Bless Your Heart

please say a little prayer

i got an email from my friend stacey last night. (not the one we went to watch the hockey game with, different girl) her sister is my friend melissa. there’s 3 sisters and we’re all friends. i met mel when i went to paint at her pottery shop some 4 years ago. i quickly became a regular and we became friends while we painted. anyway, last may mel gave birth to davis, the sweetest little boy. after the birth she couldn’t feel her legs. the dr’s went in and found a cancerous tumor on her spine. she went through 2 surgeries, lots of chemo & radiation and has been sick now for over a year. she hasn’t walked in months and has been so weak that even just holding her baby is often impossible. according to stacey’s email last night, it’s not good. mel’s last 2 chemo’s haven’t worked. the disease is progressing. (a few months ago they found that the cancer is all in her spinal fluid and in the base of her brain). she’s going to wake forest next week for a very aggressive chemo, but the outlook is very poor. please say a little prayer for my friend. she’s an incredibly talented, generous, funny, kind person with an adorable 1 year old boy and an amazing husband. we’ve been working on a scrapbook for the baby, but she’s often too weak to work for more than a couple of hours at a time. i just hope we can finish it together.