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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Barbra,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thank you for the update.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I will be continuing to pray for Eric.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Kathy Legg President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>NFB Ohio Greater Akron Chapter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>You can live the life you want <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Blindness is not what holds you back<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Barbara Pierce via Ohio-Talk<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 20, 2024 7:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Ohio Announcement List <ohio-talk@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Barbara Pierce <barbara.pierce9366@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [Ohio-Talk] Report on Eric Duffy<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The news is all good. The surgeon took the appendix but did not have to do anything else. The surgery was two hours ten minutes. Eric is in pain, but that is to be expected. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for your prayers,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Barbara<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Barbara Pierce (she, her, hers)<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>President Emerita<br>National Federation of the Blind of Ohio<br><a href="mailto:Barbara.pierce9366@gmail.com">Barbara.pierce9366@gmail.com</a><br>440-774-8077<br> <br><br>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise expectations for blind people because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and their dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>