Michelle has been diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma, which has spread to her liver. Time is not on her side, Michelle has always taken care of others, even if it caused her own financial strain or emotional discomfort. She has always put everyone but herself first, Whether it has been money given, a place to live, a meal for someone who’s hungry, time for someone who needed an ear or a shoulder, or the many other ways someone can help others, she has always risen to the occasion. Even in her dire state now, what she cries over constantly is that she feels concerned that she is making her loved ones suffer by worrying about her. The tumors/lesions in her liver at last scan had more than quadrupled in size and quantity.
Michelle has expressed a wish to her caregiver and friend who submitted it on her behalf. Michelle would like to be flown from her home in Arizona to Florida with her adult daughter, in order to visit her mother’s grave and show her daughter where the gravesite is. Her mother died from cancer when she was 13 years old and she has not been back to the gravesite since the funeral. At the time of her mother’s passing, Michelle and her older brother lived with their stepfather for a while, but since the stepfather was inappropriate with Michelle, she fled, so it has always weighed heavy on her heart that she could never make it back to visit and maintain the gravesite. She would like to show her daughter…would like to take a short trip and feel peace upon finally getting back to see her mom, one last time.
Stella’s Wish Foundation send gift cards to cover air travel so that Michelle could make this visit.
