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Random thoughts from a recliner at Duke Hospital

By David Newton

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

DURHAM, N.C. -- Random thoughts at midnight from my recliner/bed on the third floor of the Duke University Hospital, where my father is recovering from the first of several surgeries for kidney cancer: • One of several ministers -- you have that when your father is a retired pastor -- visiting during this five-hour procedure began telling me about his grandson collecting book bags for needy children as part of a project to earn his Eagle Scout award. I suggested hooking him up with T ...

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