Post by jennistarr1 on Jul 6, 2016 23:04:27 GMT -5
History: January 2014 after months of tests and hospital visits about an upset stomach, they scheduled a surgery to remove the lower part of her stomach believed to have an ulcer. They found cancer and switched to Whipple procedure. Official dx was stage 2b cancer of the ampulla of vater, similar to pancreatic cancer. She did every treatment available which was well tolerated but failed to control the cancer growth and it metastisized to her liver. She entered hospice care Friday June 24th and passed peacefully today. We were all there and she simply just stopped breathing.
my encouragement: I spent a lifetime fearing this moment and imagining how I will completely fall apart. Don't do this, when this moment comes, you will handle it then and all the anxiety you spent leading up to it was for nothing. Don't be scared. It seems impossible when you imagine it but when it happens you will manage it and all the moments as they happened.
Live...and love...and laugh.
I threw out a shameless movie quote...one of my moms favorites from Peggy Sue got Married "girls gone, let's play cards"
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
Post by kellykapowski on Jul 6, 2016 23:48:25 GMT -5
I'm so sorry for your loss. Your grace through this difficult time is beautifully. May the memories you have of her remain with you for a lifetime and bring your heart peace.