My blog is all about our journey through lung cancer from beginning and beyond. The changes that take place in our lives and how it affects us all.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
"You will truly be missed" "God made us sisters chance made us friends"
This light house is for my sister Angel, I hope it helps you find your way home! 

This weeks blog is hard for me to write so it will probably be short. I lost my best friend and sister on Sunday from an unknown source of infection that caused her to go into septic shock. I am really devastated. She was a truly amazing woman!! Her ENTIRE life she struggled with illnesses most of them caused from unknown sources and most of them rare and almost unheard of, yet she had such a zest for life and lived everyday like it was her last.
She had a 9 year battle with a disease called Primary Biliary sclerosis that destroyed her liver and put her into a coma several times. She was very fortunate that she was able to get a liver transplant that blessed us all with her life for another 3 years. In between that 3 years she battled 3 bouts of sepsis, liver rejection, a blood disorder and a multitude of other rare but serious side effects, but still she trudged on with a positive attitude and a strong heart. I believe that most of her strength came from her son whom she adored. It was just the two of them battling the world!
I think I might write a book for her one day to tell the world about her her many miraculous defeats and triumphs but for today I am just going to remember and Thank God for the time he gave us with her. Her exact words were always "Everyday is a gift from God"
Until next time, God bless! (The service info will be in the Thursday Cleveland Plain Dealer under Angela Cooper-Rygiel.)
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