The video in my last post just received an Award of Merit from the City of Hope ACE Project. I'm thrilled! It's up on YouTube so everyone can access it.
I wish Denise Echelard was still here so that I could see her face as she watched the final edit. I do think that somewhere, somehow she knows what is happening and is getting a big kick out of it.
Denise died a year ago this month. But here is what you should know: she quit her cancer treatment in January of 2009 and her doc told her she would be dead by March 2009. She received palliative care (no treatment) and had a pretty damn good life until around late September 2009.
That is the power of palliative care--and Denise. She was a force to be reckoned with: strong and funny and open and intense.
Denise, where ever you are: thank you so much.
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"strong and funny and open and intense" ...sounds like you and Denise had a lot in common. Congrats on all your success, Debra! I just started a blog myself, I need to add yours to my blogroll so I can keep up on your adventures :)
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