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Last Updated: 2/18/2009

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Gender: Female
Status: Married
Age: 50
Sign: Capricorn

City: Raleigh-Durham Area
State: North Carolina
Signup Date: 7/16/2007
Monday, July 21, 2008 

Current mood:  worried
Category: Life
Someone might notice that I have not been keeping up with MySpace lately.  Honestly, not much has been going on with me, specifically, but John's family is in turmoil.  His sister Julie, who had breast cancer in 2005, recently found that she was out of remission and had gone back in the hospital.  Julie lives about 10 miles from us.  To make a long story short, due to a series of complications, Julie is no longer able to live on her own and the doctors have  recommended the end of treatment.  She is now on palliative care only, and has been moved to a hospice facility associated with Duke University Hospital.  No one can tell us how long she will last.  I wanted to share some pictures I took the other day at the Hospice at the Meadowlands.  It seems like a wonderful place and she should be as comfortable as possible in her last days.  This is such a sad situation, compounded by the fact that Julie will only be 65 on her next birthday, which will be July 31.  We had a little party for her with cake and ice cream while she was in the hospital because she mentioned that she was afraid she wouldn't live long enough to celebrate it on the actual day.

These pictures were taken on the day she was moved to the hospice.
8:01 PM
 
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Andrea

 
Cherie, I am sad to hear about Julie. I forget how old we are sometimes and this is coming up for all of us to lose people. I know John has a big and spread out family and they are older so I am sending my thoughts for him to be strong and talk to her while he can and for them to know they love each other and they will see each other again in another time. I hope she can see other family too because it is much nicer to say goodby while you can. I will talk to you later. All my love, Andy
 
Posted by Andrea on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 8:58 PM
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Cherie

 
Thanks Andy! Your good thoughts mean a lot to me and I'll tell John, too. What you say makes lots of sense!
 
Posted by Cherie on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 9:47 PM
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