“He did a great job of turning lemons into lemonade. Joanne does everything in her power to keep Alan happy and comfortable for his remaining time on earth, focusing on his needs and minimally on her own. Joanne doesn’t know how she can ever live without Alan, but she knows she doesn’t want him to suffer. Alan determines when the time comes, he wants to utilize the Colorado medical aid in dying to end his life. Joanne is prime caretaker for her elderly parents when her husband Alan is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Third time is a charm for Joanne, finding true love later on in life, she marries and spends twenty-five years with a man she truly loves and admires. The vulnerability and honesty within this story is breathtaking. Walking Him Home is told by Joann Tubbs Kelly following the death of her husband Alan. “How can I possibly keep going after Alan’s death? How can I continue to exist when he is gone? And if I can pull it off, then…who will I be when he is gone?” Third time is a charm for Joanne, finding true love later on in life, she marries and spends twenty-five Walking Him Home: Helping My Husband Die with Dignity Walking Him Home: Helping My Husband Die with Dignity Joanne Tubbs Kelly 5 Star Review “How can I possibly keep going after Alan’s death? How can I continue to exist when he is gone? And if I can pull it off, then…who will I be when he is gone?” Walking Him Home is told by Joann Tubbs Kelly following the death of her husband Alan. This was an illuminating read I highly recommend!. As a nurse, I found this moving memoir, a must read for members of the medical community and those going through illness, grief and loss. Joanne details their life story filled with the ups of love and affection, but also the downs of terminal illness and dying, in the most poignant way balancing the joys and grief of life. Alan pleads to end his suffering using Colorado’s Medical Aid in Dying law. It’s their journey towards making a decision to dying with dignity, when Alan was diagnosed with a rare neurodegenerative illness, and his increasing disability and dependence on others. This is a powerful story about Alan and Joanne. Joanne details their life story filled with the ups of love and affec TITLE: Walking Him Home: Helping My Husband Die with Dignity TITLE: Walking Him Home: Helping My Husband Die with Dignity AUTHOR: Joanne Tubbs Kelly PUB DATE: Now Available This is a powerful story about Alan and Joanne. Tender and heartfelt, this is one woman’s story about loving extravagantly-and being loved in kind.more Told with affection and spiced with humor, Walking Him Home is Joanne’s tale of coming to terms with her kind, funny husband’s illness of learning to navigate the intricate passageways of caregiving and the pitfalls of our medical system and of choosing to help Alan in his quest to die with dignity, even though she wants nothing more than to grow old with him. only to be stunned when his medical team approves his request and writes him a prescription for the life-ending drugs. She helps him complete the requirements, hoping deep down that his application will be denied. Joanne desperately wants Alan to live, but when he asks for her help completing the Medical Aid in Dying application, she can’t say no. As he becomes increasingly disabled and dependent on others, and decreasingly able to find joy in life, he decides he wants to end his suffering using Colorado’s Medical Aid in Dying law. Joanne desperately wants Al Alan and Joanne marry in midlife and live a happily-ever-after existence until, at sixty-nine, Alan is diagnosed with a rare, fatal, neurodegenerative illness. Alan and Joanne marry in midlife and live a happily-ever-after existence until, at sixty-nine, Alan is diagnosed with a rare, fatal, neurodegenerative illness.
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