June 18, 2009

Dear Family and Friends,

It is with the most deep and painful sadness we have to share that our precious and very special daughter Brandi passed away today.

Brandi has been on full life support since Saturday and had worsened immensely to where her Kidney and Heart were now failing as well as her lungs. Her lung damage was not receding at all in the 3 weeks and it was deemed by her team of physicians that they would never recover. The drug Bleomycin ,which was one of her Chemo drugs, gave Brandi Bleomycin Pulmonary Toxicity and fibroids were growing in her lungs, this is irreversible and fatal.

At 1:15 pm today Brandi transitioned to her greater and higher power and is free from all the pain and suffering she has endured over the many months. Although this is the best decision to let her go and be free it by far is the most painful and difficult decision we have ever had to make. Thank you to all of you who supported us through this experience today and came to lift Brandi to the light.

We appreciate all of you who have loved and supported her over the past many months and all of you who have held her in your hearts and hands this whole time.

We will send another e-mail once decisions have been made for her "Celebration of Life" memorial. We are planning the weekend of June 26-28..location will dictate the date and time.

Keith and Kathy Colkitt