Regina Sheridan:  

I did not marry my high school sweetheart like so many people thought. I met someone who is truly my soul mate. We were just meant to be together. His name is John and we celebrated our 34th anniversary last August. We had 2 children, a boy Shawn in 1978 and a girl Sheyann in 1982. We moved into the "Old Grainery" in Breesport and have been here for about 25 years. We have 2 acres of land which is good considering my love of animals. I have worked with veterinarians for over 15 years and love it. We only have 3 cats and 2 dogs at the moment (we lost 2 Great Danes last year due to old age) Things have not always been easy. I was diagnosed in 2005 with breast cancer and had to undergo surgery and radiation. (no chemo thank God) We lost our son in 2006 to suicide. He was bi-polar and doing very well on his medication but while at a 4th of July B.B.Q. someone slipped somthing into his drink that caused him to have a psycotic episode to the point we had to admit him to a Behavioral Science Unit. Our son was 27 and doctors would not communicate with us even though Shawn had signed the HEPA papers saying they could. He commited suicide 5 days after being released from St. Joseph's mental health facility. We have become very involved in suicide awareness and prevention. We are also in the process of trying to get a bill introduced that would require doctors to speak with next of kin regardless of patients age. It is our hope that through this bill we can help prevent another family from having to go through the same thing. Our daughter Shey had a little boy (Kasey) so we have one grandchild who is almost 5 and quite the little pisser. We love him dearly but he is a handful. But in March of 2008 Shey was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma and had to have surgery and chemo. They had to put a "port" in her chest/neck area to administ...Expand for more