Doris BOYD

<p><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #f6f7f9;">Doris developed Creutzfeldt Jacob disease in the last year of her life. She didnot go gently into that good night. She fought this horrible disease till her last breath. Her legacy includes her world class sons Paul and Don and her magnificent grandchildren - Katie, Abby, Kelly,Ryan and Benjamin.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;">Today,&nbsp;<a class="profileLink" style="color: #365899; text-decoration-line: none; font-family: inherit;" href="https://www.facebook.com/paul.busick?fref=mentions" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1188512070&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1">Paul</a>&nbsp;and I lost our mom.</p> <p style="margin: 6px 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;">The past six months have been incredibly difficult and I&rsquo;ve spent a lot of time thinking about how to properly honor my mom. Although there are so many parts of her life I could celebrate and people in her life she treasured, I believe she would want to have someone speak for her during the time when she couldn&rsquo;t speak for herself. Since my mom wasn&rsquo;t able to share her final thoughts on her own, I&rsquo;ve taken the liberty of sharing what I know she&rsquo;d want to say. Apologies as I switch to first person.</p> <p style="margin: 6px 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;">Hi all,</p> <p style="margin: 6px 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;">On March 24th &lsquo;17, my kids surprisedme on my 70th birthday with a weekend celebration with all my grandkids. I love the fact that I can point to a single moment when I knew my entire life had meaning.</p> <p style="margin: 6px 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;">Unfortunately, the next six months didn&rsquo;t play out quite like I planned. It is fair to say that I won the lottery. It just turned out that I bought a lottery ticket that paid off with such an obscure disease that it will likely never be cured, is less likely than being attacked by a great white shark, and my sons stillhave a hard time pronouncing it despite reading hundreds of pages of research on the condition. Crapola!</p> <p style="margin: 6px 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;">That said, what&rsquo;s a girl to do? Well, given I was unfairly robbed of my personality, my sanity, and ultimately every ounce of my dignity, I thought I&rsquo;d use my last words to thank the people who were there for me during the darkest of dark times in my life.</p> <p style="margin: 6px 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;">THANK YOU: Susan Fice, my best friend and sister from another .... You were there for me when my symptoms first started to show. You didn&rsquo;t judge me when this nasty disease made me behave badly. You managed my household and handled every logistic possible to make life easier on my kids. You were there for my sons during the darkest of the dark hours. You shared the pain, took the late night phone calls, and carried the burden. I love you Susan.</p> <p style="margin: 6px 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;">THANK YOU: Jess Geen. I wish we could have metunder different circumstances when I was my full self. You helped me and my sons when we were completely out of options. It&rsquo;s hard to believe that the medical and social support system couldn&rsquo;t solve for someone like me, but that was the reality of my situation. Jess, thank you for pulling the right strings, dedicating your life to caring for so many people with similar needs, and working the system to find a solution when all hope was lost. You are a great person and my only regret Is that I didn&rsquo;t get to properly know you.</p> <p style="margin: 6px 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;">THANK YOU: Dr. Leah Couture. Leah, I love that you are a young doctor and still early on in your career. You give me faith in the future of your profession. I want to thank you for being the first doctor (among dozens) to truly take the time to fully listen to my sons&rsquo; detailed descriptions of my unusual symptoms and picking up on thefact that something &ldquo;just didn&rsquo;t fit&rdquo; about the earlier diagnoses. It takes courage to second guess more tenured and experienced colleagues and order the tests required to find theneedle in a haystack. I&rsquo;m sure you were second guessed at every turn. Yet, you found it! I wish it were a different discovery, but you&rsquo;ve given my family peace of mind that is difficult toexplain. You have good instincts and judgement. Continue to trust your gut Leah! Thanks for fighting for me to find the truth.</p> <p style="margin: 6px 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;">THANK YOU: Manor House. To Valerie, Kim, Jenk, and the entire Manor House staff. I want you to know that I appreciate how you loved me, cared for me, never gave upon me, and fought to bring me back home at the end to your loving facility. I know I could be quite a handful sometimes. That said, you always made me feel loved and wanted. I even had a few moments of joy as I slid downhill (jersey boys!). I also want to thank you for going above and beyond to help my sons navigate the care system. Thank you for really caring.</p> <p style="margin: 6px 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;">THANK YOU:&nbsp;<a class="profileLink" style="color: #365899; text-decoration-line: none; font-family: inherit;" href="https://www.facebook.com/jackgboyd?fref=mentions" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=622877993&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1">Jack Boyd</a>, my baby brother. I&rsquo;m so happy we had an opportunity to reconnect and share some truly touching moments at the end. I will always remember that you were there for me. When you sat with meby my bed and talked, I could hear you. We grew up together and had the most eccentric, adventurous, and at times irresponsible parents two kids could have. I miss them and I will miss you. I love you Jackie.</p> <p style="margin: 6px 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;">THANK YOU: My two boys. Sorry for all the trouble&nbsp;<span class="_5mfr _47e3" style="line-height: 0; vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 1px; font-family: inherit;"><img class="img" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: -3px;" src="https://www.facebook.com/images/emoji.php/v9/f4c/1/16/1f642.png" alt="" width="16" height="16" /><span class="_7oe" style="display: inline-block; font-size: 0px; width: 0px; font-family: inherit;">

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