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Author Message   Jerry_haughton Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 08:42 pm:        Dear BadWeB family - It's been our honor over the years to come to the aid of several family members here on BadWeB, and now we're asking for two favors in return. My Mom - Ma Bueller to all y'all - came down with a case of excruciating abdominal pain on Mother's Day, so bad that she was ultimately admitted to the hospital. After several days of diagnostic tests, we got the worst news possible: She has stage IV metastatic colon cancer. She's been under hospice care since, first at home, and now "in-house" with Hospice of Kitsap County in Bremerton, Washington, USA. Sadly, the only treatment available to her at this point is palliation. This may sound odd to those of you not in the loop, but all in all she's doing "OK." She - and we - all know what's coming, but thanks to some tweaking of her pain medication regimen she's got pretty much full control of her mentation again, and is doing her best to enjoy every second she has left. This is where y'all get to help. She loves hanging out on the internet and has graced our pages here on several occasions, but for several reasons this tool is mostly beyond her grasp these days. However, she still loves to receive snail mail. Here's our first favor, and I'll let my Sis Sue, via an e-mail she sent out this afternoon, do the talking: "Hi All!! This is Sue....... Mom/Marilois/Mel/Auntie M/Grandma J/Ma Bueller's daughter!!!! What can you do, you ask? :-) Send a piece of mail to Mom/Marilois/Mel/Auntie M/Grandma J/Ma Bueller!!!! She is struggling with sending emails.......... I'm sure mostly because she is so doped up on morphine, methadone, larazascam and other names I can't spell or pronounce. Mel can look at her incoming emails (with some help from us support peeps), but receiving some snail mail to open would be greatly welcome! Send a card, send a picture, send a little bobble, send a flower, send a cookie, send a hug!!! And then send another one!!!! The mailing address for her is: Hospice of Kitsap County ATTN: Marilois "Mel" Johnson, Room 103 570 Lebo Blvd Bremerton, WA 98310 Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!!!" Well done, Sis. So folks, there's favor #1: Please send Ma Bueller something in the mail. Send a card, send a picture, send a little bobble, send a flower, send a cookie, send a hug!!! And here's favor #2: And then send another one!!!! Thanks a million. FB&D Ma Bueller in Easyriders magazine, back in the day Me 'n Mom on her 87th birthday, March 23rd, 2011 Big Jim's Ride, Franklin, North Carolina, USA Memorial Day Weekend 2011 Ma Bueller, 4th of July Weekend, 2011   Glitch Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 09:30 pm:        More than happy to Jerry. Best to Denise. Ma! You got mail!   Two_seasons Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 09:36 pm:        Me too.   Whatever Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 09:38 pm:        Sorry to hear that Jerry, will do tomorrow... hang in there...   Jerry_haughton Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 10:01 pm:        Thanks, folks. Here's a very moving video tribute my son Wade recently produced and posted on YouTube for his beloved Grandma J. The audio begins at about the 30-second mark. Ma Bueller has touched a lot of lives.   Hootowl Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 10:16 pm:        Something will be in the mail tomorrow   Sleez Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 10:27 pm:        will do Brudda!!   Dynasport Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 10:58 pm:        I too will get something in the mail tomorrow.   Jerry_haughton Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 04:49 am:        Thanks!   U4euh Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 08:30 am:        WE will do, because she is a biker at heart can we send some pictures also? JIM   Prior Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 08:35 am:        We'll be back Saturday and will get some goodies in the mail. Jim, I'm sure she'd love some pictures!!!   Denisea Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 09:19 am:        Pictures! Perfect! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!!   Hootowl Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 09:42 am:        Chocolate covered strawberries and bananas have been overnighted. Early bird gets the wo...easy gift.   Denisea Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 10:50 am:        Jeff, Simple? I'd saw simply sweet!!! MaBueller will be tickled pink.   Jb2 Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 11:02 am:        Glad to see MaBueller's story on BWB. It's been hard not to make a call out to this community but knew that Ferris would when the time was right. For those of you in the "WE LOVE MaBueller" pic you'll be glad to know she has it in her hospice room. Kim and I will be out and about this weekend and we'll be happy to repeat step one. JB2 & KB1   Jerry_haughton Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 11:21 am:        For those of you in the "WE LOVE MaBueller" pic you'll be glad to know she has it in her hospice room. Indeed she does: Many thanks to Brian Sellers, JB2, and all y'all that posed for the pic and signed the sign.   Mtjm2 Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 11:33 am:        Jerry , very saddened to here about your mother . My mother just had a baseball sized tumor removed from her colan . It is cancer , chemo starts in 2 weeks . Please give Ma a kiss for me and will be dropping something to her tomorrow . Mark   86129squids Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 11:42 am:        It's a cliche, we all know it, the two "sure things" in life... _____ and taxes... Ma Bueller has had one heck of a ride- time to figuratively get our "kickstands up" and ride this one out with her too! Hang on... gots something good to send out...   86129squids Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 12:36 pm:        Wow. Tell your son that video was truly magnificent.   86129squids Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 02:43 pm:        OK, got carried away, just back from the post office- gots even more coming for Ma Bueller by the first of next week... Gotta take care of yer Ma after all, right?   Denisea Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 03:07 pm:        Hi Sister Sue! Pretty cool stuff you started.   Jerry_haughton Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 03:58 pm:        My mother just had a baseball sized tumor removed from her colan . It is cancer Mark, best of luck to your Mom and family. Thank you. Wow. Tell your son that video was truly magnificent. NukeDealsGapMarineLife, I concur, and done. Thank you.   86129squids Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 04:01 pm:        LOL Jerry, good one...   2008xb12scg Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 04:12 pm:        Consider it done! and my prayers will be with you and your family! Thomas   Whatever Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 05:14 pm:        Hope to send a card tomorrow... today was red tape day.   Road_thing Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 07:14 pm:        Incoming... rt   Moxnix Posted on Friday, July 29, 2011 - 01:33 am:        Sent.   Jerry_haughton Posted on Friday, July 29, 2011 - 04:57 am:        Thanks again, folks - much appreciated. Here's a pic of MaB and her primary medical doctor, Dr. Joe Johnson, early on in this deal (early June), when she could still (with a LOT of assistance) get out and about: Mom was still pretty robust at this point, mentally sharp, and ambulatory (albeit very slowly and with the aid of a walker). These days she's pretty much confined to her hospice room, so please keep those cards, letters, flowers, little bobbles, cookies, and hugs coming. FB   Jerry_haughton Posted on Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 10:06 am:        MaB has already gotten some cool stuff in the mail from some of y'all - thank you very much! FB   Whatever Posted on Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 10:10 am:        Just putting a card in the mail right now.