MOST WATCHED STATION, THIS IS
WCCO 4 NEWS.
A MINNEAPOLIS WOMAN LEFT HER
MARK ON THE FIELD OF NURSING.
SHE WORKED AT SEVERAL HOSPITALS
IN THE TWIN CITIES AND IS A
CONSULTANT IN THE MEDICAL
DEVICE INDUSTRY.
SHE SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF
CRITICAL CARE NURSES IN THE
'80s, HELPING TO REVICE THE
NATIONAL CERTIFICATION EXAM.
AS WE DISCOVERED, JULIET'S
JOYOUS PERSONALITY REMAINED IN
EFFECT AS SHE FOUGHT A
DEBILITATING DISEASE.
A LIFETIME OF LAUGHTER,
THAT'S WHAT HER HUSBAND
REMEMBERS.
THEY MET AS FRESHMEN AT DUKE
UNIVERSITY IN NORTH CAROLINA.
SHE WAS PRETTY.
HAD SEXY LEGS.
JULIET MARRIED HARVEY IN
1972.
THEY MOVED TO MINNEAPOLIS WHERE
SHE EARNED A MASTERS DEGREE AND
WORKED AS A SUPERVISE SOR.
-- SUPERVISOR.
I THINK SHE WAS ALSO
INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW,
ELEVATE ELEVATING THE --
ELEVATING THE SKILLS OF THE
PROFESSION.
ONCE SHE GOT INVOLVED IN THE
GROUP PEOPLE WOULD LOOK AT HER
AND SEE HER POISE AND
INTELLIGENCE AND ASK HER TO
LEAD.
AT HOME, JULIET JUGGLED THE
RESPONSIBILITIES OF RAISING TWO
SONS AND BECAME THE
NEIGHBORHOOD MOM THAT KIDS
TURNED TO FOR COMFORT AND
ADVICE.
SHE KEPT IN SHAPE BY PLAYING
TENNIS SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK.
SHE STARTED MISSING SHOTS
THAT SHE KNEW SHE COULD MAKE.
AND IT WAS LIKE FRUSTRATING.
A NEUROLOGIST CONFIRMED IT
WAS NOT MERELY A PINCHED NERVE
CAUSING PROBLEMS.
IT WAS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.
SHE SLOWLY LOST MOBILITY AND
MUSCLE CONTROL.
WE WERE GOING OUT TO DINNER.
SHE COULDN'T GET UP, COULDN'T
WALK.
OVER THE NEXT 25 YEARS
JULIET AND HARVEY ADJUSTED TO
THE CHANGES THAT MS BROUGHT TO
THEIR WORLD.
THEY STARTED A WEBSITE TO SHARE
REFLECTIONS AND INSPIRATIONAL
MESSAGES.
THEY NEVER LET GO OF THE
TRADITION OF TAKING LONG WALKS
TOGETHER EVEN THOUGH A
WHEELCHAIR WAS NOW REQUIRED.
AND SHE KIND OF ACCEPTED THE
PATH THAT SHE WAS ON.
ANGELA DAVIS, WCCO 4 NEWS.
JULIET LINDER WAS 66 YEARS
OLD WHEN SHE DIED MARCH 20TH.
DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
SOCIETY.
