A few weeks ago I told you all about Laurene Sinema's not feeling great and being back in the hospital. (For those that don't remember, and newbies.... Laurene is the owner of the Quilted Apple, Phoenix's oldest quilt shop. She has had two lines of fabric produced by South Seas and has lots of patterns and a few books published, mostly with appliqué and redwork patterns.) I had class today, and we were told some distressing news. Laurene may not make it back to teach her classes. She does have cancer, again. And they are not sure of the origin, they think it started as ovarian. Her bladder and intestinal area are also involved. Chemo will start as soon as they figure out what kind to do. She has lost quite a bit of weight and is not getting out of bed much. She is receiving visitors, bedside. And loves to hear from the quilting community. Please keep this wonderful woman in your thoughts and prayers. IF you would like to send her greetings of any sort the shop e-mail address is: snipped-for-privacy@swlink.net. The shop address is 3043 N. 24th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85016. They will print off e-mails and get them to her, and deliver any cards that arrive at the shop for her. She would love to hear from you I am sure. Thanks, we miss having her teach "her" classes and just being in the shop.
This has been really difficult to write, I took a long time coming home from class because I said I would let you all know about this.
Pati, in Phx.