With heavy heart, we relay the sad news that Debbie passed away early on the afternoon of Friday, November 29th. She died peacefully surrounded by her entire family.

I am still in a holding pattern, waiting to land in a place of better breathing, better endurance. Now is my time for patience and for hope.

It will take several weeks to two months to see if my new extremely expensive medicine will have any effect. While I’m waiting, I’m frustrated, a slacker. Breathing is a chore if I’m doing anything else. So I sit a lot, at the computer, at the kitchen table, counting “one, two, three, go…” I’ve only been taking these pills for one week.