From Lucian Dalton, Jr. and Family

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To: Breathe-Support, Pulmonary Fibrosis Found.

From: Lucian Dalton, Jr. and Family

Subject: Joyce Dalton

Our family thanks you for all your words of comfort and acts of

kindness at the passing of our Joyce. You have overwhelmed us with

your love and praise for her and she would probably just say " I

don't know why " . Joyce never took any credit for her talent,

intelligence, humble spirit, love for others, her physical beauty,

and as a natural-born leader. Others had to praise her as she was

too modest for such things. She would tell you to give all praise

to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

As you can guess I have struggled mightly over this great loss.

Tears are flowing as I write to you and there will be many more.

Joyce was such a person, bigger than life it seems, that I still

can't believe she's gone. I have known her since 6th grade and we

graduated together. We married right after and in August this year

we were both 64 and married 46 years. Joyce was always the one thru

school that led and everyone followed. That continued thru life.

Joyce was specific as to what she wanted at her death. I have

finished all those things she wanted. She was cremated quickly as

was her wish. I picked the urn and had " Joyce Anne " put on it. I

placed it in the " nitch " and we stayed until it was closed. She

rests at Kraft in New Albany, IN, close to me.

I used some of the e-mails from you in her memorial service. It was

crowded. I prayed for God to help me thru it and He allowed me to

not fall apart. My friend Fred Bishop (31 yrs.) preached the

lesson. Joyce would be pleased.

Joyce said she was tired of the battle and could not get better and

was ready to go. I felt the last 2 weeks of her life it had gotten

worse. My fears were correct looking back. We prayed for an easy

crossing and God granted our request. As I finished changing her

Flolan and came around the bed she was gone as a whisper right

before my eyes. I have not recovered yet and never will. Joyce

always said, " I don't ask God " Why me, but why not me " . " All praise

goes to our Lord who gave her to me for a short time, but in my

heart forever.

All my love, Lucian & Family

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Kerry, I can never thank you enough for posting this e-mail and the others. I am still praying for you. God is always right on time. Not to worry little one.  Love & Prayers, PeggyFlorida,  IPF/UIP 2004"I believe that friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet, when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."  To: Breathe-Support, Pulmonary Fibrosis Found.From: Lucian Dalton, Jr. and FamilySubject: Joyce DaltonOur family thanks you for all your words of comfort and acts of kindness at the passing of our Joyce. You have overwhelmed us with your love and praise for her and she would probably just say "I don't know why". Joyce never took any credit for her talent, intelligence, humble spirit, love for others, her physical beauty, and as a natural-born leader. Others had to praise her as she was too modest for such things. She would tell you to give all praise to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.As you can guess I have struggled mightly over this great loss. Tears are flowing as I write to you and there will be many more. Joyce was such a person, bigger than life it seems, that I still can't believe she's gone. I have known her since 6th grade and we graduated together. We married right after and in August this year we were both 64 and married 46 years. Joyce was always the one thru school that led and everyone followed. That continued thru life.Joyce was specific as to what she wanted at her death. I have finished all those things she wanted. She was cremated quickly as was her wish. I picked the urn and had "Joyce Anne" put on it. I placed it in the "nitch" and we stayed until it was closed. She rests at Kraft in New Albany, IN, close to me.I used some of the e-mails from you in her memorial service. It was crowded. I prayed for God to help me thru it and He allowed me to not fall apart. My friend Fred Bishop (31 yrs.) preached the lesson. Joyce would be pleased.Joyce said she was tired of the battle and could not get better and was ready to go. I felt the last 2 weeks of her life it had gotten worse. My fears were correct looking back. We prayed for an easy crossing and God granted our request. As I finished changing her Flolan and came around the bed she was gone as a whisper right before my eyes. I have not recovered yet and never will. Joyce always said, "I don't ask God "Why me, but why not me"." All praise goes to our Lord who gave her to me for a short time, but in my heart forever.All my love, Lucian & Family

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Wow! Thanks Kerry...

MamaSher, age 70. IPF 3-06, OR. NasturtiumsDon't fret about tomorrow, God is already there!

Joyce DaltonOur family thanks you for all your words of comfort and acts of kindness at the passing of our Joyce. You have overwhelmed us with your love and praise for her and she would probably just say "I don't know why". Joyce never took any credit for her talent, intelligence, humble spirit, love for others, her physical beauty, and as a natural-born leader. Others had to praise her as she was too modest for such things. She would tell you to give all praise to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.As you can guess I have struggled mightly over this great loss. Tears are flowing as I write to you and there will be many more. Joyce was such a person, bigger than life it seems, that I still can't believe she's gone. I have known her since 6th grade and we graduated together. We married right after and in August this year we were both 64 and married 46 years. Joyce was always the one thru school that led and everyone followed. That continued thru life.Joyce was specific as to what she wanted at her death. I have finished all those things she wanted. She was cremated quickly as was her wish. I picked the urn and had "Joyce Anne" put on it. I placed it in the "nitch" and we stayed until it was closed. She rests at Kraft in New Albany, IN, close to me.I used some of the e-mails from you in her memorial service. It was crowded. I prayed for God to help me thru it and He allowed me to not fall apart. My friend Fred Bishop (31 yrs.) preached the lesson. Joyce would be pleased.Joyce said she was tired of the battle and could not get better and was ready to go. I felt the last 2 weeks of her life it had gotten worse. My fears were correct looking back. We prayed for an easy crossing and God granted our request. As I finished changing her Flolan and came around the bed she was gone as a whisper right before my eyes. I have not recovered yet and never will. Joyce always said, "I don't ask God "Why me, but why not me"." All praise goes to our Lord who gave her to me for a short time, but in my heart forever.All my love, Lucian & Family

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To: Joyce Daltons Family and to LeAnne,

I want to thank LeAnne for sending me the card from Joyce's funeral.

