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Beaver Island community follows Robert Gillespie’s heart surgery, 2010

Also Robert Gillespie heart surgery September 2010

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TypeEvent
Dates2010-09-13 – 2010-09
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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2010-09-13 – 2010-09
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Summary

In September 2010, Beaver Island forum participants shared public updates while Robert Gillespie underwent heart surgery in Ann Arbor. Later posts reported that he had completed surgery and moved to a regular hospital room, prompting continued community support.

Evidence limits

This is a public community-update thread, not a medical record. It does not establish the full diagnosis, procedure, discharge date, or long-term outcome.

Sources

  1. The thread preserved family/community updates that Robert was in Ann Arbor for another heart operation, later reported that surgery had been completed, and then said he had moved to a regular room. The posts are public community updates rather than medical records; one family-related reply explicitly expressed concern about posting too much, so this entry intentionally omits private clinical details and does not infer long-term outcome.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002768

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island community follows Robert Gillespie’s heart surgery, 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-robert-gillespie-heart-surgery-2010/, accessed [date], citing Rich Gillespie and participants, "Robert Gillespie-Doctoring Again" and "Post Op Recovery," Beaver Island Forum, September 13–22, 2010..

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