health issues on Brother Leander

Subj: Br. Leander gets a flu!!!

Dear Abbot Philip,

Greetings in Christ!

This is a short report about Br. Leander's health.

-- Dec. 29th, 2007, Br. Leander began to feel having a cold and thus
then we learned later that he caught flu.

-- Dec. 30, 2007 - Jan. 2nd, 2008, Br. Leander continued staying in
bed and the flu remained the same, and he had some cough. He
started to experience some 'weasy' (spelling???) sound on his chest,
especially he lay down.

-- Jan. 3rd, Br. Leander continued to take antibiotics, cough syrup,
and flu medicine. For the whole day he looked better and he
actually felt better and the cough seemed gone.

-- Jan. 4th. No more sound on his chest. This morning he felt more
or less OK. He ate lunch as normal as the other days. But, this
evening he felt that the flu seems to 'strike' him again. His body
temperature this evening is up to 38 degrees. He normally eats
alright. However, this evening he had nothing. He did not feel
like eating.

I visited him again after Compline and to wish him well and soon
recovery; and he wants to send you and the brothers greetings.

Please do keep him in your prayers. I should have informed you and
the community sooner. At the Curia, we all thought he would get
well pretty soon. But, apparently, this evening Br. Leander's
health seems to go back to the stage when he first had the flu.

Fr. Valenti says that the earliest Medical visit would be on this
coming Monday.

Thank you for your prayers!

Yours,
Br. Dominic.


Brother Dominic is a Vietnamese monk of my community who is in his mid-thirties and is currently studying in one of the schools in Rome taking his Doctorate in Divinity.

Brother Leander is an Irish monk of my community who is in his late eighties and is currently assigned as secretary at the office of the Subiaco Congregation's Abbot President in Rome. Please say a little prayer for him.