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No matter who you are or where you live you have been touched by cancer. Be it through your peers, family members, or your own diagnosis.
Cancer leaves an ever growing path of destruction in its wake. The stories are heart wrenching and just as great in amount.
Today, I will share with you John44NY's story.
John44NY and his wife, Corina, met when they were only fourteen, shortly after her birthday. As it turns out she was only twenty five days his senior. Shortly after meeting, they drove off to another state to be wed; at 14 mind you. When the love birds turned 18 they had a wonderful family wedding. Every year, for the twenty five days after Corina's birthday, John would tell everyone that Corina was the elder in their family.
Then, at the young age of thirty nine, Corina passed away of liver cancer. Once she reached Stage 4 (meaning you have a 30-90 day life expectancy and are eligible to be on the transplant list) Corina lived for twenty eight and a half days. By the twenty third day she was brain dead and it took John five days time to gather the strength to request the plug be pulled. John says, "She was my best friend, my rock, my love, my lover, my soul mate, and the mother of our 3 children. Our youngest just turned 18 this year. After almost 6 years she is irreplaceable and I still grieve her passing. I miss so much about her in my life."
The year following Corina's passing John developed liver cancer. For four months he did chemo and radiation. He entered remission and returned to work for four years. The cancer returned two years ago and John has a three to five year life expectancy. A part of the cancer went into his bloodstream and was stuck in his lungs, causing John to suffer from a left and right pulmonary embolism and he is now 24/7 on oxygen.
John is requesting a portrait of himself and his family. He would like it to be of Corina and himself or his entire family.
This is not a contest nor a challenge but just a request.
If you make a portrait from the provided images (see below) please submit to the appropriate gallery and then note me (PurpelBlur) with subject "For John" and a link to your portrait. I can forward them to John and after a month from posting this, I will feature all the portraits I recieve in a new article.
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Husband- John W. Peters III, Wife- Corina M. Peters 1961-2001, "39 years 101 days 13 hours 12 min, 35 seconds from birth to an angel"
Son- John W. Peters IV, Daughter- Cathleen M. Peters
Daughter- Kristina A. Peters (who was not born at the time of the first image)
Best Wishes all!
Cancer leaves an ever growing path of destruction in its wake. The stories are heart wrenching and just as great in amount.
Today, I will share with you John44NY's story.
John44NY and his wife, Corina, met when they were only fourteen, shortly after her birthday. As it turns out she was only twenty five days his senior. Shortly after meeting, they drove off to another state to be wed; at 14 mind you. When the love birds turned 18 they had a wonderful family wedding. Every year, for the twenty five days after Corina's birthday, John would tell everyone that Corina was the elder in their family.
Then, at the young age of thirty nine, Corina passed away of liver cancer. Once she reached Stage 4 (meaning you have a 30-90 day life expectancy and are eligible to be on the transplant list) Corina lived for twenty eight and a half days. By the twenty third day she was brain dead and it took John five days time to gather the strength to request the plug be pulled. John says, "She was my best friend, my rock, my love, my lover, my soul mate, and the mother of our 3 children. Our youngest just turned 18 this year. After almost 6 years she is irreplaceable and I still grieve her passing. I miss so much about her in my life."
The year following Corina's passing John developed liver cancer. For four months he did chemo and radiation. He entered remission and returned to work for four years. The cancer returned two years ago and John has a three to five year life expectancy. A part of the cancer went into his bloodstream and was stuck in his lungs, causing John to suffer from a left and right pulmonary embolism and he is now 24/7 on oxygen.
John is requesting a portrait of himself and his family. He would like it to be of Corina and himself or his entire family.
This is not a contest nor a challenge but just a request.
If you make a portrait from the provided images (see below) please submit to the appropriate gallery and then note me (PurpelBlur) with subject "For John" and a link to your portrait. I can forward them to John and after a month from posting this, I will feature all the portraits I recieve in a new article.
Click images for larger view.
Husband- John W. Peters III, Wife- Corina M. Peters 1961-2001, "39 years 101 days 13 hours 12 min, 35 seconds from birth to an angel"
Son- John W. Peters IV, Daughter- Cathleen M. Peters
Daughter- Kristina A. Peters (who was not born at the time of the first image)
Best Wishes all!
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Heyo! I am getting used to all these new features (new to me ..heh) and the Hype Badge sounds rather cool, yeah? Comment with a deviation you think needs some hype.. your own or another deviant is cool. I'm looking to give out 3.. if this is er.. legal which i think it is, right? lol >_> ETA: All have been given.
Hi. Miss you.
I have really missed this place. Things have changed quite a lot for me, mostly for the better. That being said, I am hopefully I'll have more time to poke around here some. I see pretty much everything has changed since my last visit, so this will be interesting to figure out. Took a moment to even find how to post this heh. I can freakin' search Notes.. but all searches find nothing..hmm. Missing you all. No idea if anyone will even see this. haha Anyway. I am going to try to feature some art (man, I have so missed this) now.. please work.. ...alrighty, that was an adventure. Laters
RIP Scooby-Doo
My dog of 16+ years parted from this world. I'm not coherent right now so this is my FB post: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10214342579099269&set=a.10207716542452494.1073741825.1260885605&type=3 I hope that link works :(
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I have had FB for some time but never really using it. Now, I'm getting into the flow of it more. So If you wanna be friends there I am https://www.facebook.com/blurple . :ahoy:
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Having cancer take many in my family and having a cancer scare myself a few years ago(I am twenty now) I can say there is nothing like seeing or hearing the word cancer in a conversation with a doctor.
My sympathy is with you and your family, I wish you the best of luck through these hard times and you are in my prayers
My sympathy is with you and your family, I wish you the best of luck through these hard times and you are in my prayers