Our family lost a beautiful, vibrant, young lady last week. Kourtney was 22 years old when she lost her courage battle with cancer. She married the love of her life, Brent Cargal in February of 2007. In November, 2007 she began having severe headaches. The doctors treated her for migrains but after a couple of weeks her mother took her to the doctor demanding the doctor get to the bottom of the problem. They found a stage 3 malignant tumor in her brain. The doctors prepared to do surgery but before they could the tumor began to hemmorage then she had a stroke. Kourtney was in a coma for seven months. She had several bleeds during this time and a few more strokes. She fought very hard.
During her time in the hospital at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Kourtney touched many lives. Her family never left her side. At her services last week, her nurse spoke as well as the hospital chaplain and numerous other friends. Her nurse said she had never seen a family so united and caring in her nursing career. Kourtney's Mother, Father, Step Father and her husband never left her side. They also helped other families deal with their grief while at the hospital. The Chaplain said he saw her Mother and sister delivering food to the children at Children's Medical while they were there. Evidently, so many friends were bringing them food that they had plenty to share with others.
Kourtney was my cousin's child. I will tell you now, I have never seen so much love and cooperation in a family. Her entire family changed their lives to be with her for seven months. The minister called the 14 year old brother a hero because he gave up everything for the seven months while he stayed with family friends so his Mother and Dad could be with his sister. I personally believe there were many heroes in that family including Kourtney.
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