[Joeaksa]

Bob,

For many years I flew medivac. Some of the patients I later flew home after an operation, while some did not make the journey. I usually flew them to my wife (now ex-) who did a heart, lung or liver transplant on them.

Having done this for many years you get hardened to seeing people in this condition. What we never could get used to were the children who were sick. We are adults, have seen and experienced life, while they have not. They have done nothing to deserve this, yet in many ways are more brave than the adults we would carry.

The kids really got to us, from the flight crew to the doctors who did the operations, up and down the line. Just as in many ways your wife and partner did in her struggle.

Am sure she is in the hands of God now and will be waiting for you when its your time to move on. Sorry it had to happen this way but God works in interesting ways and its not up to any of us to question it.

Hope you are doing well and if there is anything we can do to help, please say so...

Joe