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May 21, 2006
A Cancer-Stricken Mom and Her Daughter Share a Few Final Adventures
Pamela Edy Schlotter tells a story--both poignant and inspiring--of her mom, age 78 and diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Not content to wait for death, her mom embraced life, in part by traveling across the West by train:
I am heartbroken over my mother's illness. But I am also swelled with pride at her reaction to it. With the glass of her life nearing empty, she hasn't retreated into inert depression. Instead, she is active and upbeat. With an oxygen backpack slung over one shoulder, she meets her friends for lunch. She drives herself to church and shopping. She smiles. She laughs. She lives.
This trip is testament to that spirit. High altitude makes neither my brother's home in Monument, Colo. (7,800 feet) nor Santa Fe (7,000 feet) the best of places for someone prone to shortness of breath. My mother knows this, but is not deterred.
Mom's doctor applauds her spunk. When I ask if this trip is advisable, he says if she wants to go, she should go. But, he says, she needs to go now.
I encourage you to read the whole story here; it is powerfully life affirming.
(Thanks to the Cancer Blog for the pointer.)
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Thanks for publishing my article from the Miami Herald on my Mom living her life to the fullest and not letting her sickness (lung cancer) stop her from traveling. Hope this will help others.
Pamela Edy Schlotter
Posted by: Pamela Edy Schlotter at June 9, 2006 1:13 AM
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