Huge Update Of The Dr David Ashburn Funds Being Raised


dartonman

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Folks...I am overwhelmed by this forum each day...to keep everyone updated on our progress...the following are paid in full, and there are several other money orders heading to my house for the tally...the following rec'd as of this evening:

Wildside(100.00)

Rhino, and Vermonthunter(160.00)

Swampfox ( 1,501.00)

Ill post updates as soon as they arrive.....God Bless...al

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That is great Al.

I sent a card and little note to Mrs. Ashburn the the other week.

Did the same here with a little something, back after the address was posted for the church. Sure some other members have also done the same.

we've got the best folks on here...

Yep, feel the same way.

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from U of M's update page. . .

The following is from the University of Michigan Health System's Survival Flight Update page at

http://med.umich.edu/survival_flight/update/index.html

It's updated periodically, and right now it opens up with these words about David as well as more about the other five who were on the flight with him.

I'd like to say this - the kindness and compassion of David Ashburn is echoed through the fine ladies and gentlemen of these forums and through their commitment to honoring his memory and supporting those he left behind. From financial contributions to conversations with God, we are all making a difference. As David would say at the end of an operation, "Thanks, y'all."

Laura, aka Wildside

Remembering Our Team

David Ashburn, M.D. – His role in life was to be a healer

David Ashburn, M.D., 35, of Dexter, joined the University of Michigan in 2005 as a resident in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery. He was planning to begin a fellowship at U-M in pediatric cardiovascular surgery in July.

Ashburn was born and raised in Bristol, Tennessee, a community about 100 miles northeast of the Smoky Mountains. He received his bachelor of science degree in 1993 from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina.

In 1998, he graduated from Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University. He then completed an internship and residency in general surgery at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. In 2003, he finished a two-year congenital heart surgery fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children, the research hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto. He then served as chief resident at Wake Forest's Bowman Gray campus from 2004-05 and began his residency at U-M in 2005.

He was the kind of man who hung his Eagle Scout certificate as proudly as his medical diplomas, which he earned with distinction. He was confident – and complex – enough to list among his interests on his resume cardiothoracic surgery and wild turkey hunting. And he was the kind of surgeon whose keen intellect, quiet compassion and skilful hands worked together in a symphony.

“He was a very outgoing, fun-loving, enthusiastic young man who was looking forward to a bright future,'' said Michael Deeb, M.D., director of the Multidisciplinary Aortic Clinic. “David always felt that his role in life was to be a healer.''

David is survived by his wife, Candice, and their children Maddie, Annabelle and David II; and his parents, Marie and Alan Ashburn. ASHBURN_David.jpg

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