Posted on 01/13/2012 3:52:40 PM PST by Dallas59
Kathleen Edward, of Wyandotte, Michigan, is expected to be buried at a memorial garden in nearby town Livonia next to her late mother Laura Edward, 24, who also died of the brain disorder, in 2009.
The girl hit the headlines 15 months ago when Jennifer Petkov, a neighbour of her grandmother Rebecca Rose, posted nasty images on Facebook that made fun of both Kathleen and Mrs Edward.
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He is being abused? Not possible. You have to be alive to be abused, and this zombie scum is one of the walking dead. He deserves whatever he got and ten times more.
That’s very sad. Did your sister know about the HD in her husband’s family before her marriage?
She's a real peach, that some. Sheesh!
Self centeredness is the root of all evil. It blocks people from having compassion. The bitch of a neighbor was only thinking of herself when she made the comments.
Not exactly. It was identified after they were married. At one time, my sister and her MIL were the only two healthy ones in the family. Then her MIL got a malignant brain tumor and was dead within 4 months. It’s been a terrible thing.
Oh my dear Lord....the trials that some people must go thru....God bless you and your sister and all of her family and her sons....prayers for peace....
Over the years, my mom and dad had been faithful fundraisers for HD. They both died and they were honored this year as the Iowa HD family of the year. My mom and dad deserved this honor. Our mom and dad also left some of their estate to HD.
He actually dumped her not long after and got custody of her kids.
May this precious child rest in peace.
The disease tends to appear younger in each generation - there is a repeated genetic sequence and the number of repeats tends to increase.
Sad that your sister has it in her family. Its especially hard when your children have it..
Is it my imagination that there are more jerks in the world now than 40 or 50 years ago?
Maybe it’s just the effect of the internet age, when people can put their idiotic thoughts out into cyberspace, and it soon is read around the world.
My BIL was in his 30s when symptoms first appeared and that seems to be the case for my nephews.
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