Stephany

Full disclosure: This photo was taken on 18 December 2016.

The woman with mom is Stephany at our church group’s Christmas party. I’ve never met anyone as selfless as her.

Last week she was diagnosed with Covid-19. Several days later she was hospitalized with pneumonia. After about 72 hours the hospital transferred her to a rehab to continue her recovery until she was able to go home and take care of herself. The following day, the rehab sent her back to the hospital, where she was placed on a bipap machine in ICU. I don’t know why she was never put on a ventilator.

Today all life support efforts were stopped and she was moved to hospice. She isn’t expected to survive much longer. She was pure joy, very much like the other person in this picture. She will be missed by so many people whose lives she touched. We were blessed to know her.

EDIT: Stephany passed away at 9:11 pm tonight.