On December 30, thirteen years ago, our life changed —Sabine, my 54-year-old wife of 27 years, was in the hospital and all was looking very grim.
I vividly remember those crazy, fear-filled days when I thought I was losing her. When I searched online, it revealed a short life-span was in store for those diagnosed with the fatal blood cancer disease called “multiple myeloma.” And on top of all this, the cancer caused her kidneys to fail and we were looking a routine dialysis as well as a stem cell transplant and various chemotherapies.
How did we proceed and not give up? How did Sabine, with a team of great physicians and nurses, and a loving, passionate husband, fully live and additional 14 years until December of 2020?
Along the way, how did they discuss death and dying and those “final decisions” with a sense of love and integrity? It’s all on these two blog sites.
For those of you who, perhaps, may just be entering life with cancer, and those who love and care for you, our story, told on this blog, beginning with the first post on December 30, 2007, may be helpful and just what you need.
For our story is about hope, love, teamwork, and carpe deim (seizing each day which we are given by our Creator).
Sabine often said to me, her children, friends and caregivers, “Remember, life doesn’t have to be perfect to be wonderful!” And though not perfect, with many bumps and tears, it was, nevertheless, WONDERFUL!
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