Shira's Hebrew name is Shira Ilana bat haRav Dina v'Eliezer. She had a brain tumor removed on Wednesday 2/21. According to the neurosurgeon, the surgery was an unqualified success! The tentative diagnosis is olfactory neuroblastoma; more will be known about the tumor (and any possible future treatments) after the pathology reports are available. (More/current info is available in journal updates.)
**Dianne and Larry greatly appreciate everyone's concern and support AND have requested that for now people do not visit, call, text, or email. Messages of support can be posted at
https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/shiracohleresses#wellwishes (
https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/shiracohleresses#wellwishes/) .Cards can be sent to them at home (370 Riverside Drive, 14A, New York, NY 10025). (Please do not bring food or anything else to their home until further notice.)
--To get updates on Shira's health when they are available, please register here on CaringBridge if you haven't already. (NOTE: Go to
https://www.caringbridge.org/notifications and check-off next to "post new journal entry" that you want to get email notification when something new is posted; otherwise, you will only see new entries when you go to the site.)
--To find out about opportunities to help when they are available, please register at
https://my.lotsahelpinghands.com/community/cohler-esses-family-general-support/announcements . (Any technical difficulties on caringbridge or lotsahelpinghands should be dealt with via the Help functions on those website.)
--If you want to volunteer for something beyond the general things we will publicize here and on lotsahelpinghands (i.e. beyond meals, prayer circles, etc.), please fill out the brief form at
https://goo.gl/59arrAFor pressing questions, contact Sue Fendrick (suefendrick@gmail.com), Jennie Rosenn (jennierosenn@gmail.com), or Sharon Cohen Anisfeld (sanisfeld@hebrewcollege.edu).
