Storytime Tapestry Newsletter

Jan 26, 2006

For those of you that have been following my life.?  My sister Joyce, had bone cancer for 5 years now.?  In October she contracted throat cancer as well.?  We thought this was it was the end for her.?  We had lived with that reality of getting that phone call for 5 years, but this time my sister felt it was her end.

From November until now, she had 3 operations, weighed 68 pounds, and had a stroke rendering her incapacited.?  My mother faithfully was at her side through all of it.?  On Sunday, when my mother visited my sister in the hospital.?  Joyce was so much better she was throat cancer free.?  She started to talk and she smiled as well.?  She was about to start physio therapy.

Things were looking up.?  My mother was so happy.?  The last thing Joyce said to her was "I love you" in her own voice; not the artificial voice appartus that was implanted in her throat.

Things were looking up, we were happy.?  Such good news. Until last night at 9:30 pm.?  My sister passed away.?  She was cancer free but died as a result of an aneurism, a ruptured blood vessel erupting at the site where she had her trachiotomy.

My sister is gone now, the agony is over.?  She is at rest.?  Please pray for our family.

P.S.?  The newsletter will continue to go out as scheduled.?  They are made up in advance, and go out automatically.

carol