[nfb-talk] Fw: [tbmtg] OT: RE: More on Debbie Scales

[Sherri]

More info about Debbie Scales who maintained the JFW-lite website and also 
moderated the Jaws list for a long time. This is really sad! She will be 
missed. She is a person who made a difference to so many blind people.

Sherri
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeanie Vejil" <proud2have-tsedog at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 2:14 PM
Subject: [tbmtg] OT: RE: More on Debbie Scales


For those of you who are not on the JFW list and don't have any work
today, just like I don't so far, here is a more complete update on
Debbie Scales.

Jeanie


 From a JFW list member:

tom we really thaught the world of her. she was a great friend and
source of help and uplifting to a lot of us. we will miss her and
will keep you in our preyers.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Scales" <debbie at scalesfamily.com>
To: <jfw at freelists.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 8:33 AM
Subject: More information about Debbie



>A number of people have asked, so I thought I would add a little more
>information about why Debbie passed away.
>
>It wasn't her health problems.
>
>Debbie and I had taken to riding a tandem bicycle.  We really loved it as 
>we
>could ride and talk and laugh and we had a wonderful time for every mile.
>She really enjoyed being out on the bike. Her health had improved and we
>rode over 9000 miles in the last year.  She had started dialysis but we 
>were
>in a wonderful program that put a dialysis machine in our home and I was
>trained to do it.  It really gave us her life back.
>
>On Thursday morning we were out for one of our rides and were involved in a
>small accident. A woman turned right on red without looking and ran into 
>us,
>knocking us down.  It was just a little accident and although we were
>bruised, it was nothing, or so we thought.  We got back on the bike and 
>rode
>another 35 miles that day.
>
>Unfortunately, what we did not know is that a very small blood vessel in 
>her
>brain had ruptured in the accident.  Even if we had known, there was 
>nothing
>that the doctors could do.  She went to sleep on Friday and never woke up
>again.  She died peacefully at home, as she would have wanted.
>
>I want to thank everyone for their compassion and wonderful emails.  I've
>heard so many stories about how Debbie changed peoples lives, from all over
>the world. It has been really uplifting and I've shared it with our
>daughters (13 and 14) so they know even more what a wonderful mother she
>was.
>
>Thanks to all,
>
>Tom Scales
>
>
>
>
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