Hello,

Just wanted to share, in case you don't see me around much....

My mother passed away today.....she'd been fighting complications from beating cancer for about 13 years now....

She beat the cancer, but to destroy it they had to use superstential iridium which also killed one of her kidneys, part of her liver most of her intestines, it was not good....well, she came out of that and made it back home, where she got stronger and felt better, she could get around the house by herself and do what she wanted mostly.

About a year and a half ago, the space that was left from removing the damaged organs was filling up with bad liquid, who knows how long....she went to cleveland Clinic, where they took a muscle from her leg to fill the space. She was to be in the nursing home to rehabilitate and get her strength back.

One night she called me from home, she had finally gotten to the point where she could come home, and I never thought about it at the time, but she put a word in one of her sentences that didn't belong.....it didn't even register as a warning sign, but I should have known that was one of the warning signs of a stroke.....the next day, dad came home from work and mom was on the floor, her left side paralyzed....

She's been in the nursing home ever since, fighting every day learning to talk again, she seemed like she was getting better again, until last week, and everything went downhill. She had another minor stroke and kinda slipped in and out of consciousness, My dad and Aunt made the decision to take mom off of her blood pressure medicine and let her go. The strongest woman I'll ever know, finally let go and moved on.

We were sort of expecting this, was trying to build up some courage to face the day, so it's not a total surprise....I guess I was looking forward to the day when she wouldn't have to struggle every day, not have the pain, not be stuck in that hospital bed and relegated to a wheelchair to be able to get outside for a little bit.

I'm sad that she's gone, but I'm so glad the pain is over. At only 54, she didn't deserve that.

Thanks for listening,
Tadd