“My mom was amazing. She was strong as crap.”
Wendy Wade doesn’t mince words as she reflects on her mother’s years-long battle with breast cancer and the moment she learned it was no longer treatable.
“We were there for a chemo treatment and my mom was asleep, facing the window. I looked up and I saw her doctor. She motioned for me and took me into a back hallway. She explained that a blood test they did before administering chemo showed that her kidneys were failing. The cancer had gone too far and they had done everything they could.”
Wade, through tears, said she asked how much time her mom had left. “My mom had wanted to go to the Grand Canyon. We had it booked for two months away. And the doctor said, ‘I don’t think she’s going to live more than three weeks.’”
Wade’s mom – Marilyn Rogers – died 20 days later.
To read how Wade turned her loss into potentially lifesaving action – and became what some are calling a “previvor” – click here and head over to the Ashburn Magazine for the rest of the story.