Today, my thoughts are with my friend Tashi. Her husband, Wash, has been dealing with terminal brain cancer for the past three years. Today, his journey is coming to a close.
I’ve written about Tashi and Wash before. ThinkGeek gave them a final Christmas, and Regretsy found an artist to make Wash a custom TARDIS urn (which turned out beautifully). The Doctor Who tumblr even signal boosted it. Tashi has battled with Arizona’s state insurance nonstop over the past three years to make her husband’s life as comfortable as possible.
Here’s what Tashi wrote on their blog about Wash’s final days:
Wash had a good Sunday; saw his friends N & T, watched “Blink”, ate well.He informed me around midnight he felt he was going to pass shortly.He asked me to put on the finale of last seasons’ Dr Who; The Wedding of River Song.He fell into unconsciousness before the end of the episode, around 3am.His last moments aware were of being loved, seeing a show that made him so HAPPY, and knowing he was going to be going off on his own adventures soon in his own TARDIS.He is in a Hospice Home now where he can have the best quality End of Life.Thank you all for your thoughts, prayers, wishes, hopes, messages, support, and love.We could not have made it this far without all our friends acting as Browncoats to carry us through these trials.My Wash’s next adventure will start soon.Tashi is about my age, and married, like me. I cannot imagine what she is going through right now. Please read their story and consider donating to help cover his end-of-life care. And hold your loved ones a little bit tighter tonight.
