My Friend Vicki

I visited with my friend, Vicki Thompson, at Banner Gateway, December 16th.  Vicki has stage 4 breast cancer and is not doing well.  I've known for some time that her cancer had metathesized to her liver and that her time would be short.  This has been a difficult time for me because the last time I saw Vicki was after her oncology visit in June, which happened to be the same time I had blood work done for my upcoming appointment.  So, needless to say I haven't seen Vicki in 6 months.

We had a nice visit.  Her spirits were high and she, of course, was thinking of others instead of herself. She asked me to bring her a Scentsy catalog so she could place an order. This made me feel uncomfortable because I knew that she would not be with us much longer.  I knew that if I place the order, she would not be here when it arrived and this bothered me tremendously being a breast cancer patient myself.

I'm so glad I took this opportunity to see and visit with her, as this was the last time I saw Vicki before she passed away on December 26, 2010. Her funeral service was this evening at Wyman's Funeral Home in Mesa.  It was a nice service with a lot of friends and family.  She will truly be missed.