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Remembering Wendy Jo
Wendy Jo was kind of a realist. She had accepted her fate some time ago and sought to find peace within herself. She had (in her own words) a very inappropriate sense of humor about her situation because she preferred … Continue reading
Posted in Updates by Chris
Tagged Breast Cancer, Cancer, Family, Friends, Levity, Realist, Sadness, Star Trek, STTNG
12 Comments
Wendy Has Passed
Be at peace my wife. Thank you for the best 15 years of my life! You will be missed. I will post more later. We (family) need some time right now. Thank you for your understanding.
Posted in Updates by Chris
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Appreciation
I just wanted to take a moment to give thanks to some outside people who have made this whole thing a little easier. This means people who aren’t here dealing with this directly, but who have gone out of their … Continue reading
Where We’re Currently At
Okay, this will be the final detailed post on Wendy’s condition. The next update on Wendy won’t be until after she’s passed on. That said it’s been a very crazy week and as Wendy would do I am going to … Continue reading
Posted in Updates by Chris
Tagged Birthday, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Catheter, EMT, Fire Department, Hospice, Nurse
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Help Is Here
…but things aren’t going good for Wendy. Her condition has deteriorated since yesterday. Becky arrived and Josh and Megan helped us yesterday. Josh helped me move furniture so we could move Wendy into a bigger room and Megan picked up … Continue reading
Posted in Updates by Chris
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Help Is On The Way!
So things got crazy over the last few days. Sure. My last post was evidence of that. However there was some background discussion going on that I originally wasn’t fully aware of. Wendy’s sister, Becky, who came out to visit … Continue reading
Posted in Updates by Chris
Tagged Bed, Chaplain, Faucet, Hospice, New York, Nurse, Shed, Sister
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Things Are Getting Worse
As Wendy previously posted, June 30 was our anniversary, however we weren’t able to do everything we’d planned to do because Wendy didn’t have the energy. She slept most of the trip to Tahoe and most of the way back … Continue reading
Posted in Updates by Chris
Tagged Anniversary, Cell Phone, Computer, ID4, IMDB, Independence Day, Lake Tahoe
10 Comments
Haircuts Today
With Wendy’s internal thermostat going bonkers all the time she sometimes gets too hot, especially in this summer heat here in CA. As we’re both from NY we both battle the heat and today we both got haircuts. Really short … Continue reading
Quick Update to Quick Update
So last night was fun (sarcasm). Poor Wendy was shivering like crazy even though I was sweating (it was pretty warm here yesterday). By evening her typical low-grade fever was no longer what I would call a low-grade fever, having … Continue reading
Posted in Updates by Chris
Tagged CT Scan, Doctor, Emergency Room, Fever, Low-Grade Fever
5 Comments
Medical Treatment Is Expensive!!!
Just look at the article I posted back in August of 2013 when Wendy had her surgery. The cost for the hospital room alone, for 2 nights was over $62,000! And that didn’t even include the surgery, anesthesia or anything … Continue reading