September 14, 2006

Safe Journey

Posted on 9-12-06

My son developed a yeast infection yesterday which has gotten into his blood. By last night, they moved him to ICU on a ventilator.

The Dr told us that he might not make it through the night, he was critically sick and possbly going into kidney failure. He did better over night, BP stabilized and kidneys better but he's not out of the woods. He's on a ventilator and the next 24 hours will be crucial.

Please, please pray for him. He cannot have gone through all this to be taken by an infection. He's a fighter but I'm so scared.

Thanks, Mary Ann (aka David's Mom)


Posted on 9-13-06

My precious beautiful only son died last night from an infection which his body could not battle. He fought so hard but his heart could not handle it.

Thank you for the prayers. This is so wrong, he wanted so much to live and was just a bright, sweet shining star gone way too soon.

I don't know where we go from here but I hope that the strength he showed will get us through.

Mary Ann


Between David's mom and Ann Richard's dying, I just feel like my heart hurts. I hate cancer.

Please consider making a donation - even if it's $5 or $10. I really would like to raise a million dollars in my lifetime. And I'm not ready for my lifetime to be over anytime soon.

I can do this. Even if I have the nasty biopsy today.

Safe journey, Ann and David.

I really miss you today. I know you know this.

Posted by debutaunt at September 14, 2006 09:40 AM
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Praying for clean test results and for your heart...

Kris

Posted by: Kris Herbst at September 14, 2006 10:54 AM

I saw the news about Ann last night towards the end of my shift at work. I had always had a soft spot for her (and quote her often, the line about "Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did; backwards and in high heels!") and thought of your having met her...

When I lost my Dad 23 years ago next month to pancreatic cancer on the heels of my Grandmother (colon cancer) and was losing my dear mother-in-law (lung cancer) all in a row, I had thought by the time I reached this age they would have found cures for most of these vicious killers. We had put a man on the moon, hadn't we?

Instead, everyone decided they needed to keep "their money" in "their pockets" and "cut taxes", etc..

I still hope to see a cure in my lifetime. No more Davids, no more Anns, no more Debs or Staceys!

No more Zoe's waiting for Mom to come home...

No more Mary Anns...

Crying now, gotta go...

alan

Posted by: alan at September 14, 2006 11:43 AM

My thoughts are with you today Deb and for Mary Ann and Ann Richards. That was a gutsy woman and I loved her spirit. When I heard she'd died I remembered you talking about meeting her...and shed a tear or two million.

I HATE CANCER too. My grandmother died in 1971 from lung cancer, several dear friends have succumbed in the past few years as well. My sister died in 1994 and my brother in 2001. Now my parents in 2005 and 2006. Cancer is the enemy as far as I'm concerned dammit!

Just know you're thought of today and every day. Peace.

Posted by: Traci at September 14, 2006 12:50 PM

I doubt there's a family around that hasn't been affected by cancer. I lost my dad 2 years ago on Sept 9 to a terrible rare cancer (I can't spell it,much less pronounce it!) He was 93, but still had treatments and lived a year longer than he should have, although he suffered greatly in the end.

My heart hurts for these families as well. I've donated. Come on everyone! Let's see what we can do to help stamp out this horrible disease.

Posted by: Kay at September 14, 2006 04:53 PM

Thanks for being a voice-donation made. Cancer
is the real terrorist in this world.

God bless them both.

Posted by: Toto at September 14, 2006 09:14 PM