Last week I held my semi-annual two-day board meeting. There was one member who seemingly feel off the face of the earth, as did his assistant, and he didn't show. They didn't return calls or emails left for them. He is the Chief Technology Officer of a major medical technology company.
This morning my boss received the following message (edited a bit for anonymity):
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H-
I sincerely apologize for not being able to make it to the meeting last week. JC, my assistant that you may have spoken with to arrange my attendance, was put into the hospital last week with ovarian cancer. This is quite a blow to me as we have been friends/co-workers for over a dozen years now. I felt the most important thing I could be doing was spending time with her. She is doing better now after the first round of chemo.
Please keep me informed regarding future meetings as I look forward to attending them.
Sincerely,
T
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I am going to send her a get well card, along with a note that she has a fantastic boss!
DonnaP99
