Re: Patti's Letter

[Guest guest]

Patti, I wanted to " personally " write you but I couldn't find your e-mail

address.

I'm responding to the letter that was forwarded from " Terry/Madson "

As always these letters really hit home!!!!! I will try to make this letter

as SHORT as possible as everyone in this group has already heard my story.

It's so freightening (sp?) & coincidental that alot of our families started

showing noticable symptoms in Aug. (as did mine.)

I knew something was wrong when my mom lost her balance in church (in May '98)

& fell on a pew. Aug. is when she decided to stop driving. She was

disoriented & would pass up her house. (she forgot where she lived) That

was the first time that I really cried for hours. I was scared. scared for

her & for the rest of us.

To make a long story short, she only got worse & we lost a loving, caring, &

perfect mother on Jan. 23, 1999. Like your dad, we also had family members

that insisted that she would get " healed " . We had prayer meetings, read the

bible & & even had 2 healers come to the house. Just like you, we saw

countless doctors & had numerous tests. I'm also flabergasted (sp?) that the

doctors could care less of how & why she got this terrible disease. Just

like you, we did everything we could.

That last week or 2 of her life (when she wouldn't eat) we decided to NOT

give her feeding tubes. This is a terrible thing to say, but it wasn't as

hard as I thought it would be (to make that decision) I think we were all

sick & tired of seeing her suffer. We knew it was wrong & we knew that's

what she would have wanted.

I will say a prayer for her tonight. She's in God's hands & he will take

good care of her. If you need to talk to someone & want to talk to me

privately then please feel free to e-mail me at Kristi118@...

May God Bless You & Your Family,

e