Ken Satterlee
Born – 3/24/1938
Died – 4/7/2014
Bev Satterlee
Born – 2/12/1940
Died – 9/7/2014
Journal Entries
Early February 2014
The only treatment that the oncologist had planned for mom is chemotherapy. The hope was that chemo would reduce the size of the tumors on her liver enough to make life more comfortable for her. She hasn’t really had any…
January 2014
January began a new year and unfortunately more drama. Mom had her liver biopsy done to see what type of cancer she had and what stage it might be in. Turned out it was squamous cell, typically associated with skin…
December 2013
December was the month that things starting going downhill. Trouble started on December 10 with my father’s 4th chemo treatment. That night he became really weak and got really cold. He was shaking uncontrollably and it took a couple of…
November 2013
Mom and Dad arrived home from their month-long cruise, looking refreshed and ready to take the cancer head on. They barely had a day to rest before dad started his treatments. That first week back was chock full of appointments.…
October 2013
The cancer diagnosis brought with it a whole slew of things that needed to be considered, talked about, and decisions to be made. It was also the start of a seemingly never ending string of doctor appointments. There is the…
September 2013
My father was the first to be diagnosed with lung cancer. The events that lead up to his diagnosis started out by accident. My mother went to have a chest xray done for her yearly physical early in 2013 and…