Michelle Rubino
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
By: Erin Tait
Michelle Rubino
In Memory of Michelle Rubino
It is with deepest sadness and a very heavy heart that I have to
inform all of our "Angel" friends that my beautiful daughter Michelle
lost the battle to a GBM on June 16th.
She fought bravely for over five years and did very well until
the summer of 2015 when she developed a dropped metastasis to her cervical
spine. Michelle did 11 more rounds of radiation at Duke and back on chemo
and treatment near our home in NJ. This past spring she started to
decline and on our April trip to Duke for the walk and her MRI, Dr. Peters
informed us that she had developed leptomeningeal disease. Her chemo was
changed again but she continued to decline. Michelle relentlessly
continued to fight and was working full time until mid May. On our June
7th visit to Duke her MRI showed progression of the leptomeningeal disease and
was told by Dr. Peters there was nothing more to do. It was difficult for
us to hear and for Dr. Peters and Christine NP to tell us as we had developed a
deep bond over the years. By this time she was suffering greatly and
wasn't able to walk on her own. When we arrived home she was admitted to
our local hospital where they also discovered she had a perforated colon and
had emergency surgery. Unfortunately within 9 days of being home from
Duke she went to rest peacefully in the light of heaven.
It has been an unimaginably difficult time for our family but we
are still committed to helping Duke raise funds to help others. Michelle
would want that!! Many family and friends donated to the Preston Robert
Tisch Brain Tumor Center in lieu of flowers at our family's request. We
are most grateful for everyones support.
We hope
to honor Michelle's memory and her amazing bravery by exceeding the amount we
raised in the past.
Our
family's wish is to have you all keep our "Angel" Michelle in your
prayers.
With
gratitude and love to all, The Rubino family
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