I have not been on the web site very often since my lung transplant

in Aug. 2007 and not since I got out of the hospital on Sept. 11,

2008 for my treatment for 2nd grade lung rejection. I was heart

broken when I read the news yesterday about Joyce. She was such a

wonderful woman, so friendly, so thoughtful and so wise. She was

what I first thought of when I awoke this morning and pray that her

family will focus on the happy times with her instead of the sadness

now that she has passed on.

My treatment for my 2nd Grade lung rejection (4th grade is the worst

and my 2 previous treatments were for minimal rejection) seems to

have made a big difference this time as now I can breathe when I bend

over and I had major difficulty with that before. In addition to the

Thymoglobulin 6 hour IV each day (for 10 days not just 7) they also

gave me 500 mg of Sulumedrol again (a steroid) and another IV that

was a 4 hour IV on 2 different days plus a blood transfusion of 2

units. After 3 days in the hospital I was walking down the hall with

my walker to the kitchen for coffee in the morning feeling pretty

good. I commented to the nurses " look at me I am walking faster

today " . Later I commented to them " gee if you had music in the hall

I could dance I feel so much better " .

On my first day home, Fri. Sept. 12 I was feeling very weak, but on

Sat. I felt so much better my son and I went back to Indy to the

Transplant Support group's picnic and I got to meet Kerry and her

family in person. She had told me she was no. 2 on the transplant

list then, but I told her I thought she might have moved up to no. 1

as there was a transplant the week that I was in the hospital.

After each rejection treatment I have felt quite weak and more so

this time than the other 2 times. However, I still go shopping; but

I just cannot stay out as long as before. Yesterday though I

discovered I felt better when the temperature cooled off in the

evening.

Also, for several weeks I didn't do much on my computer as every time

I sat done at the computer I would just start feeling very sleepy

from the side effects of all the meds and the fact that my computer

has been acting up and operating exetremely slowly. I had found a

geek to work on it, but haven't had him pick it up yet as I have

things on it that I need to back up before someone works on it and

have not had the time or energy.

I'm still frustrated with my cluttered house and finally hired 2 new

people to work on organizing it. They did a better job than the 2 I

hired last April, but still it is not done. My family thinks I will

just continue to clutter it, but the problem is simply that I start

doing things then I get too tired or weak and just stop whatever I am

doing as I feel my health takes priority over the neatness of my

house. Besides with the economy problems now the value of the house

has dropped $50K, which is really depressing along with the stock

market crashing. I am afraid to go on line and see how much I have

lost in my 401K accounts since in Feb. my Disability Insurance will

end and I will have to start using my IRA and 401K accounts for my

income. My shopping trips will definitely stop. Still the big

expense has been my meds even though I have been in the catastrophic

section of Medicare Part D since the first of May.

I did start to post some photos on here a while back but did not

complete it. I will try to put some on there today and will let you

know. I had portraits done of my 2 oldest grand kids when they were

here in June including a collage with me. Also I have some good

photos of my flowers and some fall scenery in the area.

If any of you are contemplating whether or not you want to go through

the effort of a lung transplant I suggest you read the book, " Taking

Flight " compiled by Joanne Schum. It is inspirational stories of

Lung transplantation. I bought it at the picnic of the Clarian Lung

Transplant Support group. Clarian Transplant Center is at Methodist

Hospital, Indianapolis, IN> It is real encouraging even after you

have a transplant since you have to deal with the side effects of the

various medications.

Love and Aloha,

Judy IPF 11/06 Left Lung Transplant 11/07 (stiil have IPF in Rt lung

but my O2 is usually around 98 now since thislast rejection

treatment).

>

> Wow! Thanks Kerry...

>

>

> MamaSher, age 70. IPF 3-06, OR.

> Nasturtiums

> Don't fret about tomorrow, God is already there!

>

> Joyce Dalton

>

> Our family thanks you for all your words of comfort and acts of

> kindness at the passing of our Joyce. You have overwhelmed us

with

> your love and praise for her and she would probably just say " I

> don't know why " . Joyce never took any credit for her talent,

> intelligence, humble spirit, love for others, her physical

beauty,

> and as a natural-born leader. Others had to praise her as she was

> too modest for such things. She would tell you to give all praise

> to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

>

> As you can guess I have struggled mightly over this great loss.

> Tears are flowing as I write to you and there will be many more.

> Joyce was such a person, bigger than life it seems, that I still

> can't believe she's gone. I have known her since 6th grade and we

> graduated together. We married right after and in August this

year

> we were both 64 and married 46 years. Joyce was always the one

thru

> school that led and everyone followed. That continued thru life.

>

> Joyce was specific as to what she wanted at her death. I have

> finished all those things she wanted. She was cremated quickly as

> was her wish. I picked the urn and had " Joyce Anne " put on it. I

> placed it in the " nitch " and we stayed until it was closed. She

> rests at Kraft in New Albany, IN, close to me.

>

> I used some of the e-mails from you in her memorial service. It

was

> crowded. I prayed for God to help me thru it and He allowed me to

> not fall apart. My friend Fred Bishop (31 yrs.) preached the

> lesson. Joyce would be pleased.

>

> Joyce said she was tired of the battle and could not get better

and

> was ready to go. I felt the last 2 weeks of her life it had

gotten

> worse. My fears were correct looking back. We prayed for an easy

> crossing and God granted our request. As I finished changing her

> Flolan and came around the bed she was gone as a whisper right

> before my eyes. I have not recovered yet and never will. Joyce

> always said, " I don't ask God " Why me, but why not me " . " All

praise

> goes to our Lord who gave her to me for a short time, but in my

> heart forever.

>

> All my love, Lucian & Family

>