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Update on Dieter Zander February 5, 2008 6 PM
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Dear BayMarin Family

The following is an update on Dieter's condition as of 6:00 pm

The doctors have detected some swelling in the brain. Some swelling is normal, but the prayer is that it does not increase.

They have also detected a bit of pneumonia. They are keeping him sedated, but are giving him antibiotics. Please continue to pray that the swelling will go down and that he will respond to the antibiotics.

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UPDATE Feb. 5 4:15PM PST
Update on Dieter Zander February 5, 2008
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Dear BayMarin Family

Dieter is at Marin General Hospital as a result of a early Monday morning stroke. As of 2 pm today, this is the report on Dieter's condition.

Dieter has remained stable throughout last night and today. The doctors are keeping him sedated and will giving him an MRI / CAT SCAN sometime today. We will keep you updated as to his progress on a daily basis. Thank you for your continued prayers.


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The text below sent to NewSong from Dieter's Father-in-law, Swede Anderson:


Thanks for your help on the phone just now. I'm Swede Anderson.
Judy and I are Dieter's parents-in-law. We were at NewSong from 1991
- 1994.

During the night Val discovered that Dieter had had a stroke. He could
look at her but not speak. She got an ambulance and they took him to the
nearest hospital, Marin General.

Because it was impossible to determine the time of the stroke the doctors
said they could not use the more benign approach of a chemical injection
that dissolves blood clots. So they had to enter the brain surgically.
Judy's and my guess, based on the timing of various phone calls is that
the operation ran about three hours, this morning early.

Val had tough decisions to make and releases to sign. At present, surgery
having just ended, they are trying to stabilize him and get him to where
he can breathe on his own. They are using blood thinners, too. No
longterm prognosis has yet been given.

Please ask Dieter and Val's dear brothers and sisters there at NewSong to
pray for him, for her, and for the three boys. Conrad and Christopher are
there in the hospital with her. Kyle is in college in Santa Barbara. I'm
not sure how quickly he can come up toMarin County.

Our son Matt, in Houston, is the one Val is contacting by phone as able,
and the rest of us hear thru him. Matt is flying out there
today

Thank you very much.

Yours in our Lord,

Swede and Judy Anderson