Its been a while since anything was posted on this blog, yet, much has happened since Kathleen’s last post…

I am very sorry to inform you all that Greg passed away on March 5th 2011. You can find his Obituary here.

I won’t go into all the details, I will let Kathleen tell you if she finds the time and courage, but the timeline goes like this: In December, a few days before Christmas, Greg’s back hurt such much he had to go to the hospital. They found that his cancer had propagated to his spinal column and some organs (sorry, I don’t remember all the details). Greg started chemotherapy and, the last news in February was that it was looking good and that tumors were shrinking. Around March 3rd, one of Greg’s hand started swelling badly. He went to the hospital and they diagnosed him with a blood clot and started trying to get rid of the clot. In the night of March 5th, the doctors told Kathleen that the treatment was not working and that they had to quickly amputate Greg’s arm. Greg left for the operating room but never returned. He died suddenly when a clot blocked one of his arteries.

As you can imagine, we were all devastated and this new trial is very hard for Kathleen.

I know Kathleen is very busy right now. She just returned to work and she is now working more hours. That is why I took the liberty to let you know about the recent events.

Marco