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The life stories of Ruthanne and Pat continue, with a focus on what their life looked like through the adversities of Ruthanne's multiple sclerosis diagnosis, multiple cancers, and myriad health issues that arose from her illnesses and treatments. This book is the second in a series-a continuation of stories from Ruthanne and Pat's 30 years together as partners. Through Pat's writing, readers get an inside look at how the daily lives of these two strong-willed women were affected by diagnosis after diagnosis-and how they forged on despite all of their adversities. Readers will see how they…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
The life stories of Ruthanne and Pat continue, with a focus on what their life looked like through the adversities of Ruthanne's multiple sclerosis diagnosis, multiple cancers, and myriad health issues that arose from her illnesses and treatments. This book is the second in a series-a continuation of stories from Ruthanne and Pat's 30 years together as partners. Through Pat's writing, readers get an inside look at how the daily lives of these two strong-willed women were affected by diagnosis after diagnosis-and how they forged on despite all of their adversities. Readers will see how they continued to travel, spend time with their family and friends, and be active outdoors-all while navigating treatment appointments and surgeries, daily compression wrap rituals, and funky haircuts. Through it all, they lived as much as they could for as long as they could, with enduring love and humor.
Autorenporträt
As a camp director for Moingona Girl Scouts, Patricia L Headley was supervising college students, while she had only a high school diploma. This lead her to start thinking about pursuing an education. At the same time, her marriage was ending. With two daughters in high school, she knew she had to get a job or return to school. She chose school. During her second year of college, Pat met Ruthanne and realized her years-long suspicions were true. The two women became friends and eventually partners. Pat knew her life was about to change. Ruthanne encouraged Pat to think beyond the AA degree, and she went on to earn a Bachelor's Degree in Leisure Studies from The University of Iowa, and a Master's Degree in Higher Education from Drake University. Before Pat retired she was a grant writer for Meskwaki Nation-Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa. Now Pat focuses on sharing stories from her life.Pat and Ruthanne had 30 years together, before Ruthanne's untimely passing at age 62. During their time together, Pat was Ruthanne's caregiver through her multiple sclerosis diagnosis, multiple cancers, and myriad health issues that arose from her illnesses and treatments. Through it all, the two women focused on living life to the fullest for as long as they could.