Terri Patrick/Bolen:  

Life My husband Tom and I were married for 37 years. He recently passed away on November 8, 2008 as a result of esophagus cancer that had migrated throughout his body. He developed cancer in 2003, and he was getting a clean bill for the next three years. He started having problems again and went through chemo. The first one we were excited about because we saw some positive changes. The following chemos were not so kind, and he developed cancer in his spinal fluid. I am so proud of him and the way he fought.He was always positive and wanted our daughters, grandchildren and myself to be positive, too. He worked up until the week-end before he went into the hospital. Within two and a half weeks, he went downhill quickly. We thought we were going in to get his pain under control and go home, but that was not to be the case. We had decided not too long ago to downsize and moved 6 miles west of Plainfield and built our retirement home.It breaks my heart that he ...Expand for more