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Show letters to the editor J Thanks to local doctors Editor: For the past nine or ten years our family has had several major medical problems. Because of these problems we have had the opportunity op-portunity to meet many very excellent ex-cellent doctors in Utah. We are so grateful for these doctors, all of whom have taken such good care of I our family. We appreciate also, the fine medical facilities that are available in our area. Most of our hospital stays have been at the University of Utah Medical Center, which everyone knows is one of the finest in the country. Our most recent health needs were taken care of by American Fork Hospital. It is the purpose of this letter to publicly acknowledge the wonderful care we received there. First, we want to thank Dr. Terrell Thomson for being such a conscientious and thorough In-l In-l ternist. He was the one who found the problem, which, if not detected, could possibly have been fatal. Dr. Thomson is new to the medical staff at American Fork Hospital and we are fortunate to have him here. Dr. Roger Sheffield, who has been here for only two and a half years, is the surgeon who took over from there, and performed the necessary operation. There is not a better surgeon nor a more caring person, in our opinion, than Dr. Sheffield. We are very grateful to these two doctors. Last, but certainly not least, we want to thank all of the nurses on the surgical floor at American Fork Hospital. Because of them, our "not so pleasant" illness was made as pleasant as could possibly be. Not only did they fulfillk their responsibilities as nurses and ease the physical pain, but they were also there to offer moral support and encouragement -when we needed it. Some things happen to us over which we have no control, afflictions af-flictions of our bodies because of medical reasons, being one of them. How grateful we are that we have been blessed with hospitals such as the one at American Fork and their fine medical staff, who can ease the pain and suffering that we are sometimes called to go through. For this we say "thank you." Jim & Georgie Fralick Pleasant Grove. Utah |