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Show 1445 N. 10 St. Manitowoc, Wis. 54220 December 9, 1978 Dear Jim - The meeting on Bill and where he should continue his physical therapy took place last Monday with Doctors and staff. Since our Diocese is covering his medical costs - insured up to $250,000 - I think most were in agreement that to bring him back up here and struggle with out-patient therapy, wherever that might be, on winter roads, etc., was less desireable. So he was moved from Neurosurgery yesterday over to Rehabilitiation - where they finally had a private room. (He'd go nuts in a room where TV or Radio soap operas are going all day!) And, he will stay, then, in Madison, from one to three more months - all depending on degree of recovery. The first effort will be to try to find out why his right side is deteriorating - leg has spasms, creating instability, and right hand can't extend although it can clench. What an ordeal for this man! Whether Bill will come home just for Christmas, remains to be seen. He would lose several days of therapy - however there's a psychological benefit from getting out of the hospital. Mark is coming home. I'm to pick him up at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, next Saturday - weather permitting. And, with him here, maybe Bill will feel more secure in walking, etc. I'm sending you a copy of my second letter to Mr. Plummer and a copy of a letter to & > W *&nwurt. a^d£T7 Washington. ^j* This is a duplicate of others I've sent to people in the Water Resources Council, O.M.B., etc., to try to get pressure on the (\ia ' Bureau to provide us written answers to our cost questionnaire. The Bureau's strategy in delaying this, or evading it, is obvious, as you can read. I'm sorry to latch onto Debbie Linke. She is an intelligent girl but, apparently, is, or has to be, in sympathy with Bureau philosophy. I was dumbfounded last August, when I went into the Bureau to give Plummer a copy of our Issues Paper (he was always too busy to see me) and sat down and explained it to Debbie. She rose to the defense of the Bureau and all the "good" things it was getting into, such as new forms of energy. The Bureau sees the handwriting on the wall - but Debbie doesn't. I think Plummer is sincere , when he tells me he is trying to respond to our concerns, i.e., stream flows. He's no dummy - he hears all the charges against the Bureau. The thing is that he is too late. He's come along too late in the game of water development,- and the cost issue is a far more potential deadly weapon against the Bureau than any stream flow issues. He knows this - else why would he call some dame back in Wisconsin and make such a plea for a meeting! On the face of it, it is ridiculous! Anyway, we press on. I'm telling you our strategy - so keep Mum. |
