AS I WATCHED THE LAST WORD@MSNBC ABOUT JIM AND JOHN WHERE ONE IS EXPECTED TO DIE FROM LOU GERIG'S DESEASE IN A (599 hits)
WEEK, I THOUGHT OF MY SISTER CORA WHO HAD THIS DESEASE. THERE IS A TIME TABLE TO LIVE AFTER GETTING IT BUT SICNE WE POOLED OUR INSURANCES AND GOT HER A SPECIAL BREATING MACHINE AND BECAUSE MOST OF MY FAMILY IN PHILA ARE IN THE MEDICAL FIELD SHE WAS ABLE TO HAVE 24-7 CARE NEEDED...CORA LIVED 7 YEARS BEYOND HER DATE WITH DEATH...
CORA IS ONE OF MY SISTERS TAHT I HAVE SAID GROWING UP YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT HER MORE STEVE'S SISTER THAN MY SISTER...I WILL HAVE STEVE POST HER PICTURE FOR ME ONE DAY ON THE SITE JUST BEFORE SHE DIED A YEAR LATER...AT THE TIME SHE COULD ONLY MOVE HER EYES. (SMILE)