Posted on 12/25/2009 7:06:13 AM PST by Utah Binger
Those words to the left were lifted straight from a journal entry written at 2 a.m. on the April night the good doctor broke the rules. He broke another one, too, a few hours before, admitting a critical patient at the Huntsman Cancer Hospital without first directing him through the emergency room at University Hospital, according to protocol.
Steve Call, an attending physician at the Huntsman that night, received a phone message at 7 p.m. from another doctor about a cancer patient who was in dire condition. The doctor asked if his patient could come in directly. Call relented, although he wasn't authorized to do so.
"That decision changed my life," he says.
Admitted was Rich Lloyd, a 35-year-old husband of wife Marianne, father of three young children, nut-job Ute fan, president of a clothing company headquartered in Kansas City, former director of global marketing at Dell Computers, owner of a Harvard MBA, and proud graduate of the University of Utah.
How passionate was Lloyd about his Utes?
He was wacko, a certifiable lunatic. He loved all Utah sports, and was a season-ticket holder for football, even when he lived a thousand miles out of state. When he couldn't see games in person, he huddled around a computer or TV to see what he could.
"Rich was an intense fan," Marianne says. "It was so fun to see him get excited about games, even when he was sick."
And Lloyd was beyond sick.
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Merry Christmas an a Happy and Prosperous New Year!!
Merry Christmas! Great article. Thanks for posting.
life/health BUMP!
Merry Christmas indeed; Tractor Man!
I thank GOD that He has extended your life and gave ME a chance to meet you and your lovely wife.
The passion YOU feel for the land GOD created and let Maynard visualize and record is infectious as well.
Live long and prosper!
Merry Christmas Bing. And thanks for the gift of this wonderful article. I love you, my FRiend!!!
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