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
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Lee <_wyldehavenfarm@wyldehave_
(mailto:wyldehavenfarm@yahoo.com) > wrote:
>
>
> 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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