On April 16th, our mother took her final breaths and went to spend Easter with her parents. Mom spent her life working hard to provide for Josh and I. She always made sure we never went without a meal and we always had clothes on our backs. She spent the last 12 years cleaning vacation homes and still always checked in on us and felt like she still needed to take care of us. On Sunday April 10th, after working she was supposed to go visit friends. Instead, she cancelled her plans and went to the ER. A week prior, she went to the WalkIn clinic as she didn't feel well and was diagnosed with a Stomach Bug and sent home. She assumed it was just getting worse and went to the ER on hopes of more clarity. That evening she was transferred to the Oncology Tower at Sarasota Memorial. We knew at that point this wasn't just a stomach bug. While talking to Mom on Monday I sensed a very unusual tone in her voice. She was scared. Mom never showed she was scared. I immediately left work and went to see her. We talked about the kids, about my surgery the next day, and just life in general. On Tuesday, Amy(my wife) and I went to take Mom some clothes and toiletries for her expected 2 stay in the hospital. They told us blood work was off and they were running multiple panels of tests. Josh decided to come down at that point. On Wednesday we were still waiting for the biopsy results and sat around making our bad jokes with mom. Later that day they came in and said the results were back. Stage 4 Small Cell Lung Cancer, which has spread to her liver. They told us mom could expect 6-8 mo and another 4mo with chemo. Mom decided chemo wasn't it worth it and her other medical issues wouldn't allow it right now anyhow. On Thursday mom was less alert and seemed to be in more pain and struggling. There were more bouts of confusion and the doctors stated it would be closer to 3months life expectancy. Friday during our visit we started to realize how quick this was really moving. Mom was not alert and responded to very few people as they came to visit. We met with her medical team multiple times and they agreed that we were now talking about days at most. We decided to start Hospice on Saturday morning. Josh stayed by moms side all night Friday. When Amy and I arrived Saturday and hospice took over, we could see moms pain slowly become more comforted. Over the next few hours we laughed, we cried, we made more bad jokes, we reminisced and most importantly - we made sure mom knew our love was present. Around 4:30pm, mom took her final breath. Watching her courage this last week as she was dealt bad news after bad news, and her faith guide her, was exactly what you would all expect from Mom. All the doctors, nurses, and medical staff commented about how well she took everything. Now with her sudden passing, we are faced with a lot of expenses that we did not plan for. Any support you can provide will go to moms final expenses and to her roommate as moms previous medical issues kept her out of work and they are close to being evicted