Ina,

It is so sad to hear the news. Though the journey was rough, the fight in Joyce was amazing. Condolences to you and the entire circle of family and friends.

From Psalm 46

"God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in danger. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though it's waters roar and foam, and mountains quake with their surging, there is a river whose streams make glad the city if God, the holy place where the Most high dwells. God is within her and she will not fall; God will help her at the break of day.

Be still and know that I am God..."

May you find peace in the midst of tragedy.

SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023