Guys, I know sometimes I go off left field, and what not, and have made some enemies up here etc, but I promise that is not the goal of this message. Even for those who think I'm quite an overdramatic fool, I need you still to read this, as it's very important. I've personally saught Mark Taylor's permission to post this, and now that it's fully been verified beyond a doubt, I want to pass this on.
Folks, it is with a very very very heavy heart that I have to bring the news of the passing of a very very loved lady in the blind community. She wasn't on this list personally, but a lot of you know her, so... Not this last Monday, two days ago, but Monday week ago, Rachel Kreig, some of you might know her as Rachel Black, she had a guide dog at one point back in the days named Raven, if that helps jog your memory, passed away. Obviously, this has came as a tramendous shock to many! Here's what I know: Apparently, Rachel had been sufferring for quite some time with very very very severe migraines, and I don't just mean your typical ouch ouch ouch, crap it hurts head ache either. I mean, these things totally yielded her to her knees, bless her heart! ON top of that, she had really really really severe anxiety any/depression as well as bipolar. So, we don't really exactly know if that played a factor or not, but basically... from what I understand, she had gone that Monday to a regular rutine doctor checkup. During that appointment, they had done a full MRI. Apparently she got those, I'm wanting to say, twice a year? I think I remember her saying? Anyway, she got up that Monday morning and felt just fine. The day was really typical. You know, the usual, get your shower, get dressed, use the bathroom, do your hair, whatever. You know, check some quick e-mail/texts, check Facebook, whatever. Later that morning, her mom who also along with Rachel lives in Tucson Arazona came to pick her up for her appointment. From what her mom said, she seemed slightly tired, but nothing even remotely close to being alarming nor out of the norm. I said tired, not exhausted. Just your ocasional yawn here and there. Nothing to write home about, no pun intended. So, she gets to the doctor, all goes just fine. She got a great report, etc. So, she got home, and about 20 minutes after getting home, before her mom left, she told her mom she didn't feel well. Apparently, Mrs. Black said she didn't really say specifically how she didn't feel well. I suspect that it was a migraine coming on, although, we'll never really know for sure. All at this time that we know is, as I said, she told her mom she wasn't feeling well at all, and over maybe a 5 minute period it became really really a problem. She told her mother she was going to go lie down for a bit and try to rest it off like normal. Her mom said OK that she was finnishing things up at Rachel's apartment, then would lock up, and let herself out, and told Rachel to get some rest. About 10 minutes later, she went in to check on Rachel before leaving, to see if she wanted some Tylenol, or Asperin etc. When she went in to check, she realize that Rachel wasn't breathing. Apparently, it's my understanding that 9 1 1 was called, but C P R was never attempted. I suspect it was too late. By the time E M T's arrived, she'd slipped away to be with the Lord. I only just found out about this yesterday. So yeah, we dono if it was an annurism, a stroke, maybe her anxiety, or a combination. I'm guessing it was probably a bit of all the above not helping matters. We absolutely don't think it was any complication from the appointment. It's possible, though incredibly doubtful. Rachel was very involved with the Zone BBS back in the days. Some of you might remember her, as back in the days, she was roomates with Nancy Lynn, AKA, Nancy Shipman, AKA Lady Garnisha on Vorail. She also was very involved back in the days in the blind Pac Mate users community. She was only 32 years old, so just 2 years younger than me. It's funny, back in 2007, we actually for an incredibly short time went out with each other as boy/girlfriend. That's a long story I won't bore you with, but suffice it to say, things didn't work out. There was no badness at all. We both remained incredibly good friends up until the end. Romantically, it just didn't work. LOL! Now, I guess we know why, go figure, huh! Anyway, she will be incredibly, and I do mean, incredibly! incredibly! missed! May she rest in peace forever! Rachel, we love you! Chris. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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