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Well, we’re almost to the end of this story. After a period of extreme emotional response to the news that Lynette was dying and that she would be admitted to hospice, Connie Mitchell Shelton and Joey Shelton offered to let … Continue reading →

The nurses DID eventually get Lynette’s breathing (with oxygen assistance) back to a sustainable level. Sill, I knew we had crossed a line from which there was no return. Not long afterward, the doctor from Jackson Oncology came in. The … Continue reading →

As I said, the research nurse at MD Anderson had said that Lynette needed to be back at her November 13 “baseline” of self-care and mobility in order to participate in the clinical trial. Lynette was receiving daily Physical and … Continue reading →

I mentioned that Lynette was at St. Dominic’s because there were neurologists on call. I’m reasonably certain that a nurse practitioner associated with Dr. Ruth Fredericks saw Lynette and reviewed her chart and scans either on that Sunday or Monday. … Continue reading →

We began what would prove to be the final pivotal week of our cancer journey on that Sunday, December 3. I got Luke some breakfast and went back to St. Dominic’s to sit with Lynette. Sarah had an internship with … Continue reading →

As I said a week or so ago, on the evening of December 2, 2017, Lynette was having great difficulty articulating what she was thinking. I could tell she KNEW what she was trying to say, but she just couldn’t … Continue reading →

Shared with Public The Millsaps Singers winter/Christmas concert was Friday, December 1. Sarah was the student conductor of the Singers and was to conduct one of the numbers. With wheelchair and oxygen on board, we made it just in time … Continue reading →

Lynette woke me on Thanksgiving morning, 2017 to tell me she needed to go to the hospital because she was so short of breath. From that day to December 12, the roller coaster pretty much went only “down.” Remembering the … Continue reading →

The first three days of the fourth week of November 2017 were unremarkable. We continued working on Lynette’ sliding scale insulin with increasing success. Sarah had class on Monday and Tuesday, and was planning to come home on Wednesday. We … Continue reading →