[Ag-eq] San news about Simone

[Susan Roe]

I'm so sorry to hear of your loss.  My husband and I will keep the both of 
you in our prayers.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Chambers" <regenerative at earthlink.net>
To: <blind-gardener at yahoogroups.com>
Cc: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:29 AM
Subject: [Ag-eq] San news about Simone


>
>
> Everyone,
>
> I told some of you already, but want to make sure y'all know.  I am  very 
> sad to tell you that Simone died about a week ago:  Tuesday,  16th of 
> June.
> She went pretty quickly.  Happy, alive, and busy house hunting with  me 
> last Saturday, then she came down with a fever on Sunday.  By late  Sunday 
> afternoon, I couldn't rouse her.  I called the paramedics.  In  the 
> hospital, they pumped her full of antibiotics, but by Tuesday  night, she 
> was dead.  She had been on dialysis for about a year, and  the UCSD 
> Transplant boneheads kept dragging their feet.  Cause of  Death was 
> chalked up to a clogged gall bladder that had become  necrotic, and a 
> bacterial infection in the blood.
>
> My heart aches.  We had plans for the near and long terms.  She was  so 
> happy, fired-up, and energized by our home buying prospects,  getting a 
> new kidney, shopping for a new bike, selling our car, etc.   She never 
> really woke up from Sunday.  "Poof," she was gone about 80- hours later.
>
> Her wishes were to be cremated, and returned to New Zealand.  We will 
> throw her a going away party on Saturday 25th of July.  We'll have a 
> feast of her favorite foods, share memories, then walk down to the  beach 
> to bid farewell under the sunset.  Please feel welcome to  attend, and 
> participate.  I will try to get an invite out to  everyone, but jot July 
> 25th, late afternoon to evening down on your  calendar.  We're in 
> Carlsbad, near San Diego.
>
> Simone was a Civil and Environmental Engineer, loved gardening,  horses, 
> and animals of all kinds.  We have 2 cats, a dog, and a big  macaw.  Our 
> apartment garden is small:  a palm tree and plumeria for  a little 
> tropical shade and fragrance, and kitchen herbs and  tomatoes.  Oh, and 
> her cactus named George.  She used to landscape  landfills, Superfund 
> sites, and other contaminated areas, planting  trees to prevent pollution 
> from seeping into the groundwater.  She  was a bright, beautiful, 
> quick-witted, outspoken environmentalist,  with a big heart.
>
> Sadly,
>
> Fred
> President - Ag. & Equestrian Division - NFB
> VP - Beach Cities Chapter - NFB of California
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