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...last November Schroeder suffered another stroke that left him bedridden, semiconscious and unable to speak. By Christmas his condition had so deteriorated that his family and doctors decided not to connect him to a respirator should his lungs fail. Schroeder lingered in a twilight state for seven months, until last week. Family members, summoned to his bedside, initially balked at the doctors' request for a CAT scan but finally agreed. The test confirmed that a massive stroke had destroyed most of Schroeder's brain, and last rites were given...
Myrdal had been bedridden for more than a year. President Bok said her death was in many ways a liberation for the woman who worked to benefit so many...
...deteriorate. In June 1983 he called together some 220 members of the Schroeder clan for a reunion at a local club. Although Schroeder played master of ceremonies and joked with his relatives, the gathering was a kind of farewell party. By this autumn, the once vigorous man was largely bedridden, unable to walk 20 ft. without chest pain and shortness of breath. At night, he would awake gasping...
...Veterans Administration hospital in Miami, a patient in a wheelchair watches Pepper greeting the bedridden and says: "I'm a Republican. But I always vote for Senator Pepper. He doesn't care if you're an old Republican or an old Democrat. Just...
Harvard never trailed in the brief contest. The squad stormed to an early 8-4 edge thanks to solid defense by Twite, Nadkarni and Ross, who left Stillman Hospital where he had been bedridden with a throat infection an hour before game time. A slight Crimson lapse gave rise to the only comeback Princeton would muster the whole afternoon, and the Tigers battled to tie the game...