Free Motion for Leave to File - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:04-cv—O1334-KAJ Document 35-2 Filed O4/06/2006 Page 1 of 1
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Edward L. Foley, M.D. 400 jeffcrson Avenue
Paul M. Wodlinger, M.D. Washington, PA 15301-4261
(724) 228-7400
Fmt (724) 228-1098
March 29, 2006
Mr. Donald Jordon
Sussex Correctional Institution, Merit West
P.O. Box 500
Georgetown, DE 19947
Dear Mr. Jordan: _ `
As requested, 1 have reviewed the laboratory results forwarded to me covering blood tests
done on you since July 24, 1992. The tests indicated that you had signihcant elevations in your
liver function enzyme levels as early as that date, presumably on the basis of infection with
Hepatitis C.
The recent blood work, collected on December 29, 2005, shows that your Hepatitis C
infection is with Type lb and that you have a significantly elevated "viral load," indicating that
the infection remains active in you blood stream and presumably also in your liver. Recent
practice guidelines recommend that a liver biopsy be done before any treatment of this virus type
is started, since only about half of cases respond well to currently available medications.
Treatment is therefore only suggested if biopsy shows marked degrees of liver damage.
1 would therefore fully agree with your gastroenterologist’s recommendation that you
have a liver biopsy done, so that appropriate decisions can be made regarding possible need for
treatment of your condition.
Sincerely,
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Edward L. Foley, M.D. l