, "Armstrong, Edward M (388M)" <Edward.M.Armstrong at jpl.nasa.gov 
> > wrote:
>
> Hello JPL and Earth Science community
>
> Several of you may have seen a brief update I sent or the facebook  
> wall post on Rob Raskin's status an hour ago.  In retrospect I  
> forgot to add some context. Some of this may be familiar to you  
> already.
>
> 9 days ago, Rob suffered cardiac arrest while on the way to the  
> hospital in an ambulance. Although he was revived and stabilized, he  
> went into a coma and in fact suffered a serious amount of brain  
> damage due to the cardiac arrest. He has remained in the coma ever  
> since he was hospitalized and has needed a respirator to stay alive.  
> Numerous Eeectroencephalography (EEG) brain scans have indicated  
> irreversible damage.
>
> Therefore, Lisa Steele, Robs sister, after having consulted with  
> hospital doctors and one within her own family over the last several  
> days, has decided that based on quality of life considerations and  
> ultimately Rob's own wishes it would best to remove him from the  
> respirator and any other life support.  This occurred earlier this   
> morning.
>
> So as I indicated earlier, he continues to breath without the  
> respirator and his vital signs are rather robust.  He could live  
> several hours or even days in this condition.
>
> If you are local to the southern California area and want to visit  
> with him he is in  Kaiser Hospital, Intensive Care Unit, Panorama  
> City, CA, Rm 1117.  Obviously he cannot communicate with anyone.   
> But Lisa encourages you to come by.
>
> Lisa requests if you want to contact her you can at  
> lsteele24 at gmail.com
>
> I will keep all apprised of any new developments, news or logistics  
> through the weekend. Also monitor his FB wall.
>
> Stay safe and peaceful
>
> regards.
>
> -ed
>
> Ed Armstrong
> JPL Physical Oceanography DAAC
> 818 519-7607
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