This is the day we hoped wouldn't come.
After consulting with highly regarded neurologists, it became clear to us that the damage Sandy suffered from the strokes was severe and irreversible. She had virtually no chance for recovery -- a slim chance of even waking up and an even slimmer chance at any kind of conscious, aware existence if she did wake up.
So this morning, her family and her closest friends here in Seattle gathered in her hospital room. The nurses made her comfortable, they disconnected her from all life support, and Sandy left us.
I'm so sorry to have to deliver this news, and so SO grateful for the messages of love and support for this remarkable, vibrant, funny, brilliant, passionate woman. She was the love of my life and she'll be with me always. I know anyone who spent any time with her still feels the warm light of her love. Sandy believed in the idea that we live many lives, so saying goodbye was a little easier knowing that she felt she was at the beginning of a whole new journey. But I don't miss her any less because of that.