Dimas and Jaqaru

[Patricia Kwachka]

Amazing.  Tx for the news. I hope his recovery goes smoothly and
completely.   My best wishes for you, Dimas, and family in the coming year.
  Pat Kwachka

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Dr. MJ Hardman <hardman at ufl.edu> wrote:

>  Dimas Bautista Iturrizaga, 93-year-old speaker of Jaqaru, just survived
> extremely high-risk surgery for liver cancer (in lieu of going home to die
> — the expected result of such a diagnosis at his age).  He survived, they
> say, because of his own strength and will to live and more than willingness
> to get up and walk -- with two tube poles going along.  They released us
> late the 24th; the 25th was our first day home.  The 26th he resumed work
> on the database, the source for the dictionary of his language, that he so
> wishes to complete before he dies.  At 93 he still has work to do; he is
> still, as they say of elders who speak threatened languages, a library.  MJ
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