A Good Night's Sleep...

ing. A 25-year designer for
Chrysler Corporation, he was
forced to take an early retire-
ment in 1993, after his first
transplant.
Not one to sit around, Mr. Ru-
bin got back to work as soon as
his health permitted. He and his
wife began working in tandem
for a small package-delivery busi-
ness.
"David has had a tremendous
capacity to bounce back," Mrs.
Rubin says. "He's very alive. He's
an active person. There is a good
life to live here. It's not a dimin-
ished life."

"I don't want to lose
him."

—

Tova Rubin

Like so many faithful care-
givers, Mrs. Rubin recites her
husband's medical history by
memory. Every notable visit to
the doctor. Every operation.
Every diagnosis. Every chemo
treatment.
Her face bears the concen-
trated, professional look of some-
one who confronts the facts
pragmatically. Then, asked how
long the couple has been togeth-
er, she bursts into tears.
"I don't want to lose him," Mrs.
Rubin says. "I understand this
is the way the system works.
Hospitals don't want to work at
a loss. If this weren't about me,
I could understand it a lot more."
David and Tova Rubin met
during a blind date while they
were still high-school students
at Mumford in Detroit. They
married in 1968 and had two
sons, Matthew, 22, and Seth,
now 19.
The family lives in Oak Park
with Mrs. Rubin's 88-year-old
mother, Sophie Grossman, who
used part of her small savings to
help their cause.
The Rubins say they've con-
tacted neighbors, the Jewish
Family Service and My Friends
Care, a nonprofit organization
that helps patients with donor
drives and fund-raising. They
have circulated donation cans
and even sent a letter to billion-
aire William Gates.
Doctors tell Mr. Rubin he
needs the marrow transplant by
spring— which means the fam-
ily needs financial help even
sooner.
"I have confidence my dad can
get better. I just don't have con-
fidence that we can get
$100,000," Seth says. "I know
he'd get better the second time
around." ❑

To help: Call Harper Hos-
pital's bone-marrow donor
program at (313) 993-0205.
Or call the Rubins at (810)
546-9674.

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