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Belle
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They did give me an emergency medical withdrawal, and removed the failing grades from my transcript.

I guess it took my irate doctor sending them a letter for them to see the light, but at least they did. I'm now cleared, and all my tuition and fees have been refunded. I can return to school as soon as my doctor sends a letter that says I'm healthy enough.

I feel like sending my doctor flowers. I know she was just doing her job, but still, after all I went through only to be denied, and then to have her be able to step in and take care of it was such a relief.

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Stephan
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You beat the system!! That is always something to be proud of! Congrats!
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Primal Curve
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'Bout freakin' time!
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Dr Strangelove
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Yay for irate doctors!

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Yayyy!! That's great! And feel free to send your doctor flowers...I think that would be a very nice gesture of appreciation.
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Valentine014
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[Party] I think the flowers idea is a great one.
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Xaposert
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Perhaps they decided to be a bit more flexible about medical issues after this this particular story came out.
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dkw
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Hurray!

I agree with the flowers. [Smile]

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ClaudiaTherese
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[Smile]

I bet a note would be even better.

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twinky
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That's great news. [Smile]
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Swampjedi
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I know that's an answer to prayers.

I once served on the Academic Affairs committee at my school, and we had to hear cases like yours. I must say, there would have been no deliberation. You'd have gotten your withdrawl immediately.

Pretty much the only people who didn't get their withdrawls were the ones saying their life-threatening disease caused them to get an F in math, but they were still able to get A's in their other classes.

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aiua
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*claps* [Big Grin]
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Mrs.M
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I think they owe you a letter of apology.

I also think your doctor would probably really appreciate a note. I sent all of my and Aerin's doctors notes after she came home and they all mentioned that they were very moved.

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Belle
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I'll definitely send a note to her and her staff.

I've dealt with a lot of doctors, and while many of them were happy to do things like this, they usually didn't make it a huge priority. She took action the day she got my request, and she'd been out of the office for three weeks. I'm sure she had plenty of other things to do. She promised me that it would be taken care of before I left that day, and not only was that the case, but I had her office assistant bringing me the original copy of the letter to me in the chemo room not ten minutes after the doc spoke to me. And, when she brought me the original, she had already faxed a copy to the Academic Affairs office.

It's not just what she did, it's how she cared enough to make sure it was taken care of quickly, and I'm sorry, but in my experience, I've never had a doctor's office do something for me in ten minutes. It just usually doesn't happen that way. I would have been happy if they'd gotten it to me within a week, for them to do it that fast was amazing. Of course, her staff deserves recognition for their quick work as well.

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ClaudiaTherese
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This situation really warranted it, and she sounds like a special person, besides.
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Belle, Congratulations! I was shocked when I heard the University turned down your appeal. Its really too bad that it required a doctors intervention for you to be justly treated. The University should be ashamed.
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Farmgirl
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Yay Belle! Applause for your doctor!
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Belle, I love your doctor even more! [Smile] I'm so happy it worked out so well!
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quote:
The University should be ashamed.
"Ashamed" is the exact right word.

I'm glad this worked out for you, Belle. It shouldn't have taken this long.

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Congratulations, Belle! That's great news. It's great when people are actually understanding and helpful.
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