--- In haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com, Str8nascar@... wrote:
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> Oh Lee,
>
> My heartfelt sympathy goes out to you and your family. When my mom was so
> sick with cancer, I said to God one night, "if you need her more than I do,
> then I will understand." God needed her more and most likely has special
> plans for this incredible young lady.
>
> Sandy
>
>
> All I pay my psychiatrist is the cost of feed and hay, and he'll listen to
> me all day. -- Unknown
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> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Lee <_wyldehavenfarm@wyldehave_
> (mailto:wyldehavenfarm@...) > wrote:
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> >
> > Many of you know that my stepdaughter, Natale, has been battling Leukemia
> > since mid October and have contacted me off list to offer support and
> > encouragement, thank you for your kindness. She was young,strong and
> healthy
> > and one day, out of the blue, that all changed. This has been a parents
> > worst nightmare.
> >
> > I am heartbroken to say that three weeks ago today Natale passed away.
> > After the third round of chemo failed, Shands hospital told her there was
> > really no hope, so Natale decided to come home. She tried one more round
> of
> > an experimental chemo treatment while she was at home and when that
> failed
> > we called hospice.
> >
> > Natale was very clear that she wanted to be home with her family and not
> > die in a 10x10 hospital room, and Hospice made that possible for us. She
> got
> > to spend time at home with her five year old son and had us keep a fire
> > roaring in the fireplace from morning till night every day. She loved the
> > first sip of a freshly open and ice cold diet coke so we opened a new one
> > for her whenever she was thirsty and she loved eating only the
> marshmallows
> > from the Lucky Charms cereal. She had her entire family with her through
> > all. She died in the most graceful and gentle way imaginable, with her
> > family surrounding her. I will be forever grateful that god showed mercy
> in
> > her final days and Hospice was able to get and keep her pain under
> control.
> >
> > Natale was only 25 years old, but brave and strong well beyond her years.
> > She did everything she could, every treatment and procedure they had, in
> > order to live. She braved pain that was beyond imagining. She was the
> most
> > courageous person I have ever known.
> >
> > We will never understand why.....and even though we know the living must
> go
> > on living, we are just so grieved it feels like we cannot get through
> this.
> >
> > Go home and kiss your kids cause life can change in a minute.
> >
> > Thank you again for all your kindness.
> >
> > Lee
> >
> >
> >
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